Re: Earth Abides, by George R Stewart

Gene Ward Smith wrote:

> "Dan Goodman" <dsgood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
> 
> >> I loved it too.
> >> With its treatment of ecological balance issues and sociological
> >> issues, it was way ahead of its time.
> > 
> > On the other hand, notice its treatment of race.
> >  
> Em was light-skinned black, and Ish didn't care.

Sorry.  I was thinking of the Negro community Ish found, which he found
uncomfortably deferential to him.  I don't think a novel written ten
years later would have had them treating him as a superior.





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