The Big Eye

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1949
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The novel is set in 1960 when the world is expecting a nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the United States to start at any time. The Big Eye is the world’s largest telescope, and it is announced that a new planet has been discovered that will crash into Earth on Christmas Day in 1962. As a result, war is forgotten, and the world goes crazy trying to cram a lifetime into two years.

Pagination
221 pp.
Published Date

1949

Publisher
Doubleday
Place Published
Garden City, NY
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1949 Ehrlich, Max [Simon] (1909-1983). The Big Eye. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. 221 pp. Rpt. with A Novel of the Future at the head of the title page. New York: Popular Library, 1950. 223 pp. PSt

The novel is set in 1960 when the world is expecting a nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the United States to start at any time. The Big Eye is the world’s largest telescope, and it is announced that a new planet has been discovered that will crash into Earth on Christmas Day in 1962. As a result, war is forgotten, and the world goes crazy trying to cram a lifetime into two years.

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Rpt. with A Novel of the Future at the head of the title page. New York: Popular Library, 1950. 223 pp. 

Author Note

(1909-1983)

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