Search - War Day and the Journey Onward

Except for the Towers still being in New York City this book is relevant today: especially in light of the growing nuclear community. Where do we want to be as human beings and our relationships with others? The book makes you really think about the barriers we erect between peoples, countries & cultures. Barriers that could kill us. A really good read.

I have read and re-read this book many times throughout the years. I still find it a very scary look at what our future could hold for us. One of the best apocolyptic books ever written!

As postapocalyptic novels go, this one is a little bit dated, especially in light of 9/11. The approach is broad, less focused on character and more on the mechanics of life "after."

This book is an interesting read for those of us who are real Armageddon junkies. Because it was written in the 1980s some of its story line is not only out of date, it is historically inaccurate. The authors chose to focus more on the geopolitical causes and effects of a limited nuclear exchange between the United States and the USSR. Since the USSR ceased to exist even before the period in which the book is set, the discussions of that period are way off key. As a side note, there is considerable discussion of the dismantling of World Trade Center buildings after the war and of course those were gone along with the USSR.

I found the book to be pretty dry in places where the authors inserted what were supposed to be government reports on radioactivity, death rates, famine and diseases that followed the war. While I enjoyed the interview format that they used throughout the books, I skimmed - or less - most of the "reports."

Not sorry I read it, but wouldn't consider ever reading it again or even recommending it very strongly

Two men trek across the US 5 years after a limited nuclear exchange has ravaged the nation's major cities and many areas struggle to survive with continued fallout and high radiation making life exist on near a barbarian plane.

An excellent read--with great character development and PA detail. If you're looking for details of life after the bomb drops (and a nice long book 515 pages)... this is for you.

My bookshelf is full of PA books and this is near the top of the heap... Five stars...