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Ranked #22 in Post-Apocalyptic, Ranked #26 in End Of The World — see more rankings.
"Alas, Babylon." Those fateful words heralded the end. When a nuclear holocaust ravages the United States, a thousand years of civilization are stripped away overnight, and tens of millions of people are killed instantly. But for one small town in Florida, miraculously spared, the struggle is just beginning, as men and women of all backgrounds join together to confront the darkness. less
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Ben Shapiro A classic of the genre. Nuclear war hits, how do people survive it afterward? (Source)
Rankings by Category
Alas, Babylon is ranked in the following categories:
- #94 in Classic Sci-Fi
- #97 in Survival
- #44 in The Cold War