City at World's End

by Edmond Moore Hamilton

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City at World's End

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Language: en

Published in: 1951

Subject(s): Novels - Science Fiction

Source: http://www.manybooks.net

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The pleasant little American city of Middletown is the first target in an atomic war - but instead of blowing Middletown to smithereens, the super-hydrogen bomb blows it right off the map - to somewhere else! First there is the new thin coldness of the air, the blazing corona and dullness of the sun, the visibility of the stars in high daylight. Then com... (more)

Comments (1 comment)


SharonDee
SharonDee
on Mar 29, 2009 at 16:50

I just finished reading this. I'm not sure when I downloaded this book so I knew nothing about it beyond its title when I started out. At the book's conclusion, I was startled to find it had been written in 1951. It seemed so much more contemporary.

I think I've found another favorite author.



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