Skip to content

Dr. Strangelove

Dr. Strangelove

ThrillerHistorical Fiction
Pages
175
Published
1999
Language
English

Synopsis

Novelization of the classic movie by one of the screenwriters.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

FunnySatiricalTenseDarkThought-Provoking
Survival

Genres

Thriller Historical Fiction Classics Humor Satire Political Thriller

About the author

P
Peter George

Peter Bryan George was a British author, most famous for the 1958 Cold War thriller novel Red Alert, first published under the title Two Hours to Doom and written under the pen name Peter Bryant. The book was the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's classic film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. - Wikipedia

Characters

Group Captain Lionel MandrakeProtagonist

A British exchange officer serving in the US Air Force, he is the only sane voice trying to prevent nuclear war.

President Merkin MuffleyProtagonist

The President of the United States, who tries to manage the crisis and prevent all-out nuclear war.

General Jack D. RipperAntagonist

A rogue US Air Force general who initiates a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union, believing it is a communist plot to fluoridate American water.

Dr. StrangeloveSupporting

A former Nazi scientist and nuclear war expert, now an advisor to the US President, who offers bizarre and chilling solutions to the nuclear crisis.

Major T.J. 'King' KongSupporting

The patriotic and determined commander of a B-52 bomber crew, tasked with delivering nuclear bombs to the Soviet Union.

All characters in Dr. Strangelove