Costigan's Needle (1954)

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I read this book in high school and visited it again recently. What struck me about Sohl's book is how much different the story would be if it was written today. The people who go through the Eye of the Needle are, in Sohl's story, an inventive and cooperative slice of early-50s Americana. Those who survive the transition quickly band together and get organized, and within months have built a functioning society literally from scratch. A writer today would have to include racial tensions, a power grab by the police lieutenant, sex that is more explicit than implied, overall a much darker version. Frankly I prefer the way it was originally written.

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