Earth Abides: A Novel
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Beschreibung
With an introduction by Connie Willis
When a plague of unprecedented virulence sweeps the globe, the human race is all but wiped out. In the aftermath, as the great machine of civilization slowly and inexorably breaks down, only a few shattered survivors remain to struggle against the slide into barbarism . . . or extinction.
This is the story of one such survivor, Isherwood “Ish” Williams, an intellectual loner who embraces the grim duty of bearing witness to what may be humanity’s final days. But then he finds Em, a wise and courageous woman who coaxes his stunned heart back to life and teaches him to hope again. Together, they will face unimaginable challenges as they sow the seeds of a new beginning.
Praise for Earth Abides
“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
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Beiträge
Spoilers ahead! Quiet Post apocalyptic Story
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart has such a quiet, haunting power. It's not explosive or action-driven like many post-apocalyptic stories - it's slow, reflective, almost anthropological. And that ending... yeah. Chills is the right word. Even though we rush through decades of history within the small tribe, my nerves were on edge listening to an old, deeply reflective mind, shaped by memories of a lost world, come to terms with its own aging and decay. There's something profoundly unsettling about seeing Ish recognize that not only is his body failing, but the knowledge and values he carried from the old civilization are fading with him. The world does not end with fire or catastrophe - it simply moves on. Nature endures. The tribe adapts. And Ish, once so determined to preserve the past, becomes a quiet witness to the truth that earth abides, not man.
Beschreibung
With an introduction by Connie Willis
When a plague of unprecedented virulence sweeps the globe, the human race is all but wiped out. In the aftermath, as the great machine of civilization slowly and inexorably breaks down, only a few shattered survivors remain to struggle against the slide into barbarism . . . or extinction.
This is the story of one such survivor, Isherwood “Ish” Williams, an intellectual loner who embraces the grim duty of bearing witness to what may be humanity’s final days. But then he finds Em, a wise and courageous woman who coaxes his stunned heart back to life and teaches him to hope again. Together, they will face unimaginable challenges as they sow the seeds of a new beginning.
Praise for Earth Abides
“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
Buchinformationen
Beiträge
Spoilers ahead! Quiet Post apocalyptic Story
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart has such a quiet, haunting power. It's not explosive or action-driven like many post-apocalyptic stories - it's slow, reflective, almost anthropological. And that ending... yeah. Chills is the right word. Even though we rush through decades of history within the small tribe, my nerves were on edge listening to an old, deeply reflective mind, shaped by memories of a lost world, come to terms with its own aging and decay. There's something profoundly unsettling about seeing Ish recognize that not only is his body failing, but the knowledge and values he carried from the old civilization are fading with him. The world does not end with fire or catastrophe - it simply moves on. Nature endures. The tribe adapts. And Ish, once so determined to preserve the past, becomes a quiet witness to the truth that earth abides, not man.