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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Highlights and Lowlights - April 2024
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On 5/1/2024 3:39 PM, Tony Nance wrote:
> 
> Highlights and Lowlights - April 2024
> 
> Books are listed in reverse chronological order from how I read them,
> using a very primitive rating system:
> “+” are good, and more “+” are better
> “-“ are not good, and more “-“ are worse
> 
> I’m happy to answer questions about anything on the list.
....
> ( +++ - ) Earth Abides - George R Stewart
> An interesting, thoughtful, and occasionally over-ponderous examination 
> of a pandemic wiping out well over 99% of the 1949 U.S. population. 
> Stewart clearly thought about the short- and long-term consequences of a 
> vast, abrupt depopulation event. Ish is the protagonist, and we pretty 
> much linearly follow his life through many generations and old age. Kind 
> of drags in a few places, but overall it is pretty darn good.
....

Earth Abides is definitely still very good, especially for a 1949 work.

It is tough to kill off 99% of the world's population and make it 
believable.

Lynn