Level 7 (Library of American Fiction)

Level 7 (Library of American Fiction)

<DIV><P><I>Level 7</I> is the diary of Officer X-127, who is assigned to stand guard at the "Push Buttons," a machine devised to activate the atomic destruction of the enemy, in the country's deepest bomb shelter. Four thousand feet underground, Level 7 has been built to withstand the most devastating attack and to be self-sufficient for five hundred years. Selected according to a psychological profile that assures their willingness to destroy all life on Earth, those who are sent down may never return.<br>    Originally published in 1959, and with over 400,000 copies sold, this powerful dystopian novel remains a horrific vision of where the nuclear arms race may lead, and is an affirmation of human life and love. Level 7 merits comparison to Huxley's <I>A Brave New World</I> and Orwell's <I>1984</I> and should be considered a must-read by all science fiction fans.</P></DIV>