On the Beach Themes

Although World War III is never directly depicted in On the Beach, the ramifications of this conflict hang heavy over the plot of the novel. We actually mean that literally in this case: the number...

Would you still go to work if the world was ending? Would you still go to school? Heck, would you do anything but lie in bed eating Cheetos and playing an obscene amount of Minecraft? As it happens...

In On the Beach, we watch as the survivors of a nuclear apocalypse struggle with their relationships with their homes. There's Peter and Mary Homes—er, Holmes, who pour their souls into their hum...

Is there anything more important than family? That's the question the characters of On the Beach ask themselves as they fight to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. There's Peter and Mary Holmes,...

Given that this baby takes place after World War III, as the few remaining survivors await death via radiation cloud, On the Beach spends a lot of time brooding on the nature of death. In fact, we...

Love might make the world go around, but that's not going to help much in the event of a nuclear apocalypse. That's what we learned in On the Beach, at least. As we watch the survivors of this grea...

It's hard to keep plans after the apocalypse—that's one thing we know for sure. Set in the wake of World War III, On the Beach follows a group of Australians who are trying to live normal lives d...

The Stones sure sold these dudes short—satisfaction isn't even part of the equation in On the Beach. We are dealing with the nuclear apocalypse, after all. In the novel, we watch as a diverse bun...