Andrew G. Kirk

This graphic novel covers the birth of the atomic age from the perspective of the first atomic bomb detonations and testing at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). You get to see the Trinity test, the Crossroads tests, and other detonations at the NTS. For the squeamish, the book does depict animals like pigs and dogs being victims of nuclear tests.

This book highlights the unbelievable hubris of the scientists and politicians that came up with and funded these tests and experiments, which have left a lasting legacy of radiological contamination across this country.

The graphic novel is only a portion of the book, taking up 124 pages of the 384 pages. The rest of the book is made up of a lengthy introduction, a selection of primary sources related to nuclear testing, plus a chapter on the historical context of the events depicted in the graphic novel.

Overall, not a bad addition to literature on the subject. I'm glad to see more and more non-fiction graphic depictions of history.… (mehr)

another wonderful book update history of the Great New Era we've been in for so long. The Great Sixties Era. The Era since 1938 when Albert Hofmann created LSD. We're now 70 years into this New Era. Stewart Brand backstory from the way early Trips Festivals, the first modern Raves, up thru the late Whole Earth Catalogs, CQ, and the Whole Earth Review. This is the third book on the From LSD to the Google G1 process in Kaliformulae. A recent development is the hyper-hip massive co-op of Coolness, the Long Now Foundation. Grabbing the next 10,000 years! Too much. I date the new great Long Now from 1938. see above. Also from 1943. 1938-1943 is the Great Cusp where the previous 50,000 years of Human History ends and this new Dash to the Stars and Center of this Galaxie finally begins the next 50,000 years!… (mehr)