Millennial Review II: Millennium by Ben Bova (1976)
Millennium
By Ben Bova
17 Jan, 2000
Millennial Reviews
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Millennium
Ben Bova
Del Rey Books 1976
295 pages
I’m cheating here: all the books I am reviewing are supposed to be set in 2000 but most of the action in Millenium is set in December 1999. Only about a page is arguably set in 2000.
Synopsis: In 1999, the predictions of the Club of Rome have more or less come true: the world’s population is 8 billion, resources are running out, and the two Great Powers, the USA and the SU, are beginning an unavoidable preparation for WWIII. As December goes by,events spin out of control, much as they did in August 1914.