"A unique and strangely moving story which is hauntingly unforgettable. With consumate skill, Philip Wylie has dramatically stated the one simple truth that can save the world..!"
Book Description
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
A metaphorical look back at the darkest paranoia of the Cold War,
By Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)
This review is from: The Answer (Paperback)
The latest generation does not know how privileged it is to have avoided the fear and paranoia of the fifties and early sixties. Schools around the country regularly held "duck and cover" drills, where the students were taught to get down on get down on their knees and cover the back of their neck with their hands. As if that would do a great deal to protect you against a nuclear blast.This story is set at the height of the nuclear arms race where the race is not in numbers but in the power of the blasts. Each side sets off the most powerful nuclear blast yet and there on one casualty of each blast, a humanoid with wings. Neither side really knows how to deal with a dead angel; there are discussions about how much to reveal and some studying of the bodies in an attempt to learn the truth. However, circumstances dictate that neither side is able to learn any details about the mysterious visitors and each one leaves behind a book. This book is a metaphor for the semi-controlled insanity that permeated the Cold War and points out that the paranoia was so great that it is likely that even semi-divine intervention could not have stopped it. The latest generation will have no idea what this book is about unless they have studied history in depth, those that lived through it will relive a part of their lives.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
