Some Will Not Die
by Algis Budrys
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The plague struck, and ninety percent of Earth's population died. Those who survived tried to maintain some sort of civilization...which meant more killing, as it turned out. But bit by bit, generation by generation, people began to succeed. With occasional setbacks.Tags
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I usually enjoy Budrys, but this one was kind of a dud. It offers a reasonably promising beginning, which asked some reasonably interesting questions, but then it never really went anywhere. Also lacking are the nuanced and complex characters I have come to expect from this author.
Both the framing story and the final section of the novel felt tacked on and particularly unsatisfying, leaving many questions unanswered.
Both the framing story and the final section of the novel felt tacked on and particularly unsatisfying, leaving many questions unanswered.
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Moewig Science Fiction (3517)
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- Einige werden überleben
- Original title
- Some Will Not Die
- Original publication date
- 1978
- People/Characters
- Matt Garvin; Jim Garvin; Ted Berendtsen; Jack Holland; Joe Custis; Cottrell Slade Garvin (show all 20); Robert Garvin; Commander Eisner; Margaret Cottrell; John Cottrell; Gus Berendtsen; Jody; Jeff Garvin; Major Henley; Larry Ruark; Carol Berendtsen; Mary Garvin; Harv Drumm; Pat Barton; Pete Drumm
- Important places
- New York, New York, USA; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; New Jersey, USA
- Epigraph
- "We are not considering a man. We are considering men; if no man is an island in a world of nearly four billions, then how can any man be independent of others when the population is one-tenth that figure? Men who would hav... (show all)e been lost and insignificant in the world before the plague now had their slightest whims and quirks magnified by a factor of ten. The ripplies of any one man's personality spread ten times as far, ten times as effectively. A man with nineteen neighbors need not consider any of them too much. A man with one neighbor has either a brother or an enemy, or both. "So to understand the history of the world after the plague, we have to understnad that no man - not even Theodore Berendsten - could possibly serve as the single focus of that time. "We are studying a man, yes. But we are considering men." - Harvey Haggard Drumm, A Study of the Effects of Massive Depopulation on Conventional Views of Human Nature. Chicago, 2001 AD, mimeographed.
- Dedication
- The author owes special thanks to Ed Gorman for his help with the original edition. Writing is a craft, and for teaching me most of what I know of it, for keeping me at it, and for never letting me forget my obligation to it,... (show all) this is for Lester del Rey and Evvie, and for my wife, Edna.
- First words
- This happened many years after the plague, at about the same time there was already talk of reviving the American Kennel Club in the east and south.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He shivered a little.
- Original language*
- Englisch
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- (3.03)
- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 9
