Fermi and Frost by Frederick Pohl

This was a great story that probably helped present thermonuclear war in the real world, although anybody with common sense probably knew that the Cold War was a bad idea anyway. Pohl described the situation with enough facts to give an idea of just how gruesome nuclear war would be. There are a few other stories that I can remember that covered nuclear war. Barefoot Gen was one that comes to mind right now. That was a movie so the human suffering was a bit more graphic. I wondered why surviving off of geothermal power would not be sustainable in the long run. By the time I finished reading the story I praised the Lord that He did not let such a situation happen here on Earth and that we can continue to grow in Life. I hope that one day we'll sail across the galaxy in search of other living things, and avoiding thermonuclear war, as Pohl points out in the story, is a good step in the right direction! ha ha. The story makes me want to look up what SETI has been up to lately. Good story, a story that helps implant the right ideas into people's minds. Too bad Pohl's main character didn't see the value of prayer in such a terrible situation.