# Earth Abides

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- Authors: [George R. Stewart](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-r-stewart)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 1999-06-10

## Description

In this profound ecological fable, a mysterious plague has destroyed the vast majority of the human race. Isherwood Williams, one of the few survivors, returns from a wilderness field trip to discover that civilization has vanished during his absence. Eventually he returns to San Francisco and encounters a female survivor who becomes his wife. Around them and their children a small community develops, living like their pioneer ancestors, but rebuilding civilization is beyond their resources, and gradually they return to a simpler way of life. A poignant novel about finding a new normal after the upheaval of a global crisis.

## Editions

### Earth Abides

- Publisher: gateway
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7321-433-0
- Published: 2015-06-30
- Language: en_GB

### Earth Abides

- Publisher: Gollancz
- ISBN: 978-18-5798-821-5
- Published: 1999-06-10
- Language: en_GB