Wrack & Roll Explained

Wrack & Roll is a novel by Bradley Denton published in 1986.

Plot summary

Wrack & Roll is a novel in which the Anglo-Chinese Alliance threatens nuclear war against the US/USSR in an alternate timeline 1979, and the rock band Blunt Instrument may be the only hope of stopping an apocalypse.

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed Wrack & Roll for White Dwarf #94, and stated that "Can the force of music halt nuclear apocalypse? Only via unconvincing plot devices, but it's a good rousing read. Very Norman Spinrad."^[1]

Reviews

• Review by Faren Miller (1986) in Locus, #309 October 1986
• Review by Constance Ash (1986) in Fantasy Review, November 1986
• Review by Don D'Ammassa (1987) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #98 November 1987

Notes and References

1. Langford . Dave . David Langford . Critical Mass . . 94 . 12 . . October 1987 .