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A truly horrifying look at the aftermath of a nuclear war. The sole survivor seems to be the poor starving and diseased dog. The house, automated, continues telling the time and anniversaries, but none except the dying dog is there to hear. As depressing as it was, it had a tremendous impact on me, so that 40 years after I read it, when the Navy wanted to base nuclear weapons within less than a mile of my home (at a base the 9/11 terrorists had on their list of potential targets), I organized the opposition, which ultimately convinced the Navy not to build the base.
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