![]() What survives of the American government, now in Maryland, passes the Thirtieth Amendment that prohibits more than 1,000 people and 100 buildings per square mile (1). Brackett suggests that, as cities are the primary targets in the nuclear war, those less dependent on technology will repopulate the countryside (*). The New Mennonites, an amalgamation of the Old Mennonites and the Amish, survive and thrive in a post-nuclear war future (*). Highly recommended for all fans of vintage SF. ![]() The world is a far more violent and rocky place. At first glance Brackett’s novel appears to traverse standard SF juvenile territory where a teenage boy, in a religiously and socially oppressive society, encounters an object and memories of the past that opens up a path to self-discovery. ![]() Leigh Brackett’s The Long Tomorrow (1955) not only clocks in as the best of her work I’ve read so far but also joins my pantheon of favorite 50s SF visions (*). ![]() Nominated for the 1956 Hugo Award for Best Novel. “No city, no town, no community of more than one thousand people or two hundred buildings to the square mile shall be built or permitted to exist anywhere in the United States of America” (Thirtieth Amendment of the United States Constitution) (1) ![]()
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