I found Earth Abides because of a stray comment (ok many be not so stray
comment) from Stephen King, where he mentioned the Earth Abides as an inspiration
for The Stand. It latter came up when I was sitting in a History of the
American West Class during my final year of college. We were assigned to read a
book about the Donner Party, written by one George R. Stewart, who in addition
to being Professor of English at U at Berkley who had
written Earth Abides.
The story follows Isherwood "Ish" Williams as
he first explores the US after a epidemic wipes out a huge chunk of the
population. It’s examination of the end of a civizalition followed by the birth
of a new one is a idea that sets well along side HBO shows like Deadwood, The
Wire and Boardwalk Empire.
I would say that it's a classic of the post apocalyptic genre and well worth checking out. It's also a book that I really need to re-read as some point,
Milton Burton covered the book for a FFB back in 2010 and you can check out that review HERE
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