It held some commonalities with several of the other nuclear dystopic reads I have enjoyed over the last four or five years that I have been writing reviews of what I read.
Wylie's writing is tight and enjoyable.
The University of Nebraska Press provides an excellent description of the novel, so I wo This rates somewhere between 3.
NextA lonely farmer takes in a pregnant woman and looks after her.
The book was published in 1954 but in light of the fact that Americans have elected a president who cannot be trusted anywhere near the nuclear button it is not dated. The story has clarity of purpose, detailed descriptions, and a mature knowledge of the effects of modern weapons systems.
NextThe last portion describes the nuclear exchange and the aftermath, making it one of the earlier nov Philip Wylie's TOMORROW! I don't think any of the three has ever done better.
I normally do not read SciFi- but this book is about an apocalypse-type event as envisioned in 1954. The class of these weapons is usually atomic or nuclear bombs. As bad as the devastation described in the novel it seems to understate what a real nuclear attack would look like, Philip Wylie's TOMORROW! I learned a ton of new ones, something I can't honestly say about another book I've read in the past fifty years.
NextActually, I thought his characters were pretty realistic and mostly nice people.
The book, re-released this month by Bison Books as part of its "Beyond Armageddon" series, can't help but show it's age, especially with references to "colored people" or using a worse epithet for the name of one area. When I'm stuck in a day That's gray, And lonely, I just stick out my chin And Grin, And Say, Oh The sun will come out Tomorrow So ya gotta hang on 'Til tomorrow Come what may Tomorrow! Still, it took a long and sometimes boring time getting there. By Philip Wylie TOMORROW! Today I finished reading "Tomorrow! The dialog is sophisticated for the time period, and it is not as laden with profanity as some other works find hard to get around, particularly those by more modern authors.
NextSo, without any further waiting, see if 1,2,3,4, or 5 stars are in the forecast for your skies tomorrow! I found the language fascinating but not distracting or 'quaint'.