Title: Earth Abides

Title: Earth Abides Title Record # 2029
Author: George R. Stewart
Date: 1949-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: The novel 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 to find almost everyone dead. en.wikipedia.org

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Other Titles

Translations

Year	Language	Title
1951	French	Le pont sur l'abîme
1952^ⓘTranslated by Ernst Sander	German	Leben ohne Ende
1962^ⓘTranslated by Gregorio Lemos	Spanish	La Tierra permanece
1980^ⓘTranslated by Jeanne Fournier-Pargoire	French	La Terre demeure
1983^ⓘTranslated by Ligia Junqueira	Portuguese	Só a Terra Permanece
1990	Italian	La Terra sull'abisso
1996^ⓘTranslated by Г. Стернин (G. Sternin)	Russian	Земля без людей^?Zemlya bez lyudej [as by Джордж Стюарт^?Dzhordzh Styuart ]
2018^ⓘTranslated by Leen Van Den Broucke and Translated by Anne Marie Koper	Dutch	De aarde blijft altijd bestaan

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1951 IFA	Fiction
28	1987 Locus	All-Time Best SF Novel
41	1998 Locus	All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Earth Abides	1949-00-00	George R. Stewart	Random House		$3.00^?$: US dollar	373	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	H. Lawrence Hoffman
Earth Abides	1949-00-00	George R. Stewart	Gollancz			334	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Earth Abides	1950-00-00	George R. Stewart	Gollancz		12/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	334	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Earth Abides	1953-03-00	George R. Stewart	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	1	6/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	253	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Earth Abides	1956-00-00	George R. Stewart	Corgi	G184	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	384	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Richards
Earth Abides	1961-00-00	George R. Stewart	Corgi	GS1095	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	316	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Richards
Earth Abides	1962-00-00	George R. Stewart	Ace Books	K-154	$0.50^?$: US dollar	318	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bob Abbett
Earth Abides	1965-00-00	George R. Stewart	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers	FS7263	5/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	316	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Earth Abides	1969-08-21	George R. Stewart	Houghton Mifflin		$5.95^?$: US dollar	373	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	William Hofmann
Earth Abides	1970-00-00	George R. Stewart	Corgi	0-552-08533-2	£0.30^?£: UK pound	316	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	David Williams
Earth Abides	1971-00-00	George R. Stewart	Fawcett Crest	0-449-01551-3	$0.95^?$: US dollar	317	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Earth Abides	1971-00-00	George R. Stewart	Fawcett Crest	449-01551	$0.95^?$: US dollar	317	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Earth Abides	1971-00-00	George R. Stewart	Fawcett Crest	M1551	$0.95^?$: US dollar	317	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Earth Abides	1971-05-00	George R. Stewart	Fawcett Crest	0-449-01551-3	$0.95^?$: US dollar	317	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Earth Abides	1973-00-00	George R. Stewart	Corgi (Corgi SF Collector's Library)	0-552-09414-5	£0.35^?£: UK pound	316	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bob Fowke
Earth Abides	1974-00-00	George R. Stewart	Fawcett Crest	P2139	$1.25^?$: US dollar	317	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Earth Abides	1974-00-00	George R. Stewart	Corgi (Corgi SF Collector's Library)	0-552-09414-5	£0.35^?£: UK pound	316	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bob Fowke
Earth Abides	1974-00-00	George R. Stewart	Fawcett Crest	M1551	$0.95^?$: US dollar	317	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Paul Lehr
Earth Abides	1974-00-00	George R. Stewart	Fawcett Crest	Q2426	$1.50^?$: US dollar	317	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Earth Abides	1974-00-00	George R. Stewart	Hermes Publications	0-910720-00-2	$8.95^?$: US dollar	373	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Michael Warren
Earth Abides	1976-00-00	George R. Stewart	Fawcett Crest	0-449-22936-X	$1.75^?$: US dollar	317	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Earth Abides	1977-02-00	George R. Stewart	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-02273-6	£3.75^?£: UK pound	334	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Earth Abides	1977-08-00	George R. Stewart	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23252-2	$1.95^?$: US dollar	317	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Paul Lehr
Earth Abides	1979-00-00	George R. Stewart	Corgi	0-552-11194-5	£1.00^?£: UK pound	316	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Gino D'Achille
Earth Abides	1980-03-00	George R. Stewart	Houghton Mifflin / SFBC	3676	$4.50^?$: US dollar	312	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Tony Gleeson
Earth Abides	1983-05-00	George R. Stewart	Fawcett Crest / Ballantine	0-449-20390-5	$2.75^?$: US dollar	317	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Earth Abides	1985-00-00	George R. Stewart	Black Swan	0-552-99135-X	£3.95^?£: UK pound	303	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Eduardo Paolozzi
Earth Abides	1989-05-00	George R. Stewart	Fawcett Crest / Ballantine	0-449-21301-3	$4.95^?$: US dollar	337	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Earth Abides	1991-00-00	George R. Stewart	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)			373	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Earth Abides	1999-06-00	George R. Stewart	Millennium / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #12)	1-85798-821-3	£6.99^?£: UK pound	312	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Les Edwards
Earth Abides	2003-00-00	George R. Stewart	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #12)	1-85798-821-3	£6.99^?£: UK pound	312	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Les Edwards
Earth Abides	2006-04-00	George R. Stewart	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-48713-3	$13.95^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 345	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Earth Abides	2009-00-00	George R. Stewart	Audible Frontiers				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
Earth Abides	2015-06-30	George R. Stewart	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-1433-0	£5.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Les Edwards
Earth Abides	2015-06-30	George R. Stewart	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-85798-821-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound	312	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Les Edwards
Earth Abides	2020-10-13	George R. Stewart	Mariner Books	978-0-358-38021-4	$15.99^?$: US dollar	xix+ 426	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Jack Sooksan , Aleksandr Pobedimskiy
Earth Abides	2020-10-14	George R. Stewart	HMH Audio	978-0-358-44789-4	$31.49^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
Earth Abides	date unknown	George R. Stewart	Fawcett Crest	0-449-21301-3	$6.99^?$: US dollar	337	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Earth Abides	date unknown	George R. Stewart	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #12)	1-85798-821-3	£6.99^?£: UK pound	312	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Les Edwards
Earth Abides	date unknown	George R. Stewart	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23252-2	$2.25^?$: US dollar	317	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Earth Abides	date unknown	George R. Stewart	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-85798-821-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound	312	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Les Edwards
Earth Abides	date unknown	George R. Stewart	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #12)	978-1-85798-821-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound	312	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Les Edwards
Earth Abides	date unknown	George R. Stewart	Fawcett Crest	0-449-21301-3	$5.99^?$: US dollar	337	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel

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Reviews

Review by uncredited (1949) in The Arkham Sampler, Autumn 1949 , reprinted in:
The Arkham Sampler: A Facsimile Edition (2010)
Review by Frederik Pohl (1950) in Super Science Stories, January 1950
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1950) in Astounding Science Fiction, October 1950
Review by Ken Slater [as by Kenneth F. Slater] (1954) in Nebula Science Fiction, Number 7
Review by Brian W. Aldiss (1962) in Vector 15, Spring 1962
Review by Cy Chauvin (1977) in Vector Review Supplement 1
Review [French] by
Francis Valéry^?Francis Valery
(1980) in Fiction, #308
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review by David Pringle (1985) in Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels , reprinted in:
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1985)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1986)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1987)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1997)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (2014)
Review by David Pringle (1998) in Interzone, #130 April 1998
Review [Spanish] by Juan Manuel Santiago (2001) in Las 100 mejores novelas de ciencia ficción del siglo XX
Review by Marian Powell (2004) in Strange Horizons, 18 October 2004
Review by Darrell Bain (2005) in My 100 Most Readable (and Re-Readable) Science Fiction Novels
Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2006) in 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, (2006) , reprinted in:
100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (2007)
100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (unknown)
Review by Graham Sleight (2006) in Locus, #549 October 2006
Review by Peter Heck (2007) in Asimov's Science Fiction, February 2007
Review by Gary Lovisi (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
Review by Manny Rayner (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
Review [German] by Horst Illmer (2016) in phantastisch!, #64