Earth Abides [1949, 1986] by George R. Stewart

Author:George R. Stewart [Stewart, George R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fawcett/Ballantine/Random House [source pbk]
Published: 1949-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

In those days they will look toward the sea, and cry out suddenly, "A ship, a ship! ... Yes, a ship certainly! ... Do you not see the plume of the drifting smoke? ... Yes, it is making for our harbor!" Then they will be merry with one another and say gaily: "Why were we despondent?.... It stood to reason that civilization could not be destroyed everywhere! ... Of course, I always said .... In Australia, or South Africa, one of those isolated places-or one of the islands." But there will be no ship, and only a wisp of cloud on the horizon.

Or one will wake from his nap in the afternoon, and took upward quickly. "Surely! ... I knew it must come! ... That was the motor of a plane .... I could not be mistaken." But it will be only the locust in the bush, and there will be no plane.

Or one will rig batteries to a radio-set, and sit with earphones, fingering the dials. "Yes?" he will say sharply. "Be quiet there, all of you! ... Surely, surely! ... Just at 920! ... Someone talking. I heard distinctly, sounded Spanish .... There again! ... Now it's faded!" But there will be no words on the air, only the tricks of the far-off thunderstorms.

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