![]() ![]() Ish ponders at great length about many of the developments and by modern standards this slows the story down considerably. My problem with the book was that it was just a bit too slow. The main protagonist Ish develops strongly throughout the book from the bravado of youth through to the passive vulnerability of the very old. As with many books though while the start builds up the situation nicely it then trails off a bit and is very slow burning. This is a fairly heartwarming story that pulls few punches. Around them and their children a small community develops, but rebuilding civilization is beyond their resources, and gradually they return to a simpler way of life. Eventually, in San Francisco, he encounters a female survivor who becomes his wife. ![]() ![]() Isherwood Williams returns from a wilderness field trip to discover that civilization has vanished during his absence. This audio edition celebrates the 60th anniversary of this science-fiction masterwork and includes a special introduction written and read by Hugo Award-winning writer Connie Willis.Ī mysterious plague has destroyed the vast majority of the human race. Published to great acclaim in 1949, Earth Abides is generally regarded as the classic tale of life struggling on after a global disaster. Earth Abides is his only work of science-fiction. He published a number of novels, including two studies of natural catastrophe, Storm and Fire. Stewart (1895-1980) was a Professor of English at the University of California. ![]() Winner of the first International Fantasy Award. ![]()
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