Earth Abides, George R. Stewart
Earth Abides, George R. Stewart
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Earth Abides

Author: George R. Stewart

Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Unabridged: 13 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/13/2020


Synopsis

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 GlobeFor 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.

About George R. Stewart

George R. Stewart (1895–1980) is the author of Pickett’s Charge, Names on the Land, and the International Fantasy Award–winner Earth Abides, as well as numerous other books of history, biography, and fiction. He taught for more than fifty years at the University of California, Berkeley. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Scott on November 29, 2016

Bands of cannibal raiders. Hordes of flesh-starved zombies. Radioactive wastelands stalked by vicious mutants. If you're a fan of post-apocalyptic fiction you've encountered all these scenarios, often blended together. You're familiar with the best ways to dispatch the walking dead, why you should ke......more

Goodreads review by Susan on March 14, 2020

For fifteen years I taught a university course in Western Civilization. It began in the spring. The textbook I assigned my students began with the sentence, “Civilization was not inevitable; it was an act of human creativity.” After reading about our primitive ancestors’ advance from hunting and gat......more

Goodreads review by Henry on November 14, 2024

To begin with I must state this is the best post-apocalyptic novel and I've read so many but not all. A plague hits the world set in the United States during the late 40s and the human race like flies fall to the ground in bunches, an endless profusion of people expiring in bed, still miracles occur......more

Goodreads review by Kemper on May 24, 2009

It comes across as a little dated. (When the hero sprays his pregnant wife's clothes with DDT because of flea concerns and it's considered a good thing, you gotta laugh.) But the core story holds up remarkably well. Instead of the typical apocalyptic aftermath story with brave survivors fighting for......more