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Autore |
Roshwald Mordecai <1921-> |
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Titolo |
Level 7 / / Mordecai Roshwald ; edited and with a new foreword by David Seed |
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Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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9786612424229 |
9781282424227 |
128242422X |
9780299200633 |
0299200639 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Library of American fiction |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Civilization, Subterranean |
Life on other planets |
Nuclear bomb shelters |
Underground areas |
Nuclear warfare |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction by David Seed -- Looking Back in Wonder: The Author's Reminiscences and Reflections -- Preface by The Martian Institute for Archaeological Excavations in the Solar System -- Level 7 -- Appendix A: Training the Nuclear Warrior: A Manual for Level 7 -- Appendix B: The Politics of Ratology (a fantasy) -- Further Reading. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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