Earth Abides

Author(s): George.R. Stewart

Fiction

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.

General Information

  • : 9781857988215
  • : Orion
  • : Gateway
  • : 0.305
  • : 01 September 1999
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : George.R. Stewart
  • : Paperback

More About The Product

No.12 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written - The first winner of the International Fantasy Award - 'A profound, poetic, post-holocaust novel of immense stature: so special I wanted mine to be the only copy' - Garry Kilworth

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 * 'A profound, poetic, post-holocaust novel of immense stature: so special I wanted mine to be the only copy' -- Garry Kilworth