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Where would you move to ride out a potential WWIII?

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[โ€“] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Closest I've read is Lord of the Flies.

[โ€“] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hah very different themes I'd say.

On the Beach is about all the people who thought it'd be a good idea to move to Australia in case all the nukes drop during the Cold War, and then the nukes drop and everyone in the northern hemisphere dies and they survive, but then they realize they're just waiting for the natural wind patterns to bring all the radiation over to them to kill them too. The only way to win is not to play.

So similar in that they're both very dismal.

I read a short story with a very similar theme, could have been that book.