Operation Panic Cold War Stories of the Atomic Bomb

by Hazuka, Tom; Pack Jr., Jimmy J

• ISBN13: 9781960456076
• ISBN10: 1960456075
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2024-09-02
• Publisher: Woodhall Press

Summary

Ever since the development of the atomic bomb in 1945, the world has lived under the threat of nuclear war. The early years of the Cold War transposed the fear of atomic weapons onto the fear of Communism that was a threat to American ways. By the 1980s, the citizens of the world had enough of nuclear anxiety, and Communism no longer seemed to be an existential threat. Operation Panic revisits the fears and anxieties— and the imagined future— of a world changed by atomic weapons. Operation Panic: Cold War Stories of the Atomic Bomb is an anthology of short fiction originally published between 1946 and 1980, with stories focusing on the use of atomic weapons and images of Cold War propaganda and atomic bomb tests. This collection features stories from Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Judith Merril, Hugh Hood, Fritz Leiber, Philip Wylie, Roger Angell, Carol Amen, James Blish, along with many others.

Author Biography

Tom Hazuka has published the novels The Road to the Island, In the City of the Disappeared and Last Chance for First,as well as seventy short stories, two books of nonfiction (both co-written with C.J. Jones), and a memoir,If You Turn to Look Back. He has edited or co-edited nine anthologies. Tom is also a singer-songwriter; links to his writing and original songs can be found at tomhazuka.com. He taught fiction writing at Central Connecticut State University for many years.

A native of Connecticut, Jimmy J. Pack Jr., has been publishing fiction and creative nonfiction for over 30 years. He has been teaching creative writing, creative nonfiction writing, and Cold War era fiction at Penn State Abington for over 21 years. He is currently working on a book covering 25 years on Route 66. He received his BA from Central Connecticut State University, and his MA & MFA in Creative Writing from Temple. He lives in Philadelphia, PA.

Table of Contents

Crossroads Table of Contents Introduction— Jimmy J. Pack Jr., Thomas Van Osten IV, Tom Hazuka Warning... Some Pigs in Sailor Suits— Roger Angell End of the Race— Albert Bermel Foster, You’ re Dead— Philip K. Dick Day of Succession— Theodore Thomas Generation of Noah— William Tenn Blast! The Blast — Stuart Cloete A Bad Day for Sales— Fritz Leiber Daybroke— Robert Bloch Blunder— Philip Wylie Atom War— Rog Philips The Day the Bomb Fell— Leslie Croutch After the Sirens— Hugh Hood Fallout— Time Enough at Last— Lynn Venable That Only a Mother— Judith Merril About Time to Go South— Douglas Angus To Pay the Piper— James Blish The Last of the Deliveries— Poul Anderson Road to Nightfall— Robert Silverberg There Will Come Soft Rains— Ray Bradbury Last Testament— Carol Amen