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(4) Base Camp
Once a newspaper man, always a newspaperman. A journalist by trade, Pat Frank delivers Alas, Babylon in a simple and easy-to-follow manner. Sure, some of the subject matter might be a bit intense, but don't think that the reading process is anywhere near as brutal as a nuclear explosion.