Earth Abides | Wikipedia audio article |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Abides 00:00:52 1 Plot 00:01:01 1.1 "Part I: World Without End" 00:03:14 1.2 "Part II: The Year 22" 00:04:56 1.3 "Part III: The Last American" 00:05:50 2 Characters 00:09:36 3 Major themes 00:09:46 3.1 Biological controls on population 00:11:37 3.2 Effects of smaller population 00:14:51 3.3 Biblical theme: replenishing the Earth 00:17:23 4 Style 00:19:15 5 Reception 00:21:57 6 References to other works 00:22:48 7 Legacy and homages 00:24:01 8 Translations Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91 Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.8964565470594564 Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-B "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Earth Abides is a 1949 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American writer George R. Stewart. It tells the story of the fall of civilization from deadly disease and its rebirth. The story was set in the United States in the 1940s in Berkeley, California and told by a character, Isherwood Williams, who emerges from isolation in the mountains to find almost everyone dead. Earth Abides won the inaugural International Fantasy Award in 1951. It was included in Locus Magazine's list of best All Time Science Fiction in 1987 and 1998 and was a nominee to be entered into the Prometheus Hall of Fame. In November 1950, it was adapted for the CBS radio program Escape as a two-part drama starring John Dehner. |