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== [[Literature]] ==

* ''[[Starship Titanic]]'' has a bomb that really doesn't want to go off.

* In Douglas Reeman's [[World War Two]] novel ''The Volunteers'', one of the main characters used to be in a bomb disposal unit. He was one of the best at the job, and then one day the latest bomb's [[Booby Trap]] activated. He shouted a warning to his assistant and ducked for cover. He survived, but for some reason his assistant '''didn't''' go for cover fast enough, and was killed. And the shock of the bomb going off so close produced a bit of short-term memory loss: the survivor doesn't '''remember''' whether or not he gave the warning. He's rather bothered by this, naturally....

* In Douglas Reeman's [[World War Two]] novel ''The Volunteers'', one of the main characters used to be in a bomb disposal unit. He was one of the best at the job, and then one day the latest bomb's [[Booby Trap]] activated. He shouted a warning to his assistant and ducked for cover. He survived, but for some reason his assistant ''didn't'' go for cover fast enough, and was killed. And the shock of the bomb going off so close produced a bit of short-term memory loss: the survivor doesn't ''remember'' whether or not he gave the warning. He's rather bothered by this, naturally....

** Another of Reeman's books is titled ''Twelve Seconds to Live'', this apparently being how long you have if you're trying to defuse a German bomb and the fuse activates instead.

* '''The Frogmen''' by Robb White is about a frogman in the US Navy. It contains a surprising amount of technical knowledge for a juvenile novel.

* ''The Frogmen'' by Robb White is about a frogman in the US Navy. It contains a surprising amount of technical knowledge for a juvenile novel.

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