Earth Abides
Cover of the 1949 Random House first edition | |
| Author | George R. Stewart |
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| Cover artist | H. Lawrence Hoffman |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 1949 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 373 |
| ISBN | 978-0345487131 |
| OCLC | 2205195 |
Earth Abides is a 1949 American post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by George R. Stewart. It tells the story of the fall of civilization from deadly disease and the emergence of a new culture with simpler tools. Set in the 1940s in Berkeley, California, the story is told by Isherwood Williams, who emerges from isolation in the mountains only to discover that almost everyone had died.
Earth Abides won the inaugural International Fantasy Award in 1951. It was included in Locus magazine's list of best All Time Science Fiction in 1987 and 1998 and was a nominee to be entered into the Prometheus Hall of Fame some time before 2002.