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Sup /lit/ i'm hoping you can help me find a book? a book i read an extract of between the ages of 14-16 for a GCSE english exam (i am now taking english and drama at University)

this short extract was set sometime in the future (or an altered past, but 99% sure it's the future)

some points from it.

set in London UK
Snowy/Icy
Extreme weather conditions
Battersea power station mentioned
St Pauls Cathedral is where he goes (could be somewhere else)
He tries to use a radio
reads shit lots of books
at the end of the extract there's a fucking polar bear.

anyone have any idea about this?

i remember definately the polar bear coming at the end, him trying the radio where he's living for a while, writing shit down, looking out to/living near Battersea Power Station, going to some place filled with books, meeting a polar bear.

anyone?
desperate need for some nostalgia.

pic unrelated

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anyone?

>> No.1095291
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doubtful if anyone else actually sat this exam (hoping it wasn't a mock our teachers gave us) but the other extract was from 1984 where he's doing the morning exercises and trying to touch his toes.

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thinking about it, i'm sure he either gave out a radio message, or listened for one but jotted stuff down at frequent intervals.

also some notes about the lack of wildlife

>> No.1095313

>>1095291
that story is bullshit: http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/may/120510-3D-porn-movies-theatre.htm

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that's all i got i think

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>>1095313
>>1095313

meh i'm just choosing random pics

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like a dis one

although this one is rather cool

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mikniob

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anyone got any ideas?

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boom de yada

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nobody? :(

>> No.1095411

Maybe Arthur C. Clarke's "The Forgotten Enemy"?

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nvfoo

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>>1095411
>>1095411
>>1095411
that's it :D

thanks anon