Level 7 / / Mordecai Roshwald ; edited and with a new foreword by David Seed
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | xlix, 210 p |
| Disciplina: | 813/.54 |
| Soggetto topico: | Civilization, Subterranean |
| Life on other planets | |
| Nuclear bomb shelters | |
| Underground areas | |
| Nuclear warfare | |
| Altri autori: |
SeedDavid
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| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Level seven |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Level 7 |
| ISBN: | 9786612424229 |
| 9781282424227 | |
| 128242422X | |
| 9780299200633 | |
| 0299200639 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910970626203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Library of American fiction.