Re: Earth Abides, by George R Stewart

On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:12:32 -0000, "Barb" <black.cat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>Just finished this SF Masterworks, which I picked up in the library,
having 
>never read it.  Wow!  Great book, huge ideas and still very, very fresh
even 
>though written in the 1950's.  One of those books that will stay with me,

>and possible the best post-apocalyptic novel I've read.
>
>I'm going to look into the others in this series, to see what else I've 
>missed!

The series has been chosen incredibly well, as has the partnering
Fantasy Masterworks set - I've filled various glaring gaps in my
library from this publi****ng effort. Orion have done some useful
packaging of short-novel series into one volume as well.

http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/Masterworks-SF-list.aspx
http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/Masterworks-Fiction-list.aspx

	Cheers - Jaimie
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