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Described as a 'brilliant novel' set against the backdrop of a hydronaut engineer trying to work out why the springs have stopped flowing before the Vesuvius eruption, gradually arriving at the terrible truth

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Referenced as a comparison when describing the mushroom cloud crowned by fire from Vesuvius, likening it to the explosion of Mount Doom

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Referenced alongside Lord of the Rings when comparing the volcanic destruction to what happens to Numenor in Tolkien's mythology