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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* ''[[Farnham's Freehold]]'' |
* In [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[Farnham's Freehold]]'', the second time that {{spoiler|Hugh and Barbara}} are faced with the threat of nuclear annihilation, they choose to bug out rather than sheltering in a fallout shelter. |
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* In what is an example of the concept, if not specifically of the trope itself in action, in Heinlein's ''[[The Number of the Beast]]'' "Bug Out" becomes an emergency command code for the voice-operated autopilot of the interdimensional craft Gay Deceiver, that tells her to immediately transport to an empty, safe field in an alternate Mars. |
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* There is a subgenre of [[Post Apocalyptic]]/[[Speculative Fiction]] literature catering to survivalists frequently called "prepper novels". Almost every author of such works has at least one volume that is called "Bug-Out" or has the term in its title for obvious reasons: |
* There is a subgenre of [[Post Apocalyptic]]/[[Speculative Fiction]] literature catering to survivalists frequently called "prepper novels". Almost every author of such works has at least one volume that is called "Bug-Out" or has the term in its title for obvious reasons: |
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** ''Stewart's Bug Out'' by Ron Foster. |
** ''Stewart's Bug Out'' by Ron Foster. |
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