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NOTE: This 60th anniversary edition of Earth Abides includes a special introduction written and read by Hugo Award-winning writer Connie Willis.]]> 93269 25 1650913 1949 Earth Abides total:1056|5:346|4:375|3:242|2:72|1:21| 1056 4121 1796 226 53501 3.90 1355 291 30910658 870755 93269 0345487133 9780345487131 201 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295m/93269.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295s/93269.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93269.Earth_Abides 3.88 933

From the Paperback edition.]]> 1949 4 9 false Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 11:29:11 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 18:57:53 -0700 2008
I picked up Earth Abides because it was one of the inspirations for Stephen King's The Stand and because I've been in a post-apocalyptic mood lately. Earth Abides didn't disappoint.

It grabs you from the start. Isherwood Williams (Ish), g...more...]]> 2712379 61519 93269 0345487133 9780345487131 201 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295m/93269.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295s/93269.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93269.Earth_Abides 3.90 1056

From the Paperback edition.]]> 1949 4 3 false Sun Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 04 11:51:30 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:37:40 -0800 2009 easy it would be to annihilate ourselves. Nowadays, it seems like every...more...]]> 36671979 405390 93269 0345487133 9780345487131 201 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295m/93269.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295s/93269.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93269.Earth_Abides 3.90 1056

From the Paperback edition.]]> 1949 4 3 false Sat Nov 01 06:14:15 -0700 2008 Sun May 24 06:07:44 -0700 2009
Instead of the typical apocalyptic aftermath story with brave survivors...more...]]> 28898417 1332976 93269 0345487133 9780345487131 201 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295m/93269.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295s/93269.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93269.Earth_Abides 3.90 1056

From the Paperback edition.]]> 1949 5 2 true Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Jul 31 12:55:56 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 13:10:28 -0700 2008
I'm a sucker for postapocalyptic sci-fi, and this is subtler and gentler than the usual overblown, testosterone-lad...more...]]> 5240498 313051 1034324 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180393408m/1034324.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180393408s/1034324.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1034324.Earth_Abides 4.64 11 1949 4 2 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 13:14:45 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 07:28:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 15916387 910570 93269 0345487133 9780345487131 201 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295m/93269.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295s/93269.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93269.Earth_Abides 3.90 1056

From the Paperback edition.]]> 1949 0 2 false Wed Feb 20 12:37:22 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 17 06:59:28 -0700 2008
"He took a cigarette from the lacquer box on the coffee table"
"He turned on the radio and waited for the tubes to ...more...]]> 10738796 695890 93269 0345487133 9780345487131 201 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295m/93269.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295s/93269.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93269.Earth_Abides 3.90 1056

From the Paperback edition.]]> 1949 5 2 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1975 Thu Dec 20 04:47:55 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 04:50:17 -0800 2007 11451170 656823 93269 0345487133 9780345487131 201 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295m/93269.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295s/93269.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93269.Earth_Abides 3.90 1056

From the Paperback edition.]]> 1949 3 2 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 02 10:20:37 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 10:32:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 18811695 984874 93269 0345487133 9780345487131 201 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295m/93269.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295s/93269.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93269.Earth_Abides 3.90 1056

From the Paperback edition.]]> 1949 5 1 false Thu Mar 27 19:48:44 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 20:00:59 -0700 2008
The story may well be the first post-apocalyptic novel of its kind - I know of no others that have proceeded it and I do not count H.G. Wells' The Time Machine...more...]]> 52659742 2169934 93270 0449015513 9780449015513 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253297m/93270.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253297s/93270.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93270.Earth_Abides 4.00 37 1949 5 2 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 11:49:34 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 13:51:09 -0700 2009 2
5/1/09:...more...]]> 5849320 359850 93270 0449015513 9780449015513 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253297m/93270.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253297s/93270.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93270.Earth_Abides 3.90 1056 1949 5 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1981 Fri Sep 07 11:51:07 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 12:14:08 -0700 2007 a massive epidemic - nearly everyone on earth dead... the practical end of what would happen next. gathering a few survivors, building a new life and lifestyle. the main charactor (your basic mild mannered guy) over time re...more...]]> 48342061 2098965 93269 0345487133 9780345487131 201 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295m/93269.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295s/93269.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93269.Earth_Abides 3.90 1056

From the Paperback edition.]]> 1949 5 0 false Sun Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 05 13:17:22 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 08:45:12 -0800 2009

Readings Environmental Novel English Class required.


This was a really quick read and I actually read it for an English class.
It's a post apocalyptic story followin one survivor and the issues he needs to deal w...more...]]> 77744721 1626122 93269 0345487133 9780345487131 201 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295m/93269.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295s/93269.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93269.Earth_Abides 3.90 1056

From the Paperback edition.]]> 1949 1 0 false Tue Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sat Nov 14 07:24:45 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 07:25:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 73291417 1726189 93269 0345487133 9780345487131 201 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295m/93269.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295s/93269.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93269.Earth_Abides 3.90 1056

From the Paperback edition.]]> 1949 2 0 false Sat Oct 03 06:54:26 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 07:08:22 -0700 2009
At first, Stewart's anthropological examination of post-apocalyptic America is fairly intriguing; he takes a 'World Without Us' approach to how the Earth would respond to humanity's absence, and it's interesting enough (even though it's hard t...more...]]> 52263852 2152015 93269 0345487133 9780345487131 201 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295m/93269.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295s/93269.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93269.Earth_Abides 3.90 1056

From the Paperback edition.]]> 1949 2 0 false Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Fri Apr 10 21:32:48 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 21:53:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 78562949 2967048 93269 0345487133 9780345487131 201 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295m/93269.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295s/93269.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93269.Earth_Abides 3.90 1056

From the Paperback edition.]]> 1949 4 0 false Sat Nov 21 14:31:08 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 19:16:17 -0800 2009
(It honestly had nothing to do with the fact that I had an embarrassingly...more...]]> 57616764 127000 93269 0345487133 9780345487131 201 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295m/93269.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295s/93269.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93269.Earth_Abides 3.90 1056

From the Paperback edition.]]> 1949 4 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 09:26:50 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 11:44:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 59193627 74499 93269 0345487133 9780345487131 201 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295m/93269.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295s/93269.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93269.Earth_Abides 3.90 1056

From the Paperback edition.]]> 1949 4 0 false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 15:12:47 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 12:20:41 -0700 2009 Earth Abides, we follow the protagonist, Ish, as he struggles with first his own survival, then a budding society, his own ideals of rebuilding civilization, and finally, reluctant godhood. It is interesting to follow Stewart's vision of how civilization—specifically, U.S. civi...more...]]> 78208404 2546488 93269 0345487133 9780345487131 201 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295m/93269.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171253295s/93269.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93269.Earth_Abides 3.90 1056

From the Paperback edition.]]> 1949 2 0 false Sat Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 10:56:18 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 06:31:21 -0800 2009
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From the Paperback edition.]]> 1949 2 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Mar 28 06:02:55 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 12:03:43 -0700 2009
I did like the way the is...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6563222