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Book Review of On the Beach

On the Beach
On the Beach
Author: Nevil Shute
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Book Type: Paperback
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I had seen this movie years ago, & it was recently aired again (I think because of the "end of the world predictions") recently. I enjoyed it again & thought I would like to read it. Radiation from a senseless war has spread all over the world except for Australia, & the people there await their deaths, coping in different ways. I liked the book very much & it did not seem that "dated" although it is set in the late 1950s, I believe.