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A Canticle for Leibowitz
Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Started conversation Jul 20, 2005
Another good book about nuclear war is 'A Canticle for Leibowitz' which begins some centuries after the Flame Deluge and ends with mankind destroying itself in a 2nd nuclear holocaust.
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Woodpigeon Posted Jul 21, 2005
Hi BC,
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Posted Jul 21, 2005
never mind, looking down the list you've got quite a few so easy to miss one 
one of my favourite books though
very nice article too 
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Woodpigeon Posted Jul 21, 2005
Thanks BC! It's a far better attempt than my first entry, which was written before Jan 1 2000, and captured, to far too great an extent, the worries about the Millenium Bug at the time!
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Posted Jul 21, 2005
I shall have to search that out 
I've a few friends in computing who had a very good year in 1999
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Woodpigeon Posted Jul 21, 2005
Indeed! Unfortunately it was us in the IT community that suffered the 'real' Millennium Bomb - we all lost our jobs in 2001...
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