Talk:Fail-Safe (novel)

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[edit] Identical to Movie Page

this page is virtually identical to the movie page (or vice versa). Surely there must be some difference? If not that the movie is incredibly faithful, and it almost makes the movie page redundant (in that we could just add on a paragraph to the end of this page).Oreo man 18:42, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I haven't read the book or watched the movie yet, but I would be hesitant to merge the two. ~ Rollo44 22:02, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction

In the explanation of the title (the first section) this article seems to claim that the "fail-safe" in the book refers to an aircraft continuing it's last command (specifically attack) if there is a failure due to an enemy's strike. In the plot summery, however, it seems to indicate that the 'fail-safe' was of a more conventional nature (no pun intended)- that aircraft would not go beyond a certain point without specific instructions. The two ideas don't really mesh. Either the 'fail-safe' was meant to continue a nuclear war, or it was meant to prevent one.

Now, I see the irony if it was supposed to prevent one and actually caused one, but I think it could use a little work to get the two sections to work. Epthorn 12:42, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:38, 2 January 2008 (UTC)