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From: Alan%DCT.AC.UK%DUNDEE.AC.UK@ucl-cs.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Earth Abides
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Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 14:08:53 EST
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From: Alan Greig 

>From: mhs@lanl.ARPA
>Subject: Re: Man-in-the-Rubble
>..
>  George Stewart, "Earth abides"
>..
>Humfph.  Most of these are 25-30 years old.  Stewart will probably
>be hard to find.

No problem in obtaining it in the U.K. anyway. Its part of the Corgi
SF classics library and is available in paperback. Never quite could
see why its considered a classic though. I found it very predictable
and the writing style a bit juvenile. Still I suppose it was probably
the first book to look at civilisation after being wiped out by disease
(germ warfare ?). Terry Nation's BBC SF series Survivors developed the
idea much better in my opinion.

			Alan Greig
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