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I meant to crosspost my Nuke Opera 2020 stuff from my WordPress blog as I went along but didn't keep up with it and now there are so many articles, I'm too daunted by the prospect to make the effort. So, toward that end, I'm reposting the index I created over at doomsdaywriter.wordpress.com with the intention of updating both posts as I go on. 

An Index of Nuke Opera 2020 articles and related information (will be updated as the series goes on, likely with a slight delay due to the author being a snail):

Index by Date: The same index as below, except organized by the date the article was posted instead of by subject. (created June 30-July 1, 2020)

• Series Introduction - Nostalgia, Nuclear War and Navel-Gazing: An Introduction to Nuke Opera 2020  (posted January 8, 2020)
• Some Words About Warnings -- On Spoilers and Triggers and Content Warnings -- pretty much what it says on the tin. Additionally, I've recently added the Nuke Opera 2020 Warnings Policy as its own page, subordinate to the Nuke Opera Index. (both posted April 19, 2020)
• Reading List - Nuke Opera 2020: Reading List (posted January 12, 2020) 
  • Golden Age, New Wave, It's Still Science Fiction To Me -- Article about the differences between Old Wave and New Wave science fiction (posted May 24, 2020) 
  • Lot, by Ward Moore (1953) -- in-depth review of Ward Moore's 1953 short story, Lot. (posted April 22, 2020)
  • Lot's Daughter by Ward Moore (1954) -- In-depth review of the sequel to Lot, which takes up six years later. (posted April 29, 2020) 
    • Panic In Year Zero (1962) -- A brief bit of filler about Panic In Year Zero (1962), a movie allegedly based on Lot and Lot's Daughter. (posted April 26, 2020)
    • But What About...Shameless Speculation About What Might Have Happened After Lot and Lot's Daughter (SPOILERS Ahead) -- Pretty much what it says in the title; this is somewhere between an essay and a fanfic.(posted May 13, 2020)
  • A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison (1969) -- In-depth review of Harlan Ellison's Nebula-award winning novella. (posted June 24, 2020)
    • Short Notes -- A collection of short notes about other post-apocalyptic novels and stories of interest; indexed here because it includes mention of "Eggsucker" and "Run, Spot, Run," two other stories featuring Vic and Blood. (posted June 28, 2020)  
    • Blood's A Rover by Harlan Ellison (1977) -- Review of the last story included in the ebook Blood's A Rover that I used for my review of A Boy and His Dog. (posted July 3. 2020)
  • Farnham's Freehold by Robert A. Heinlein (1964) -- an in-depth, multi-part review of Robert A. Heinlein's second-worst book.(posted between July 8, 2020 and August 30, 2020)
    • Farnham's Freehold by Robert A. Heinlein (1964): Introduction -- An introduction to this sub-series, discussing Robert A. Heinlein and summarizing Farnham's Freehold. (posted July 8, 2020) 
    • Farnham's Freehold -- Chapter One (posted July 12, 2020)
    • Farnham's Freehold -- Chapter Two (posted July 15, 2020)
    • Farnham's Freehold -- Chapter Three (posted July 19, 2020)
    • Farnham's Freehold -- Chapter Four (posted July 22, 2020)
    • Farnham's Freehold -- Chapters Five & Six (posted July 26, 2020)
    • Farnham's Freehold -- Chapters Seven, Eight & Nine (posted July 29, 2020)
    • Farnham's Freehold -- Chapter Ten (posted August 2, 2020)
    • Farnham's Freehold -- Chapters Eleven, Twelve & Thirteen (posted August 5, 2020)
    • Farnham's Freehold -- Chapter Fourteen (posted August 12, 2020)
    • Farnham's Freehold -- Chapter Fifteen (posted August 16, 2020) 
    • Farnham's Freehold -- Chapters Sixteen & Seventeen (posted August 19, 2020)
    • Farnham's Freehold -- Chapter Eighteen (posted August 23, 2020)  
    • Farnham's Freehold -- Chapters Nineteen & Twenty (posted August 26, 2020)
    • Farnham's Freehold -- Chapters Twenty-One, Twenty-Two & Twenty-Three (posted August 30, 2020)
• Science Basics - Articles intended to explain, in basic terms, the science behind nuclear weapons, radiation, etc.
  • • Introducing Our Acquaintance, the Atom –  the basics of the atom (posted January 15, 2020)
    • Radioactive Decay and the Half-Life of the Atom – an Addendum to “Introducing Our Acquaintance, the Atom.” –  meant to fill in a couple gaps in the "Introducing [...]] the Atom" article. (posted January 19, 2020)
    • How Many Blue Whales in a Kiloton: Making Sense of the Energy in a Nuclear Explosion -- comparing the energy released from a nuclear weapon with the equivalent energy in food. (posted January 21, 2020)
      • You'd Better Bring Your Appetite -- compares the energy released by the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs to its equivalent energy in food. It's...it's a lot of food. (posted January 26, 2020)
    • One Nuclear Bomb Can Ruin Your Entire Day: Health Risks, Radiation, and you -- Part One -- Discusses the health effects and dangers from blast effects and thermal radiation that accompany a nuclear explosion. (posted January 22, 2020)
    • One Nuclear Bomb Can Ruin Your Entire Day: Health Risks, Radiation, and you -- Part Two -- Discusses the health effects and dangers from ionizing radiation. (posted February 26, 2020)
    • Exchange Rates: Measuring Radiation -- something to help make sense of the multiple ways for measuring radiation and radioactivity. (posted February 9, 2020)
    • A Hard Rain's Coming: The Basics of Fallout (posted on March 8, 2020)
    • Warheads and Missiles and Bombs, Oh Dear...: Nuclear Weapon Basics -- Describes the basics of how nuclear weapons work as well as some aspects of design. (posted January 29, 2020)
      • Nuke Opera 2020: “World-Wide Delivery in 30 Minutes or Less”- Missile Types and Speeds --Some basic information on the various types of ballistic missiles and their ranges.  (posted on April 12, 2020)
      • Bomb, Bomb, Who’s Got The Bomb: Members of the Smoking Crater Society -- While the US and USSR get all the attention, there were other Cold War powers that had nuclear capabilities (posted March 18, 2020)
    • Think Bowling, Not Golf: Understanding DEFCON Levels -- Making sense of the DEFCON levels (the higher the number, the better it is). (posted February 2, 2020)
    • Panic At The Apocalypse --A brief look at who really panics during a disaster. (posted April 15, 2020)

• History Basics -- Articles about the history of various stages of the Cold War. 
  • Time Flies Like An Arrow; Fruit Flies Like A Banana: An Introduction to Cold War History -- Wherein I divide the 46 years of the Cold War into separate historical periods for ease. The expanded articles are linked below
    • Before the Beginning: The Basics of the Pre-Atomic Era: 1895-1942-- from the discovery of radiation to the beginning of the Manhattan Project (plus a bit more). (posted February 12, 2020)
    • The Manhattan Project: 1942-1945 -- A not-so-brief overview of the Manhattan Project from 1942-1945. (posted February 19, 2020)
    • Opening the Pot: Cold War History 1945-1949 (posted March 4, 2020)
    • Atomic Era Begins -- 1949-1962, Part One (1949-1954) (posted March 25, 2020)
    • Atomic Era Begins -- 1949-1962, Part Two (1954-1962)(posted April 8, 2020)
    • Detente and Malaise - 1962-1979  (posted June 17, 2020)
  • Generation Gap -- An article comparing a G. I. Generation father to a Baby Boomer son, as an attempt to illustrate just how much the world changed in the 1960s and 1970s. (posted June 3, 2020) 
  • Presidents of the Cold War -- a (somewhat) handy chart covering the Presidents of the United States who served during the Cold War as well as who their Soviet counterparts were. (posted May 17, 2020)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. and Hiroshima – a brief overview of Martin Luther King, Jr's anti-war activism, specifically related to his stance against nuclear disarmament. (posted January 20, 2020)
  • Talkin' About Our Generations -- Breaking down the history of the last 137 years into more manageable terms. (posted February 16, 2020)
  • Pictures of History -- Part One -- pictures from the National Museum of the Air Force of their exhibit of Bock's Car and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (posted March 1, 2020)
  • Pictures of History -- Part Two -- more pictures from the National Museum of the Air Force, featuring the Berlin Airlift and some pictures from the Mounds Cold War Discovery Center and the Miamisburg Mound. (posted March 11, 2020)
  • Nuke Opera 2020: The Scars of History: The 75th Anniversary of the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- a brief article about the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. (posted August 9, 2020)