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Written in 1949, but not nearly as dated as one might think....an eerie portrait of a world decimated by an unknown plague, and what becomes of the survivors. Thoughtful and melancholy, and definitely a classic of the genre.
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Unique in its approach to post apocalyptic tales....a bit long in some parts, but since it had a novel approach i will give it 4 stars. See, not everything can be planned out, or anticipated, or has happy endings, or at least endings that you might anticipate. Just....Earth Abides.
By far, one of the best post apocalyptic novels ever written. George Stewert's book goes right in the all the ways those books it influenced (The Stand, Lucifer's Hammer, etc.) miss the boat.
After a plague wipes out 99.4% of the population, Stewert's focal character Ish begins the rebuilding process. EOTW novels love to fixate on the gory and glorious end of mankind, but The Earth Abides looks instead to the sociological aspect - How do you start again? What do you keep of man's learning and wh ...more
After a plague wipes out 99.4% of the population, Stewert's focal character Ish begins the rebuilding process. EOTW novels love to fixate on the gory and glorious end of mankind, but The Earth Abides looks instead to the sociological aspect - How do you start again? What do you keep of man's learning and wh ...more
As soon as I heard this was one of the first post-apocalyptic books, I was immediately interested. The main character is left almost completely alone after a plague kills everyone off. Rather than just focus on the immediate aftermath and the crisis itself, the author goes into how nature adjusts to man's absence and then how human society begins to slowly take root again. This novel is great on its own, let alone the fact that it's a classic in the genre that has influenced everything that came
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One of my all-time favorite post-apocalypse novels. It is different in that it follows the characters for quite a long time after "the end" of the world. I love the main character's quest to preserve knowledge. A must-read for anyone interested in post-apocalypse fiction.
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Excellent post-apocalyptic story. I've been looking for a book like this for a long time. I want to find more like it now.
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This is a beautiful book that shows how quickly our society could crumble.
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