Books · the-day-the-earth-froze.html
A Cold War apocalyptic pulp — simultaneous nuclear blasts in the upper atmosphere tip Earth into a deadly new ice age, and a scientist races the freeze as civilization buries under snow.
There is no Wikipedia article for this novel (the title "The Day the Earth Froze" on Wikipedia refers to the unrelated 1959 Soviet-Finnish fantasy film Sampo). Drawn from library catalogs (HathiTrust, WorldCat) and bookseller records: the story concerns Earth's climate collapsing after simultaneous nuclear explosions in the atmosphere over both hemispheres, threatening humanity with extinction. It follows scientist Jeff Corey as catastrophe unfolds — water mains burst and freeze into grotesque shapes, power fails, farms and trains vanish under ice, and mobs roam the cities for food and warmth. Alongside the action, Hatch works in the science of the disaster and debates the merits and perils of science through civilian, government, military, and cult viewpoints. Catalogued in full as The Day the Earth Froze: A Science Fiction Novel.
First published June 1963 by Monarch Books (Monarch #354), Derby, CT · 125-page mass-market paperback · cover art by Ralph Brillhart (a pseudonym of Dave Foley). Later reprinted by Armchair Fiction as an oversized "double novel," paired with The Horde From Infinity by Dwight V. Swain.
Added by talking, 2026-07-11. Cover image is the original Monarch 354 edition.
This is a plain text file in the tool's folder, shown here as a page. In the real app you'd just talk and the agent reads and updates files like this one for you.