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Date: 24 July 2009 08:18:33
Do people nowadays read the novels of Nevil Shute? I am reminded of "on the Beach", whose starting point is a conflict during which the countries of the northern hemisphere have wiped each other out, and which takes place somewhere in Australia. It was made into a film, as was "No Highway", which had James Stewart playing the part of engineer Theodore Honey. Nevil Shute had been an engineer himself, as revealed in his autobiography "Slide Rule". I think that, eventually, he emigrated to Australia ...