Chernobyl (novel)

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Chernobyl
ISBN
9780553052107

Chernobyl is a novel by Frederik Pohl published in 1987. It is based on the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

Plot summary

Chernobyl is a novel in which the characters must decide whether to use hastily produced substandard materials or to delay the reactor schedule while it is already overdue.[1]

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed Chernobyl for White Dwarf #98, and stated that "Avoiding Evil Empire stereotypes, Pohl does his own country a service by reminding us that lots of Americans detest the knee-jerk, anti-commie paranoia which sometimes seems to be the US national stereotype. The technical background is all there too, in palatable form."[1]

Reviews

  • Review by Dan Chow (1987) in Locus, #318 July 1987
  • Review by Don D'Ammassa (1987) in
    Science Fiction Chronicle
    , #96 September 1987
  • Review by Algis Budrys (1987) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1987
  • Review by John Newsinger (1988) in
    Vector
    142
  • Review by Andy Robertson (1988) in Interzone, #23 Spring 1988
  • Review by Andrew Andrews (1988) in
    Thrust
    , #31, Fall 1988

References

  1. ^ a b Langford, Dave (February 1988). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. No. 98. Games Workshop. p. 19.