children of atom religon /philip k. dick

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First time out of the vault
i noticed that fallout 3's story uses alot of elements that appear to be directly inspired by philp k. dick and roger zelanzy's novel Deus Irae.
After 1982, the world experienced a devastating nuclear war. Fallout and radiation has caused widespread mutations to human and animal populations alike. Akin to gnosticism, there is a new messianic religion. The members of this religion, known as the Servants of Wrath or SOWs, worship the creator and detonator of the war's ultimate weapon, Carleton Lufteufel (from the German words "Luft," meaning "air," and "Teufel," meaning "Devil"), ex-chairman of the Energy Research and Development Agency of the United States of America - ERDA/USA.

another interesting thing also is the enclave radio.
in alot of philip k. dick stories such as dr. bloodmoney, survivors of nuclear holocaust are kept company by an orbiting radiostation of obscure origin.
 
I don't think there's a big similarity. SOW worship Lufteufel, the man who started it all, whereas Children of Atom worship the weapon, their idol being one single nuclear bomb.

Says on The Vault that Children are inspired by a cult from Beneath the Planet of Apes. Never watched the film, but still...
 
ViewedCloth said:
I'll have to watch that now, hope I don't get bored
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I watched it a few years ago, its one of those movies that's so bad it turns out to be halfway decent. At least in my opinion.

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