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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Sci-Fi Classic "Earth Abides" Greenlit as TV Series Starring
 Alexander Ludwig
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 17:24:25 -0500
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On 4/10/2024 3:23 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <uv5ugd$topp$9@dont-email.me>,
>   Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
> 
>> George R. Stewart's classic sci-fi novel EARTH ABIDES has been officially
>> greenlit as a limited series for streaming channel MGM+.
>>
>> The story follows the aftermath of a global plague and is being adapted by
>> creator and showrunner Todd Komarnicki (Sully), and has signed Alexander
>> Ludwig (Vikings, The Covenant) to star. Previously announced as in
>> development, MGM+ plans six episodes to tell the 1949 book's tale.
>>
>>  From the official description: "Leading character Ish (Ludwig) is a brilliant
>> but solitary young geologist living a semi-isolated life who awakens from a
>> coma
> 
> If he's living an isolated life, who was feeding him and caring for him
> while he was in a coma?
> 
>> only to find that there is no one left alive but him.
> 
> Again, how was he eating while comatose if he's the only one left alive?

I would advise reading the book as it is excellent.

Lynn