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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.0876208358
EAN: 9780803283152
ISBN: 0803283156
Label: Bison Books
Manufacturer: Bison Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 390
Publication Date: May 01, 2006
Publisher: Bison Books
Sales Rank: 212323
Studio: Bison Books

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In Beyond Armageddon, the distinguished science fiction writer Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923–96) and the famed anthologist Martin H. Greenberg have together collected stories that address one of the most challenging themes of imaginative fiction: the nature of life after nuclear war. The twenty-one stories in this collection, by masters such as Arthur C. Clarke, Poul Anderson, Ray Bradbury, J. G. Ballard, Robert Sheckley, Roger Zelazny, and Harlan Ellison, explore a variety of possibilities of “life after.” These richly imagined stories offer glimpses into a future no reader will soon forget. Miller’s incisive introduction and a thought-provoking and irreverent commentary are included. New to this Bison Books edition is a postscript to the introduction provided by Martin H. Greenberg.

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- waste of time
Stale old stories that were not even that good. Authors just seemed to put together some old stories with little work by themselves. If you like cold war stories of the 50's perhaps than it's ok otherwise skip this book

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- Not Free SF Reader
From the depths of the Cold War, an anthology of stories of what happens after a 'Megawar', generally nuclear, and of varying degrees.

Miller is pretty pessimistic in outlook in this, not surprising at the time this was published when you had idiot presidents making stupid jokes, etc.

Even going so far as saying, hope everyone gets nukes, might actually encourage major power disarmament.

There's an intro by the editor to each story, talking about the particular type of scenario that is going on.

A pretty good book, with a 3.60 story average.

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- A snapshot of Cold War fears
I enjoyed this collection of short stories mainly because I was a child of the Cold War. Nuclear annihalation was always a thought in the back of America's mind then, and many science fiction authors wrote chilling stories based on the 'what if' of a nuclear exchange. Although the threat has receeded, we still face the possibility, even if it is not in the forefront of our conciousness like it was during those fifty years of fear. There are some excellent examples of the gripping stories that kept me up as a kid here, anyone who remembers that time will appreciate this book as both fiction and history.

For those who love post apocalyptic fiction I would also point you to two of the best books written in this genre, also by the co-editor of this anthology, Walter Miller: A Canticle for Leibowitz and Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman. These two books are truly the benchmark for thoughtful writing ... Read More

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- Miller's propagandizing ruins an adequate anthology
A series of stories selected by Miller to advance his anti-war, anti-mankind view of the world shortly before his suicide at the end of years of clinical depression. Some are clearly post-apocalyptic, while others are less firmly of that genre. Much less thought-provoking that I had hoped; in great part due to Miller's ramblings ahead of each piece. Instead of simply introducing the story, Miller uses the opportunity to preach his convictions about the sordidness of war and politics and the human condition. The comments and characterizations grow so venomous that it makes the cast of St. Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman seem saintly.

On the other hand, the stories themselves are a eclectic in the extreme and I mean that as a positive. Ranging from the well known ('A Boy and His Dog') to poorly unknown, the collection addresses life in the post-apocalyptic world, though, in a few cases, the term is expanded ... Read More

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