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	Lost Books - Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
		Earth Abides is considered a classic by several sources but to my way of thinking, it deserves that exalted position in speculative fiction for having been a forerunner is demonstrating that fl and white can live together.
		Earth Abides is a moving, triumphal story of just such a group.
		Earth Abides won the International Fantasy Award in 1951, is included in Science Fiction: The 100 Best Books by David Pringle (both editions), was included in Locus Magazine's All Time Best Science Fiction Novels in 1987, and was a Prometheus Hall of Fame Finalist in 1990.
	www.lostbooks.org /reviews/1998-06-11-1.html (2270 words)

	Earth Abides - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Earth Abides was published in 1949 by Berkeley English Professor George R. Stewart.
		The theme is one of Man vs. Nature, and the plot has the protagonist Isherwood Williams returning from a trip into the California mountains only to discover that a plague has wiped out nearly all of humanity and with it, human civilization.
		In the end, however, "Ish" finds that there are not enough people to rebuild what once was, and his small band of survivors (and succeeding generations born after the plague) is forced to return to a more primitive way of life.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earth_Abides (245 words)

	Review \| Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
		Earth Abides is a contemporary reprint of one of the early modern novels.
		Much of Earth Abides tells the story not only of Ish, but of the impact of such devastation on countless forms of life: everything from beetles to drugs, clothing to domesticated animals.
		Earth Abides is a literary form, a type; a big idea coming from that now very different time of the late postwar 1940s.
	www.januarymagazine.com /SFF/earthabides.html (1055 words)

	Lost Books - Earth Abides by George R. Stewart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Earth Abides is considered a classic by several sources but to my way of thinking, it deserves that exalted position in speculative fiction for having been a forerunner is demonstrating that fl and white can live together.
		No single character in Earth Abides has the stereotypic appeal of Bruce Willis or Nicolas Cage, and yet I came to love them all and worry about their conditions because they were real people.
		Earth Abides won the International Fantasy Award in 1951, is included in Science Fiction: The 100 Best Books by David Pringle (both editions), was included in Locus Magazine's All Time Best Science Fiction Novels in 1987, and was a Prometheus Hall of Fame Finalist in 1990.
	fathernye.freelinuxhost.com /Earth.html (1211 words)

	Earth Abides (S.F.Masterworks S.) Book at Shop Ireland
		Earth Abides is a book concerning a plague that kills off most of humanity and the survivors' attempts to reconstruct civilization.
		In Storm the phenomena is a Siberian wind blowing south; in The Earth Abides, it is a virus.
		Reading Earth Abides what struck me most was not the story, though this was certainly well told and presented, but how bravely the book took an unusual tack on its chosen topic: the survival factor of our civilisation and man himself when measured against geologic or cosmic time as represented by the planet Earth.
	www.shopireland.ie /books/reviews/1857988213 (1354 words)

	Earth Abides
		George R. Stewart’s Earth Abides (1949) is a genre classic that claims a rightful place on anyone’s list of the most influential 20th century science fiction novels.
		Though set at the cusp of the atomic age, the deadly calamity in Earth Abides is not a nuclear war but rather a lightning fast pandemic that strikes while Isherwood Williams is on a solo camping trip away from his San Francisco home.
		Though Earth Abides is over 55 years old at this point, the conundrum it portrays, that of a society with its legs kicked out from under it, remains evergreen.
	www.scifidimensions.com /Jun06/earthabides.htm (858 words)

	The First Earth Age (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved (parar), the earth is moved exceedingly.
		This earth that is established forever cannot be the "earth" that is made empty and waste, turned upside down, utterly broken down, dissolved/rent assunder, moved exceedingly, made to "reel to and fro like a drunkard, … [to] fall, and not rise again".
		I believe verses 23-28 tell of the time when the inhabitants who had come to this earth from the other planet had been destroyed, perhaps also for their pride hinted at in Isaiah 26:12 ("all our works"); and remember they were of the people called "haughty" in Isaiah 24:4.
	home.earthlink.net /~walterk12/Xian/Studies/FirstEarthAge.html (3878 words)

	Earth Abides Land Trust Catholic Worker
		All structures are the property of Earth Abides.
		In 1983 the land was deeded to Earth Abides Land Trust, which has continued with the work.
		Beginning January 1, 1995, the members of the joint venture donated Candleworks and its assets to Earth Abides Land Trust.
	www.goldrush.com /~eartha/ea0lt.htm (685 words)

	earth abides: geniusessays.com- genius essays, genius book reports, genius research papers, genius term papers
		The history and evolution of the earth, its continents, and the bodies of water, are still yet to be proved.
		On geniusessays.com there are hundreds of free essay abstracts written by your fellow college students on earth abides.
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	George R. Stewart: Earth Abides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In Earth Abides, Stewart is not so optomistic about the ability of reason to reign supreme, and it must be admitted that there is a great deal of evidence on his side.
		Ish may be the most vocal member of the small community which grows up around him and the woman that he meets after returning from his travels, but he never manages to persuade them of such things as the importance of education and the preservation of learning.
		Earth Abides is the sole example of Stewart's distinctive voice in the science fiction genre, and it remains something of an outsider, a forgotten classic.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Academy/6422/rev1178.html (443 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Earth Abides at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		For fans of fiction, science fiction and fantasy, Earth Abides [1949] is an important and entertaining novel.
		Earth Abides is a simple read; one that fans of both straight fiction and science fiction should enjoy equally.
		Rather, Earth Abides is organic and earthy speaking more about individuals and community (and lack thereof) rather than the amazing.
	www.epinions.com /content_65528434308 (744 words)

	Earth Abides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Viewed from this perspective, Earth Abides can be read as the story of a man who, born and raised in America, has a teleological view of history that is repeatedly frustrated.
		I was struck in reading Earth Abides by how clearly it is the product of a different generation, the same generation I talked about several years ago, here and here.
		Howe and Strauss would call this a civic generation, which is a fair appellation for someone so civilization-minded as the protagonist of Earth Abides; me, I kept thinking of him as Enlightenment Guy, not in the general sense of being enlightened, but in the sense of embracing Enlightenment ideals.
	adamcadre.ac /calendar/11698.html (899 words)

	E-Books: The Holistic Health & Business Solutions
		In a compelling science fiction book called Earth Abides, George R. Stewart imagines that nearly everyone on earth is suddenly killed off as a result of a sudden, unexpected plague.
		Then, gradually, one by one the mechanisms that support all the complexity of modern civilization fail, and by the end of the book the earth has returned to the primitive conditions that prevailed before civilization ever began.
		Meanwhile, the earth's small band of survivors engage in primitive rituals as they begin to breed what for many thousands of years in the future will remain a primitive society.
	www.galaxymall.com /books/ebooks/structure13.html (884 words)

	The civilization of man is not as strong and permanent as we would like to believe
		Essay Question #1: On a broad scale, the story is about humans and their relationship with the Earth, and what happens when the balance or the nature of the relationship changes.
		Through his eyes we are able to see the changes that would occur to the planet and to the civilization of man. Obvious to the eye of the geographer is first the break-down of the physical aspects of our civilization- the failure of electricity with no one to maintain the system.
		The earth’s natural processes soon return to their own ways, reclaiming what was once theirs.
	studentweb.eku.edu /susan_wolfinbarge/EarthAbides.htm (1188 words)

	Earth Abides - Reviewscout.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Earth Abides (Millennium SF Masterworks S) George R. Stewart
		His nickname is deliberately reminiscent of Ishi, the once famous Californian Indian who was also the last of his tribe and became a misfit in a new world, in his case early 20th-century America.
		Annoyingly for fans of survivalist SF who reckon civilization can be rebuilt in about a month with a Swiss army knife, Earth Abides proposes that the cycle of regrowth will take significant time...
	www.reviewscout.co.uk /1857988213 (315 words)

	George R. Stewart Summary
		Earth Abides is one of the classics of science fiction.
		Earth Abides is about survival, survival by a group of people who had relied on the ingenuity and the techniques of science to fill their daily lives with comfort, ease, and wonder.
		When Em, the "mother of nations," begins to produce children, she becomes an Earth Mother who leads the way; with the coming of her children there is "a strong drive toward the having of many children." A birth among the other tribal members is a cause for celebration.
	www.bookrags.com /George_R._Stewart (1649 words)

	The SF Site Featured Review: Earth Abides / The Purple Cloud
		In terms of science fiction he is remembered for his novel Earth Abides (1949) winner of the first International Fantasy Award (1951) and acknowledged by Stephen King as the inspiration for his The Stand.
		One doesn't wish to admit that much of humanity is at heart selfish and only restrained from being a force of chaos and destruction by a thin veneer of civilization.
		Earth Abides pats us on the back and makes us feel good about ourselves; The Purple Cloud tells it like it is.
	www.sfsite.com /11a/ea92.htm (1436 words)

	Expositions of the Holy Scriptures: Second Kings from Chap. VIII, and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah, Esther, Job, ...
		If, says he, it is true that one generation comes and another goes, and the earth abides for ever, and if that is all that has to be said, then all things are full of labour.
		John’s ‘world’ is not the Preacher’s ‘earth,’ but he means thereby, as we all know, the aggregate of created things, including men, considered apart from God, and in so far as it includes voluntary agents set in opposition to God and the will of God.
		He means the earth rent away from God, and turned to be what it was not meant to be, a minister of evil, and he means men, in so far as they have parted themselves from God and make up an alien, if not a positively antagonistic company.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/maclaren/2kings_eccl.ii.x.i.html (2538 words)

	Strange Horizons Reviews: Apocalypse Then: Earth Abides by George R. Stewart, reviewed by Marian Powell
		As for man, there is little reason to think that he can in the long run escape the fate of other creatures.
		When a novel makes you want to quarrel with the author and maybe give the main character a good slap, and yet makes you want to read it over and over again, you know it's a good read.
		Earth Abides is a book that works on many levels, from the simple scare evoked by a plague wiping out over 99% of the people on earth, to the serious examination of what makes a civilization work, and how you would go about creating one out of ruins.
	www.strangehorizons.com /2004/20041018/earthabides-r.shtml (1181 words)

	Towards a Spirit at Peace - Chapter 1: What Is Shen (Spirit)?
		It requires turning to the health of the spirit, calmness of the emotions, and to worship and prayer directed at the heavenly influences and away from the unconscious pursuit of earthly things that lead toward extremes, while remaining intimately in touch with nature.
		The po is derived from the earth (as if from the soil) and enters and exits the body through the po door (pohu, acupuncture point BL-42); upon death it returns to the earth.
		The Chinese practices of burial of the dead encompass taking care of the po, which eventually blends into the earth and does not retain separate identity (as an exception, emperors were embalmed so that both po and hun could remain viable entities, retaining their original form).
	www.itmonline.org /shen/chap1.htm (3715 words)

	Apologetics.com Discussion Board: New Heaven and Earth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		From a science perspective the earth would be destroyed when the sun expands and also this would happen technically before the universe collapses or disappears and it might take many millions and millions of years.
		However Jesus said there will be a new heaven and a new earth, so therefore Jehovahs witnesses must be in doctrinal error on the matter of this earth being a paradise forever.
		In comparison to the brief span of years that is appointed to humans, the earth could be said to "abide forever." Also, from a standpoint of responsibility, changes/destruction of the Earth will have an effect that lasts far beyond your own lifetime.
	www.apologetics.com /forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=94912&Main=94758 (805 words)

	Amazon.ca: Earth Abides: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This novel, Earth Abides, written by George Stewart takes place in San Francisco during present times.
		Earth Abides is a book for people with a strong streak of curiosity, who cannot resist thinking and speculating about the human condition.
		Whereas "On the Beach" is a graceful farewell and "Alas, Babylon!" is a defiance of annihilation and "The Stand" sees the subtotal extinction of Man as a pruning in preparation for a showdown by Good and Evil, "Earth Abides" is a well-written, character-deep lament for the death of civilization.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0449213013/medfools01-20 (1878 words)

	What will happen to the earth?
		They maintain the earth’s surface will be purified by fire, and that the saved will dwell on the earth without end (many divergent views).
		Hear him: "...the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up" (2 Pet.
		There shall be a "new" (kainos, different nature) heavens and earth or habitation for the righteous (vs 13).
	www.biblequestions.org /archives/BQAR152.htm (270 words)

	Earth Abides
		Earth Abides tells the story of a man and how he copes with a disease wiping out most of the human race.
		Maybe today the plot of "Earth abides" is nothing new, but when it was written, in 1949, it surely was.
		The most interesting part of it all is the background story of how the Earth really abides without Man trying to impose his will.
	www.xmlwriter.org /books/reviews/0449213013-3.html (1041 words)

	Earth Abides Catholic Worker Farm: Purpose Statement
		Earth Abides is administered by trustees who are community members, and by former community members who wish to be members of the trust.
		The by-laws of Earth Abides also prohibit firearms on the property.
		We attempt to cooperate with the portion of earth we live on to garner our food and fuel.
	www.goldrush.com /~eartha/ea0fps.htm (1159 words)

	CityStates: The IUS Blog: Earth Abides: Moving Beyond Eco-Despair
		Part of the problem in being able to feel empowered to act, is that most of those in the west who think of themselves as environmentalists come to their eco-philosophies within the same dominant "world view" as the wider society -- that is, the mechanistic, reductionistic, dualistic paradigm driving scientific-industrial society.
		The way out of this philosophic trap, according to Jeanine Canty, is to adopt new paradigms about the Earth and our place in it.
		Far from it: if we recognize the Earth's creative energy, and that we are a part of the Earth and not apart from her, then we see ourselves as part of that creative process, that restoration.
	blog.uwinnipeg.ca /ius/archives/001915.html (1002 words)

	Amazon.de: Earth Abides: English Books: George Rippey Stewart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		EARTH ABIDES ist als Zukunftsvision in eine Reihe mit 1984 und BRAVE NEW WORLD zu stellen, nicht der Thematik wegen (Stewarts Zukunft ist wesentlich harmonischer und optimistischer), sondern in Bezug auf den literarischen Anspruch, der SF ja ganz gerne verweigert wird (oft zurecht).
		EARTH ABIDES ist sicher nicht nur Unterhaltungsliteratur; womit ich den Unterhaltungswert freilich nicht herunterreden will, der ist trotz weitgehend fehlender "Action" sehr wohl vorhanden.
		The closest I've come to simulate the read experience that was 'Earth Abides' is Alfred Coppel's 'Dark December' or Brian Hodge' 'Dark Advent'.
	www.amazon.de /Earth-Abides-George-Rippey-Stewart/dp/0449213013 (1445 words)

	Earth: Final Conflict - 'Emancipation' (spoilers)
		As it turns out, the attack on the Earth Abides offices was not authorized by the Taelons, who send Sandoval and Liam to investigate.
		However, the director has nothing to offer beyond the fact that the woman blasted his office with a "creepy thing on her arm," indicating that the renegade Volunteers have access to skrills, one of the Taelons' most lethal biological weapons.
		Sandoval has learned that the Volunteers in the Earth Abides incident were imposters and notes that a security breach at the Center resulted in the theft of a prototype skrill that bonds without a CVI.
	www.space.com /sciencefiction/efc_303_spoilers_991025.html (2103 words)

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