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- ↑ "Could just two people repopulate Earth?".
- ↑ Firestone, Richard (2006). The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes . Inner Traditions/Bear. p. 154. ISBN 9781591430612.
- ↑ Shapiro, Jerome (2013). Atomic Bomb Cinema: The Apocalyptic Imagination on Film. p. 77.
- ↑ Bleiler, Richard (1998). Science-fiction: The Gernsback Years. p. 5.