The novel deals with the effects of a nuclear war on the fictional small town of Fort Repose, Florida, which is based upon the actual city of Mount Dora, Florida, approximately 35 miles northwest of …

Pat Frank's Alas, Babylon, written almost fifty years ago, is considered a classic nuclear holocaust story.

2009年6月15日 · It’s his novel “Alas, Babylon,” though, that is Frank’s lasting legacy — a harrowing, human story published 50 years ago, in 1959. The novel, set in a small Florida town after a nuclear...

2025年7月22日 · In Alas Babylon, the residents of Fort Repose, a small Florida town, are forced to confront their new reality as the world teeters on the edge of nuclear destruction. The story begins …

With an introduction by acclaimed science fiction writer David Brin, the narrative begins when the telegram “Alas, Babylon” sets off a chain of events that inevitably leads to the end of civilization as …

It describes the peak of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It tells the story of a war that did not happen, a destructive nuclear struggle that …

2024年8月4日 · Uncredited cover for the 1960 edition of Pat Frank’s Alas, Babylon (1959) 4/5 (Good) Pat Frank (1907-1964) began his writing career working for local papers in northeastern Florida before a s…

"Alas, Babylon" is a post-apocalyptic novel set in the aftermath of a nuclear war, focusing on the experiences of Randy Bragg, a thirty-two-year-old lawyer in Fort Repose, Florida.

2023年11月9日 · When the unthinkable nightmare of nuclear holocaust ravaged the United States, it was instant death for tens of millions of people; for survivors, it was a nightmare of hunger, sickness, and …

Set against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic America, Alas, Babylon follows the unfolding events in Fort Repose, Florida, during the year after a devastating nuclear war.