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By Toby · 4 posts · 52 views
last updated Oct 30, 2021 04:59PM
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I loved this book when I read it as a teenager. I tried a re-read about 30 years later, and the writing defeated me. Great concept, turgid, preachy style. I'd been planning to re-read Alas, Babylon, another old favorite, but decided to keep the memory, just in case.
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The plot was interesting, although I found the writing and characters annoying. Really annoying. Sexist and classist and generally snotty. Especially after the libertarian book I recently read, it was hard to read about a guy in a community of 36 saying how they needed more laws. And he just kept complaining about how stuff needed to be done and never making an effort to do any of it himself.
Nov 11, 2010
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99.9% of the world's population dies almost overnight from a disease. The few survivors live off of the ruins of civilization.
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VERY good post-apocalypse novel. A bit dated in some respects (written in 1949), but almost prescient in others. I do kinda wonder if San Francisco would REALLY hold together that well!
I just couldn't get into this one. It started out strong enough but then fell into slug mode. Very dissappointing for me.
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Sep 16, 2007
Ellis
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Jun 27, 2011
James
marked it as on-my-wishlist-sff-2
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Mar 29, 2015
JM
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Drew Kerlee
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Carrie
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