Earth Abides

George R. Stewart

Millennium Publications, 1950 - Fiction - 312 pages

In this profound ecological fable, a mysterious plague has destroyed the vast majority of the human race. Isherwood Williams, one of the few survivors, returns from a wilderness field trip to discover that civilization has vanished during his absence. Eventually he returns to San Francisco and encounters a female survivor who becomes his wife. Around them and their children a small community develops, living like their pioneer ancestors, but rebuilding civilization is beyond their resources, and gradually they return to a simpler way of life.

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User Review  - Sherry (bogie) - Goodreads

This book turned out to be both amazingly rewarding and incredibly exasperating, which is why I can't make it a 5-star favorite even though I'm terribly tempted. Unfortunately, there was a huge chunk ...

Review: Earth Abides

User Review  - Sherry (bogiewine) - Goodreads

This book turned out to be both amazingly rewarding and incredibly exasperating, which is why I can't make it a 5-star favorite even though I'm terribly tempted. Unfortunately, there was a huge chunk ...

About the author

SALES POINTS* #12 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written* The first winner of the International Fantasy Award* żA profound, poetic, post-holocaust novel of immense stature: so special I wanted mine to be the only copyż -- Garry Kilworth

Bibliographic information

• Title: Earth Abides; Issue 12 of Millennium Science Fiction Masterworks Series; Volume 12 of SF Masterworks
• Author: George R. Stewart
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Millennium Publications, 1950
• ISBN: 1857988213, 9781857988215
• Length: 312 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; Fiction / Science Fiction / General