The plague struck, and 90 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...

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Listening Length	7 hours and 29 minutes
Author	Algis Budrys
Narrator	Reed McColm
Audible.com Release Date	August 29, 2012
Publisher	Books In Motion
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B0093LN6PS
Best Sellers Rank	#351,953 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #22,167 in Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #135,215 in Science Fiction (Books)

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LoneStarTEER

where are the last 5 chapters?

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2010

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Lasting impressions? This book was over too soon! After a lengthy intro into a fascinating world of urban survival reflected in the high plains hunker-down mode that it bred after years of conflict, the book just ends abruptly. The theme of a single man representing a civilizations ideals is very well placed and explored, as is the backlash from said single man's actions to bring these ideals back to the people of post bio-plague America. Unfortunately the last 100 pages or so of the book seems to be missing. Riding off into the sunset saying 'all's well that end's' is just not enough for me.

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A few interesting ideas, but riddled with problems

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2004

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There are many problems with Algis Budrys' "Some Will Not Die" but first and foremost is that the author doesn't seem to be at all sure what it is he wants to write. At some times, Budrys is writing a sort of "future history", at others a political thriller, and still others a rather mundane post-apocalyptic thriller. While the last of these is the primary genre in which one would place the book, the lack of focus results in a thoroughly disjointed novel.

It begins conventionally enough (following a prologue set some years later) with a super-plague, possibly developed by one of the competing parties of the Cold War, tearing through the U.S. and presumably, the rest of the world. The reader follows the path of Matt Garvin, a young survivor who strives to make a life for himself in an emptied on Manhattan. As the book progresses, the reader is offered glimpses of various stages of Matt and his family's life, alternating with the plot line from the prologue. Unfortunately, this approach in a fairly short novel leads to a pronounced lack of character development and plot twists that seem almost random. Moreover, there is only the vaguest connection between the prologue and the main body of the text, which makes for jarring transitions.

To his credit, Budrys does introduce some interesting theories regarding the development of civilization and the allocation of labor, but they are rarely well integrated into the plot, and therefore come across more like lecturing than story telling. Finally, the conclusions of both sections are so overwrought as to be almost laughable.

Ultimately, this isn't a terrible book, but it's not a very good one either. The character development is weak, and breaks off just when it is getting interesting. In addition, there is no unifying theme to the work, and finally, the book is riddled with typos. If you are a big fan of post-apocalyptic fiction, it may be worth reading if for no other reason than its premise is largely believable, which is rare in a genre riddled with absurdity. If you are indifferent to post-apocalyptic fiction, I would pass on "Some Will Not Die" as it doesn't have anything to offer when removed from the context of the genre.

Jake Mohlman

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Jack Of Alltrades

Some Should Not Read

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2010

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If you love novels about the end of the world as we know it (TEOTWAWKI) then you may be able to wring enjoyment from this dry crust of story. What should you expect? Main characters who kill everyone they meet or see in order to either eat them or steal from them. Main characters who slaughter whole families, including women and children who refuse to bow to their will, their demands, their "organization." These, keep in mind, are the heroes of the story. If you enjoy this military adventure, then read on, but expect no pay off at the end. There is none. The ending is so disjointed that many readers are convinced there are separate stories in the book. In fact, these are the "end" of the novel, such as it is. If it's a great TEOTWAWKI story you want, read Earth Abides or Alas, Babylon or The Furies. This story honestly makes me question the sanity of those who published it. If ever a novel deserved a descent into obscurity, this is one.

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Some Should Not Read.

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2004

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Disjointed, flighty, confusing. Good premise, but: Where are we? Who are we? What is going on? Where are we going? Very claustrophobic. Limited to high rise buildings in NYC and a vehicle on the Western plains of the US in different time periods. No definitive characters. Those that were defined, who cares? I'm still trying to figure out the plot. And I don't agree with the author about the chapter from a collection of short stories that he "tacked on" in this later version. This was all done so much better in "Earth Abides". You probably shouldn't waste your time, much less your money.

27 people found this helpful

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Christopher Oman

Just OK

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2016

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It was just OK.

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SPENCER OSBORNE

One Star

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2015

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bad

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Tank

A Dark Post-Apocalyptic Story

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2016

A dark look at post-apocalyptic life after a disease wipes out most of humanity. The story starts with a "prologue" which takes place in the mid-west. The "prologue" gets revisited several times in the book and apparently takes place after the events in the rest of the book.

The second chapter starts in New York after humanity has been reduced to a small percentage of the original. People are killing each other over food and other resources. Each person or family is alone and pitted against the human wolves who kill anything that moves so they can loot the body for food or whatever the person was carrying. Snipers are a big problem. The main character starts to change that after he learns how to survive on his own.

Okay, there are some problems with the story. No dead bodies to dispose of (remember the plague?) or at least no attempt to do so. Most people were confined to their apartments, so that makes some sense. In that case, rats should have been a major problem along with the stench. But this is a small problem and doesn't detract from the plot unless you start wondering -- like I did.

It's a dark yarn with few high points and that kind of depressed me (I prefer more positive stories, even if there's a challenge that has to be overcome (and this is a BIG challenge). The author was trying to portray a realistic long-term problem, so this isn't the type of story that would make a good movie with a happy-ever-after ending.

My mass-market paperback copy was published in 1961 and is falling apart (cheap paper and glue?). I think I read it a decade or so ago, but I probably won't do so again -- if only for the problem of keeping the pages from falling out.

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