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The World Next Door
An unusual post apocalyptic book...
The story itself is about an Upstate New York town in the decades following a nuclear war - a war that broke out in 1962. The townspeople begin having dreams in which they appear to be living in a future world (one with computers, fast food and everything else we're familiar with here in reality) that is on the brink of their own nuclear war. Slowly, one reality begins to merge into the other...
The story itself is about an Upstate New York town in the decades following a nuclear war - a war that broke out in 1962. The townspeople begin having dreams in which they appear to be living in a future world (one with computers, fast food and everything else we're familiar with here in reality) that is on the brink of their own nuclear war. Slowly, one reality begins to merge into the other...
342 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1990
About the author
Brad Ferguson
30 books9 followersBrad Ferguson (born 1953) is an American science fiction author.
He worked as a writer, editor and producer for CBS in New York, and is the author of a number of Star Trek tie-in novels, several short stories, and the post-holocaust novel The World Next Door.
He is married to scientist Kathi Ferguson, with whom he collaborated on one novel.
He worked as a writer, editor and producer for CBS in New York, and is the author of a number of Star Trek tie-in novels, several short stories, and the post-holocaust novel The World Next Door.
He is married to scientist Kathi Ferguson, with whom he collaborated on one novel.
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March 24, 2012
This book has no reviews and I almost didn't find it on Goodreads because it is listed as
World Next Door while it is easy to see that the title is The World Next Door. Not important, and I did like the book because it gave you a view into a simple world where people lived like they used to in the mid 1900s with a vision into an alternate world and some older people's memories of the past before Kingdom Come. There should be a sequel. Not sure if there is.
World Next Door while it is easy to see that the title is The World Next Door. Not important, and I did like the book because it gave you a view into a simple world where people lived like they used to in the mid 1900s with a vision into an alternate world and some older people's memories of the past before Kingdom Come. There should be a sequel. Not sure if there is.
July 10, 2023
Not recommended. Seems like something that would be made into a low budget movie. Really weak on the actual science fiction when compared to other writers of the era. Lots of time spent describing hunting and skinning of animals. Irksome that it never properly explains how dogs, cats, and a few hundred children (but no adults) escape into a parallel universe seconds before nuclear Armageddon destroys the world. Put in the donation box.
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