The Day the Earth Caught Fire

When the U.S. and Russia unwittingly test atomic bombs at the same time, it alters the nutation (axis of rotation) of the Earth.

Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices causing a change to the nutation (axis of rotation) of the Earth. —Fernando <[email protected]>

After the explosion of nuclear bombs by the United States and the Soviet Union, the weather in London and in the rest of the world changes. Daily Express alcoholic reporter Peter Stenning meets telephonist Jeannie Craig , they fall in love with each other and have a love affair. When Jeannie overhears a conversation, they learn that the explosions have altered the Earth axis of rotation by eleven degrees, changing its orbit. Now the only chance for mankind is to explode bombs again so that the rotation shaft returns to its position. Will Earth be saved or doomed? —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil