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What if the only survivors of the apocalypse were…boring?

Earth Abides by George R. Stewart

December 19, 2022 by Bothari43 1 Comment

Ish is the personification of that quote about “god grant me the confidence of a mediocre white guy,” except that he is even more assured of his specialness than usual, because he survived the plague that wiped out most of the rest of humanity. When he finally ventures out of his mountain cabin, civilization is dead and survivors are sparse. He adopts a dog and takes a road trip, looking for other people who are worthy of his company. Finding no one (California to New […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: George R. Stewart, pompous protagonist, post-apocolyptic, the Earth is doomed

Bothari43's CBR14 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: George R. Stewart, pompous protagonist, post-apocolyptic, the Earth is doomed ·
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Fiction or no? Doesn’t matter, SO good!

Storm by George R. Stewart

January 31, 2022 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

Some things about California never change.  Water is the essential element in this state, and there is always either too much or not enough.  And sometimes the difference between these two states can be measured in a matter of hours.  Much like our recent storm, this one sprang up mid-Pacific, got shoved down by frigid air from the Canadian prairie, and ended up in northern California, dumping rain through the mid-state and heavy snow in the Sierras, with some rain heading off to southern California, […]

Filed Under: History, Suspense Tagged With: 1940s, Californian history, Fictionalized science, George R. Stewart, How things got done, meteorology

elderberrywine's CBR14 Review No:3 · Genres: History, Suspense · Tags: 1940s, Californian history, Fictionalized science, George R. Stewart, How things got done, meteorology ·
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“Things are as they are, and I am part of them.”

Earth Abides by George R. Stewart

June 2, 2021 by sabian30 Leave a Comment

There’s something very pleasing about having a book recommended to you and discovering it is one you have read before and really liked. I blame it on the vague title, but this novel, written in 1949 (!), is probably the first “last man on Earth” story and a great read. A normal guy, hiking in the California mountains is bitten by a rattlesnake, and while he recuperates in an isolated cabin, a pandemic kills 99.9 percent of Earth’s population. Ish, the young man, survives the […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: George R. Stewart, Last Man, pandemic

sabian30's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: George R. Stewart, Last Man, pandemic ·
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