The Long Loud Silence (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Wilson Tucker
- First Published: 1952
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—post-holocaust
- Time of Work: The near future
- Setting: Various locations east of the Mississippi River
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Apocalyptic and catastrophe fiction
- Subjects: Future, Mississippi River, Soldiers, Nuclear warfare or weapons, Plague
- Locales: East (U.S.)
The Plot
Corporal Russell Gary works as an Army recruiter in a small Illinois town. He is a veteran of combat duty in Vietnam in the 1969 revision; in the original work, he is on leave from service in the Korean War. He awakes from an overnight binge to learn that the city has been almost destroyed by a sudden, mysterious bombing attack. Gradually, over the next few months, after wandering through one deserted, ravaged area after another, Gary concludes that a nuclear attack, accompanied by a deadly plague, has decimated the entire area east of the Mississippi River, extending...
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