Possible precursor to UotNS

David Stockhoff · 21 Sep 2011, 15:22 · from 2011-September.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:22:04 -0400
Subject: (urth) Possible precursor to UotNS
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Anybody else read Earth Abides (1949) by George R Stewart?

The protagonist, Ish, spends about the second half of the book 
struggling with the moral issues of becoming a god to the other 
survivors of a global apocalypse. Couldn't help but be reminded of 
Severian's apotheosis.

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