Yet oddly, instead of offering help, the two ran off as if terrified. He was sick for days-and often delirious-waking up to find two strangers peering in at him from the cabin door. But one day while hiking, Ish was bitten by a rattlesnake, and the solitude he had so desired took on dire new significance. The cabin had always been a special retreat for Isherwood Williams, a haven from the demands of society. It remains a fresh, provocative story of apocalyptic pandemic, societal collapse, and rebirth. In a glorious new trade paperback complete with an original Introduction written by author Kim Stanley Robinsonįirst published in 1949 and a winner of the inaugural International Fantasy Award in 1951, Earth Abides went on to become one of the most influential science-fiction novels of the twentieth century.
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