5/23/2023 0 Comments Earth abides george stewart![]() Indeed, on considering the matter, I feel Stewart did a really good job of making his characters internally consistent. That, I suspect, is pretty much how such an aftermath would really be. They are in fact just a bunch of very average or even below-average people, trying to make a life for themselves amidst the ruins of the world. (Perhaps Charlie had some ambitions that way, but fortunately he is bumped off before the question can arise). There are no survivalists who have long been waiting for the day no jacks of all trades, conveniently endowed with all the needed skills, and above all no "natural leaders" (aka bullies and control freaks) out to remake the world in their own image. Even Ish, the nearest thing to a brain among them, is too passive and contemplative to be more than a titular head. For me, Earth Abides' big virtue is precisely what some people seem to dislike about it. You either love it (the majority, including me) or hate it. Having already read a few reviews, I get the impression that there are few neutrals on this one. ![]() The few survivors, all traumatised by what has happened to them (some more obviously than others, but they all are) either just commit suicide, drink themselves to death, live out their lonely lives in some familiar spot, or, as with Ish and his companions, get together into little "tribes". ![]() Earth Abides is the real thingĬivilisation, and some 99.99% of the human race, is gone. All others on this theme (with the honourable exception of John Wyndham's "The Day of the Triffids") are just cheap imitations. ![]()
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