Deborah Burstyn answers “why is it so boring?”

Meg asked this question about Earth Abides:

why is it so boring?

Deborah Burstyn This question reminds me of the movie "Meek's Cutoff" that attempts to show in real time what it was like trudging across the West in a wagon train. T…moreThis question reminds me of the movie "Meek's Cutoff" that attempts to show in real time what it was like trudging across the West in a wagon train. This book tries to convey what it might have felt like to be a survivor of a global epidemic in 1949. Think of it almost as time travel - to get into the mindset and values of someone from that era when faced with a situation similar but more dire to what we are facing now. For a faster-paced version, you could just watch old episodes of "Twilight Zone."(less)

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