Level 7

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Terrace Books, 15 iul. 2004 - 200 pagini

Level 7 is the diary of Officer X-127, who is assigned to stand guard at the "Push Buttons," a machine devised to activate the atomic destruction of the enemy, in the country’s deepest bomb shelter. Four thousand feet underground, Level 7 has been built to withstand the most devastating attack and to be self-sufficient for five hundred years. Selected according to a psychological profile that assures their willingness to destroy all life on Earth, those who are sent down may never return.
Originally published in 1959, and with over 400,000 copies sold, this powerful dystopian novel remains a horrific vision of where the nuclear arms race may lead, and is an affirmation of human life and love. Level 7 merits comparison to Huxley’s A Brave New World and Orwell’s 1984 and should be considered a must-read by all science fiction fans.

 

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Introduction by David Seed
ix
The Authors Reminiscences and Reflections
xxix
Preface by The Martian Institute for Archaeological Excavations in the Solar System
xlv
Level 7
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Training the Nuclear Warrior A Manual for Level 7
185
The Politics of Ratology a fantasy
191
Further Reading
203
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Despre autor (2004)

Mordecai Roshwald is Professor Emeritus of humanities at the University of Minnesota, where he taught for twenty-five years, and a visiting professor at leading Israeli, U.S., and European universities.

Informații bibliografice

TitluLevel 7
Library of American Fiction
AutorMordecai Roshwald
EditorDavid Seed
Edițieretipărită
EditorTerrace Books, 2004
ISBN0299200639, 9780299200633
Lungime200 pagini
  
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