I'd like to rec. two novels that deal with things nuclear - radiation

[ensho]

An Atomic Romance

Venum

[WhiteTara]

1. thanks

but will I stop sleeping permanently if I read them?

[ensho]

2. probably not but you will ponder and worry more

the story in each will hold your interest thru to the end.

you will like the people in Atomic

a lot of big money murders in Venum

[WhiteTara]

3. cool. I too am working

on a novel about the same subject and I would love to see how others treat it in fiction.

[cyberswede]

4. On the Beach

by Neville Shute deals with this subject. Great read - a classic.

[fadedrose]

5. Was it Gregory Peck & maybe Ava Gardner?

Saw it. Good, but depressing.

[hippywife]

14. nevermind, I'm wrong. n/t

[ensho]

6. super! wishing you well

nt

[SheilaT]

7. Okay, An Atomic Romance I find,

and my library has a copy so I'll probably check it out when I go there in about an hour or so.

But Venum I cannot find, not even on Amazon. Is that the correct title spelled correctly? Who is the author? When was it published? What's it about?

[ensho]

9. Joan Brady - she also wrote Bleedout - I have it on order

title - Venum

bee venum use to lessen radiation poison in a body

[SheilaT]

10. Venom.

V-e-n-o-m. Couldn't find it under Venum. Got it with the author's name. Will take a look at it.

[ensho]

11. sorry - I'm a terrible speller - some sort of mental block lol

before computers I used to joke that I kept a dictionary tied to my waist so I could spell things.

(it was nearby, not tied to me)

now I have a large one that I use as a footstool while p.c.ing.

[raccoon]

8. I'd like to rec ALAS, BABYLON by Pat Frank. Published 1959.

It's about a fictional nuclear war, and how a group of people in FL survived.

It's a story about personal growth. Many of the main characters have a more fulfilling life after the nuclear war.

[Paladin]

12. I'll Second That.

Great novel, a genuine classic.

[LearnedHand]

13. "Downwinders" was decent

Not great, but I didn't loathe it.