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Old 10-20-2014, 10:26 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Also, I like how vague they are about how the world came to be so, uh, post apocalyptic-y. Could be a combination of the other scenarios you just listed there.
At one point in the story he talks about a building with melted windows so I figured nuclear war.

I also shed a few tears at the end. On the Beach had me just about bawling. That book destroyed me.
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