- Audio Cassette
- Publisher: Random House Audiobooks; Abridged edition edition (Nov 13 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1860219535
- ISBN-13: 978-1860219535
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (154 customer reviews)
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Europe, America and most of the northern hemisphere have been annihilated by a nuclear world war. Only a few remote pockets of the planet remain habitable, and the area around Melbourne is one of them. Shute's classic novel describes how a small group of survivors tries to cope.
Ingram
A novel about the survivors of an atomic war, who face an inevitable end as radiation poisoning moves toward Australia from the North.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
A chore to read,
By Robert lucas (Maryland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: On the Beach (Mass Market Paperback)
Mr. Shute had a wonderful scenerio for the end of the world in his book. Now if only he had given the idea to an author who knew how to write. This novel moved excrusiatingly slow and his repetitve australian dialect added nothing to help; if not hurt it. Out of all the books I have read, I would have to say that this one ranks among the top 10 worst in language usauge and sentence structure.
1.0 out of 5 stars
A Major Let Down,
By "missy_weir" (Vancouver, BC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: On the Beach (Mass Market Paperback)
Well, we had to read this book in English class. It is supposedly a classic, but many of the members of my class agree with me that it does not deserve its award winning title. First of all the characters in the book have very odd relationships, not resembling those of real people. Secondly, human nature is to protect oneself and its offspring. All the characters in the novel are taking their death as it comes, but if they were smart they could build underground shelters, stay there for 5-10 years and then return to the surface when the radiation has lessened. All in all it was a bit of a dissapointment, however the movie is very well done and I would recommend that first and foremost before the book.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best book ever....,
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This review is from: On the Beach (Mass Market Paperback)
Poignant in its depiction of a selected few attempting to come to terms with the inevitable end of everything and everyone they have ever known and ever loved, On the Beach is a moving portrayal of those who have the courage to live those few, numbered days remaining to them as passionately and as fully as possible, even in the face of the end of the world. As they make plans that they know, within their souls, will never come to fruition as the world meets its doom, we become emotionally involved with Shute's characters, and we are reminded of how precious even such a mundane act as planting a garden can be. On the Beach makes you think, but it also makes you feel: this book is one of a small group of items in any medium that has ever made me cry. I can, with conviction, say On the Beach is the best book I have ever read, even being the bibliophile that I am. This book should be required reading for not only every student, but everyone. Period.
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