Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site caip.RUTGERS.EDU Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!caip!Alan%DCT.AC.UK%DUNDEE.AC.UK From: Alan%DCT.AC.UK%DUNDEE.AC.UK@ucl-cs.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Earth Abides Message-ID: <258@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 14:08:53 EST Article-I.D.: caip.258 Posted: Mon Oct 28 14:08:53 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 31-Oct-85 22:39:00 EST Sender: daemon@caip.RUTGERS.EDU Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 20 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 -------