The Long Tomorrow (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Leigh Brackett
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—post-holocaust
- Time of Work: The near future
- Setting: Earth
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Apocalyptic and catastrophe fiction
- Subjects: Escapes, Future, Earth, Nuclear warfare or weapons
- Locales: Earth
The Plot
A nuclear war has changed the world. An amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits cities of more than one thousand people or two hundred buildings to the square mile, technology has been condemned, and religious fundamentalism holds sway. First cousins Len and Esau Colter dream of a place called Bartorstown, where men work to revive the cities and their precatastrophe technology. To speak of that place is dangerous; they see a man who did so killed.
Len and Esau acquire a radio, steal three books from a local teacher, get caught, are sentenced to a public...
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