Earth Abides
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Earth Abides
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Davis
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Connie Willis
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By:
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George R Stewart
About this listen
Winner of the first International Fantasy Award. George R. Stewart (1895-1980) was a Professor of English at the University of California. He published a number of novels, including two studies of natural catastrophe, Storm and Fire. Earth Abides is his only work of science-fiction.
Published to great acclaim in 1949, Earth Abides is generally regarded as the classic tale of life struggling on after a global disaster. This audio edition celebrates the 60th anniversary of this science-fiction masterwork and includes a special introduction written and read by Hugo Award-winning writer Connie Willis.
A mysterious plague has destroyed the vast majority of the human race. Isherwood Williams returns from a wilderness field trip to discover that civilization has vanished during his absence. Eventually, in San Francisco, he encounters a female survivor who becomes his wife. Around them and their children a small community develops, but rebuilding civilization is beyond their resources, and gradually they return to a simpler way of life.
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Critic reviews
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would recommend this to anyone liking post-apocalyptic stories and even to someone who wouldn't usually read these.What did you like best about this story?
This story has stayed in my mind since I first read it, I even bought the book earlier this year, but Audible beat me to reading it! What a treat. Just like the whole story and long view.Have you listened to any of Jonathan Davis and Connie Willis ’s other performances? How does this one compare?
No.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
When Ish meets Jack. Won't say more as it could be a spoiler.Any additional comments?
For anyone who hasn't read the book before, please do you best to work through the prologue...I hadn't expected this unwanted interruption to the start of this great story and if I hadn't already read the book, could have been put off listening altogether.One of my favourite books!
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Would you consider the audio edition of Earth Abides to be better than the print version?
Yes - when a book has been gifted by the perfect narrator it enhances and transcends the pleasure of the book. Other perfect narrations that come to mind are 'Life of Pi', 'American Pyscho', 'His Dark Materials' and 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time'.What did you like best about this story?
How deceptively simple it was and yet how quickly it drew you in.What does Jonathan Davis and Connie Willis bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
Connie Willis does the introduction: herself a great writer (and the most lauded with awards in the history of science fiction) she talks of the book's lasting legacy since it was first published 65 years ago and why she and so many others love it. As for the actual Jonathan Davis - what can I say? I salute you!Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Yes, you would find yourself grunting or smiling ruefully - and the pitch-perfect delivery of the novel's closing passage... yeah, that hits you.Any additional comments?
Bought an old paperback of this 20 years ago, never got around to reading it and then finally, with audio, figured I'd get someone else to do all the work and read it to me! Glad I did, for a great 15 hours listening pleasure was had!Simply stunning
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Would you listen to Earth Abides again? Why?
I would like to listen to it again very soon! So thought provoking that I want to get different things from it and follow the feelings and thoughts rather than the story.What was one of the most memorable moments of Earth Abides?
This is a hard one as so much of it is but I think when the main character realises how simple life really is when so much has been stripped away is very moving.What about Jonathan Davis and Connie Willis ’s performance did you like?
Very understated so that the naarration doesn't get in the way. Just right.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Not really. More a book to be savoured. You don't want to gallop through to follow a story. Not that kind of book.Any additional comments?
I cannot believe when this book was written! It is bang up to date and that in itself is much food for thought!A Book To Make You Think
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Not a quick story
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Another of my favourite post apocalyptic novels
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