To sole stod op

by Niels E. Nielsen

World war 3 has ended after 5 years, and Col. Geryt van Groote can start his long journey from Asia back to his family and hometown in Belgium. This journey becomes longer than expected.

Travelling through a nuclear waste land and encountering groups of survivors, he contemplates his own part in the war.

What is the solution for the future, when the world lies in ruins?

278 pages

First published January 1, 1961

Reviews

[Hans Jørgen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Denmarks greatest Sci-Fi writer ever! I have read tons of Sci-Fi books and so has my father, he started buying pocketbooks and paperbooks in the 40's and 50's, when he was a teenager, and went on to the year 2001, when he passed away...We watched 2001 in the cinema together, when I was a kid, and I loved reading these books from my fathers library in our house. Shortly after he died he came back as a baby like in the scene from 2001.
There is no doubt that Niels E. Nielsen ranks in the same top as Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Anderson etc. I have only read them in my native language Danish and not in English.
My mother's grandfather was the art-historican Francis Beckett, and I could give you an entire lecture about divine and "hidden" truth in art and literature.
The artists and writers are divinely inspired...Sorry you must not see 2 suns!! ever in the solarsystem. The Earth is a gift from God. He likes you! We could perish in a second if he didn't change some decimals here and here...

[Michael Pilgaard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fed postapokalyptisk fortælling! Godt udtænkt, grum, smuk og tankevækkende i sin beskrivelse af hvordan mennesker overlever, eller ikke overlever, efter en atomkrig. Den er ikke helt til de 5 stjerner, men næsten.