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"Sci-fi book about 1950s/1960s family with a bomb shelter under their house. The kids invite friends for dinner and a bomb threat goes off. Everyone goes into the shelter where they are transported to a dystopian world or reality in which women rule the men. Eventually, they are transported back to earth a few hours before the bombs go off, and are able to warn their family members of the pending disaster. "
March 27, 2026
A Canticle for Leibowitz
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A Canticle for Leibowitz

Walter M. Miller Jr., Волтер Майкл Міллер-молодший

1959
4.2
72 editions
A Canticle for Leibowitz
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A Canticle for Leibowitz

Jr. Walter M. Miller

1959
4.2
1 edition
No Cover
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A Canticle For Leibowitz

Jr Walter M. Miller

1959
4.2
1 edition
No Cover
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A Canticle for Leibowitz

Miller, Walter M., Jr.

4.2
0 editions
No Cover
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Bantam S2973)

Walter M. Miller Jr.

4.2
0 editions
No Cover
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the children of men

p.d. james

1992
4.2
1 edition
The Road
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The Road

Cormac McCarthy

2006
4.2
69 editions
No Cover
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Cormac Mccarthy Bestselling Series, 6 Books Set, Cities of the Plain, the Crossing, the Road, Blood Meridian, No Country for Old Men, All the Pretty Horses

Cormac McCarthy

2007
4.2
1 edition
No Cover
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Maeve Binchy, The Glass Lake, Heart and Soul, Nights of Rain and Stars, Scarlet Feather, Quentins, Tara Road, White Horn Woods [Set of 7 Hardcover Books]

Cormac McCarthy

4.2
1 edition
Station Eleven
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Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

2014
4.2
18 editions
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