@booklet {10510, title = {The Tide Went Out}, year = {1958}, note = {

Rpt. as Thirst! London: Sphere Books, 1977; and as The Tide Went Out. London: The British Library 2019. U.S. ed. New York: Ballantine Books, 1959.\ 

}, month = {1958}, publisher = {Hodder \& Stoughton}, address = {London}, abstract = {

Post-apocalyptic dystopia in which atomic testing opens fissures in the earth and the oceans drain into them, causing worldwide drought, and the collapse of civilization.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {[David] [McIlwain] (1921-81)} }