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Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler

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These books are ranked using the premise labels extracted for Fail-Safe.

Premise labels used: nuclear accident, accidental war, misdirected strike, command failure, computer malfunction, fail-safe failure, nuclear brinkmanship, atomic holocaust

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Cover of The 2020 Commission Report On The North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against The United States: A Speculative Novel by Jeffrey  Lewis

The 2020 Commission Report On The North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against The United States: A Speculative Novel

Jeffrey Lewis · 2018

A faux commission report traces how a chain of misread signals could trigger a devastating nuclear war.

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Distance: 0.1577

Cover of The Last Ship by William Brinkley

The Last Ship

William Brinkley · 1989

A Navy destroyer’s captain leads the last survivors of nuclear war through a ruined world toward uncertain refuge.

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Distance: 0.1998

Cover of The World Set Free by H.G. Wells

The World Set Free

H.G. Wells · 2007 · Radium Age

A future-history of atomic war and the uneasy utopia that rises after civilization is shattered.

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Distance: 0.2216

Cover of This Fragile Earth by Susannah Wise

This Fragile Earth

Susannah Wise · 2021

In near-future London, a mother and son flee as a tech-dependent society suddenly shuts down.

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Distance: 0.2344