A much better book to read...

[bluegargantua]

So I really liked Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. It's a book from the 50's so the concerns of gender and race are interesting in retrospect. Also, atomic war in the 50's is a lot different than atomic war in the 80's or 90's and probably a lot more deadly (both in terms of weapons and in terms of our understanding about the after-effects of a massive nuclear war).

But when civiliation goes to hell in a handbasket, here's one way that it might come through. Perhaps a bit optimistic, but I do think it was a fairly realistic survey of what life would be like post-holocaust in areas not directly hit by bombs. The technical and practical information flowed through the narrative easily without being forced. So yeah, I liked it a lot.

later
Tom