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Finally picked this up to see what all the plaudits were about, and while it's not bad, it's not that amazing either. It's got your basic post-apocalyptic/dystopian setup -- the "Georgia Flu" kills almost everyone on the planet and then we meet a bunch of the characters who are then the protagonists of the main storyline, some 15-20 years later near Lake Michigan.
Civilization has receded to scattered self-sufficient villages, and anyone who travels does so very warily. One such group is the "Tr ...more
Civilization has receded to scattered self-sufficient villages, and anyone who travels does so very warily. One such group is the "Tr ...more
Because survival is insufficient.
Brilliant book on post-apocalyptic theme. Even though now this genre is a bit overcrowded, Station Eleven can still mesmerized me because it's not just about surviving the post civilization- but how we, as human beings, can preserve what we have lost. Art? Technology? Life. Yes, life.
The story revolves around two periods: before the Georgia Flu and after the Georgia Flu. Before the collapse and after the collapse. A movie star died on stage on the day when the fl ...more
Brilliant book on post-apocalyptic theme. Even though now this genre is a bit overcrowded, Station Eleven can still mesmerized me because it's not just about surviving the post civilization- but how we, as human beings, can preserve what we have lost. Art? Technology? Life. Yes, life.
The story revolves around two periods: before the Georgia Flu and after the Georgia Flu. Before the collapse and after the collapse. A movie star died on stage on the day when the fl ...more
What a story. This weaves in and out of lives, in and out of place, in and out of apocalypse. There were moments that left me feeling hollowed out, in the way that a book with meaning will scrape you bare and leave you rearranging yourself in a new pattern. It's not an easy book -- not hard to read, but something that really does leave you feeling changed. It's hard not to, when you end up contemplating your relationships, your mortality, what it means to be tied to other people and to places.
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This book is chilling and beautiful and a wonderful story about humanity, civilization and what it all means. At the heart of it all is a traveling symphony/drama group that preforms for what's left of humanity after a great epidemic that lives by the phrase "survival is not sufficient." That phrase gets to the heart of it all. The story is moving, I know it will stay with me for a long time.
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A nice book that made me feel good about humanity.
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