Alas, Babylon Themes

Like all good post-apocalyptic stories, Alas, Babylon focuses not just on the world-ending disaster that causes the whole kerfuffle, but on the efforts of survivors to rebuild in its aftermath. Our...

Who's afraid of a little nuclear bomb? As it turns out, just about everybody. In Alas, Babylon, we're given a first-hand account of a nuclear war between the United States and Soviet Union, which,...

Ain't no war like a nuclear war 'cause a nuclear war don't stop. Literally. Once the bombs start falling, the human race will never be the same again. Written in the early decades of the Cold War,...

You know what really puts a damper on your long-term plans? The nuclear apocalypse. For Lib McGovern, her dream of moving to a big city is now impossible. There aren't any big cities left—they're...

Alas, Babylon depicts a world-ending nuclear war between the United States and Soviet Union, so don't expect a lot of good vibes. Whether we're talking about the mental anguish of watching society...

Are you a fiend for post-apocalyptic tales of societal collapse? Then Alas, Babylon is for you. After a full-on nuclear war leaves most of the United States inside a crater, everything about societ...

Alas, Babylon might be a post-apocalyptic novel on its surface, but underneath it's a motivational tome of personal transformation.Randy Bragg goes from a hard-drinking, failed politician to the Ra...

We live in a world saturated with technology. Imagine what would happen if all of it—phones, televisions, even fridges—disappeared in an instant. This is the predicament faced by the characters...