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From: trb@drutx.UUCP (BuckleyTR)
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Subject: WAR DAY
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Date: Tue, 5-Jun-84 20:19:09 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  5 20:19:09 1984
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Has anyone read the new book WAR DAY yet?  I'm about 3/4 the way
through and am finding it FASCINATING, although very heavy subject
matter, and somewhat depressing.

The story centers around War Day, a nucleur exchange that takes
place on a day in 1988.  A few sites in both the US and USSR are
eliminated, plus an overhead bomb is exploded which wipes out
all computers, telephones, etc.

The book is about two writers who go on a cross-country journey
5 years later to cronicle like in the US.

Unlike things like War Games and The Day After, this book seems
very possible, probable, and realistic.  I have yet to find any
technical mistakes, or any false assumptions about human nature
in the face of such a tragedy.

If anyone else has read it, I'd like to talk to you about it.

Tom Buckley
AT&T Information Systems
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