Ironworks Gaming Forum - How I learned to stop worrying and loved the Bomb.

The full book title (written by Peter George) is "Dr Strangelove; OR: How I learned to stop worrying and loved the bomb." Btw. Stanley Kubric made movie based on this book. I recommend both http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif
It was written at the beggining of 60-ties and published in UK. I am sure it could be not published in USA in 50-ties http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif. I will explain why. Most of characters have names saying vey much about them. For example mad US general, who sends bombers with nuclear bombs to SU is called Ripper. Another US general near US president is called Turgidson "Buck" (have you seen The Fifth Element or Marsian Attacks! - oh, yes, he is that type of US military man). US president name is Merkin Muffley (do you know what is merkin? I didnt but guy who translated that book did http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif, muff..). OK and Dr Strangelove one could say is really strange, twisted. Former nazi "doctor responsible for strange experimants" now hosted by US government. Ah.. and Soviet ambassador is called Kissoff.
What the story: bombers have been send and nobody kows how to stop them. Unfortunatelly russians have build doom machine, fully automatic, will destroy whole earth atmospere with radioactive fallout, in case someone will use nuclear weapon agains them.
The heroic fight of both countries against fate (bombers) was lost. But there is new hope, lets build mines to preserve people. Lets store machines and weapon for future, after come back. We have to preserve our mining space, procreate and come back to rule the world. We have to watch soviets just in case they are not more numerous, lets preserve weapon for tomorrow!

Loving bombs. Have you read/seen book/movie by Chuck Palahniuk "Fight Club". It is something quite different. It tells about individual fighting the system (so called western democracy). It is more serious and deal with human psyche. Tyler is twisted, but who is normal? Normality is a myth. Nobody is normal. We are all differnet, we are all twisted. Some do not eat meat, some collect stamps. Many of us can hide our true nature better or worse. Tyler was good in it.

Zbyszek

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