false 93269 21 A disease of unparalleled destructive force has sprung up almost simultaneously in every corner of the globe, all but destroying the human species. One survivor, strangely immune to the effects of the epidemic, ventures forward to experience a world without humans. What he ultimately discovers will prove far more astonishing than anything he'd either dreaded or hoped for.--From the Paperback edition. 1650913 1949 Earth Abides total:985|5:328|4:350|3:224|2:66|1:17| 985 3861 1656 207 4 8 false 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...]]> 4 3 false 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...]]> 5 2 false 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...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 04 11:51:30 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 05 03:22:55 -0700 2008 easy it would be to annihilate ourselves. Nowadays, it seems like every...more...]]> 0 2 false 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"
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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...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 13:14:45 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 06 10:57:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false 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...]]> 5 1 false 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...]]> 5 0 false 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...]]> 2 0 false 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...]]> 2 0 false 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...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 2 0 false 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
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