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Atomic Heart takes place on the grounds of Facility 3826, the Soviet Union's foremost scientific research hub in an alternate history 1955, located in the Kazakh SSR.In 1936, scientist Dmitry Sechenov developed a liquidized programmable module called the Polymer, sparking massive technological breakthroughs in the fields of energy and robotics in the USSR and freeing much of the populace from ...
Pulling Through, by Dean Ing; first half of the book is a novel on a family surviving a nuclear blast, the second half is a non-fiction survival guide; Red Alert, by Peter George; Resurrection Day by Brendan DuBois; Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban; The School for Atheists by Arno Schmidt; Second Ending, by James White
Apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization due to a potentially existential catastrophe such as nuclear warfare, pandemic, extraterrestrial attack, impact event, cybernetic revolt, technological singularity, dysgenics, supernatural phenomena, divine judgment, climate change, resource depletion or some other general disaster.
The book is based on a prediction of a more destructive and uncontrollable sort of weapon than the world has yet seen. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It had appeared first in serialised form with a different ending as A Prophetic Trilogy , consisting of three books: A Trap to Catch the Sun , The Last War in the World and The World Set Free .
Writing Footloose’s book-burning scene The memorable scene highlights the evolution of antagonist Rev. Shaw Moore (John Lithgow), who convinces his congregation to shun anything he deems as ...
An atomic physicist, Bluthgeld's miscalculations caused the pre-war Emergency and made him the object of worldwide hatred. He goes into hiding as sheep farmer Jack Tree. Bluthgeld is subject to paranoia, magical thinking, and megalomania; he may or may not actually have magical powers. Dick said of the character, "I have to confess to an overly ...
The scene comes at the end of the Chilean filmmaker's narrative that repeatedly positions the real-life Callas — an esteemed opera singer — in a difficult professional and personal space ...
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (known simply and more commonly as Dr. Strangelove) is a 1964 political satire black comedy film co-written, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick.