03283nam 2200733 a 450 991097062620332120200520144314.097866124242299781282424227128242422X97802992006330299200639(CKB)2520000000006575(SSID)ssj0000339799(PQKBManifestationID)11272022(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000339799(PQKBWorkID)10364784(PQKB)10192573(OCoLC)560690568(MdBmJHUP)muse12436(Au-PeEL)EBL3444908(CaPaEBR)ebr10351465(OCoLC)932318166(MiAaPQ)EBC3444908(Perlego)4390185(EXLCZ)99252000000000657520040212e20041959 ub 1engurcn|||||||||txtccrLevel 7 /Mordecai Roshwald ; edited and with a new foreword by David Seed1st ed.Madison University of Wisconsin Pressc2004xlix, 210 pLibrary of American fictionBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780299200640 0299200647 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.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. Library of American fiction.Level sevenCivilization, SubterraneanFictionLife on other planetsFictionNuclear bomb sheltersFictionUnderground areasFictionNuclear warfareFictionCivilization, SubterraneanLife on other planetsNuclear bomb sheltersUnderground areasNuclear warfare813/.54Roshwald Mordecai1921-325349Seed David169157MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970626203321Level 74364166UNINA