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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100358380219
ISBN-139780358380214
eBay Product ID (ePID)21038262586
Product Key Features
Book TitleEarth Abides
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2020
TopicClassics, Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorGeorge R. Stewart
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight11.1 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2020-022435
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"One of the finest of all post-holocaust novels." -- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction "The book has more thought-challenging elements than a shelf full of ordinary novels." -- Christian Science Monitor, "One of the finest of all post-holocaust novels." -- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction "The book has more thought-challenging elements than a shelf full of ordinary novels." -- The Christian Science Monitor
Dewey Decimal813/.52
SynopsisFirst published in 1949 and winner of the inaugural International Fantasy Award in 1951, Earth Abides went on to become one of the most influential science fiction novels of the 20th century and remains a fresh, provocative story of apocalyptic pandemic, societal collapse, and rebirth., Soon to be an exciting series on MGM+! The award-winning Earth Abides is one of the most influential science fiction novels of all time, a mix of dystopian horror and a literary exploration of loneliness. It remains a fresh, provocative--and all too relevant--story of apocalyptic pandemic, societal collapse, and rebirth. Includes an introduction by Kim Stanley Robinson! "This is a book, mind you, that I'd place not only among the greatest science fiction but among our very best novels" - Boston Globe For Isherwood Williams, his cabin has always been a haven from the demands of society. But one day while hiking, Ish is bitten by a rattlesnake, and the solitude he had so desired takes on dire new significance. Because not long after, the coughing begins. Then the chills and fever and a measles-like rash. He thinks it's a reaction to the bite. What he doesn't know that the venom might be the only thing that kept him alive. For when Ish heads home the world is not as he left it. No cars pass, the gas station not far from his cabin looks abandoned, there's nothing on the radio, and he is shocked to see the body of a man on the roadside near a small town. He has missed humanity's abrupt demise, only to find himself at the center of society's rebirth. This is a chance to start over, and as Ish gathers survivors to him, he discovers just how wondrous and terrible that proposition is. And when, decades later, he looks back on his legacy, he is only starting to understand the challenge between enlightenment and practicality. He had left one world, rejoined another, and now leaves--hopefully--an even different world behind. Because, reluctantly or no, his words and actions carry weight for the next generation, and Ish's vision of the future may be one of prophecy...or doom., First published in 1949, award-winning Earth Abides is one of the most influential science-fiction novels of the twentieth century. It remains a fresh, provocative story of apocalyptic pandemic, societal collapse, and rebirth.
LC Classification NumberPS3537.T48545E27
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- 17. Aug. 2021
Read many times.
I read this book in the early 70s in high school. Its a story of a pandemic and the decline of mankind and how nature takes back the earth is really amazing.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 21. Dez. 2024
I Am Legend (the book) meets On The Beach
Very modern-sounding protagonist and so far a really interesting story.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 10. Mär. 2024
'40s Pandemic Survival
Written in the forties, tells a realistic tale of what survivors of a worldwide pandemic would be doing to keep civilization alive.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
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