# Earth Abides

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- Book: [Earth Abides](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-r-stewart/earth-abides) ([Earth Abides.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-r-stewart/earth-abides.md))
- Authors: [George R. Stewart](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-r-stewart)
- Publisher: Gollancz
- ISBN: 978-18-5798-821-5
- Published: 1999-06-10
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## 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.