Alas, Babylon, by Pat Frank is science fiction (A literary or cinematic genre in which fantasy, typically based on speculative scientific discoveries or developments, environmental changes, space trav...
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The story's plot is what would have happened if the cold war had resulted in using nuclear weapons. It shows how a materialistic society, like the one during the cold war (1950-1989) would react if t...
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Throughout the book of Alas Babylon, there are many independent themes that are addressed to illustrate Pat Frank's ideas. Shown in this book are the ideas of what would come to be if the world were...
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"Alas Babylon" as a Modernist Story
