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The Scarlet Plague by Jack London
3.0
[a: Jack London|1240|Jack London|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1394062600p2/1240.jpg]'s [b: The Scarlet Plague|1201864|The Scarlet Plague|Jack London|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1292626937s/1201864.jpg|2741135] is a post-apocalyptic story that takes place in 2073 and describes a disease (the plague that gives the novel its name) in 2012 that wipes out nearly all human population.
Although the story is told by one survivor some 60 years after the event, most of the narrative covers the description of the apocalyptic event, describing the fall of civilisation and some of the initial struggle of the very few survivors. Through this survivor, the author lets us know how the initial society formed by these survivors will have to walk a long way before it can reach a similar, pre-crisis, development, and how Nature is now claiming back the Earth.
It is worth mentioning that Jack London offers a quite dystopian view of 2012's society, with a very hierarchical social structure: it would be interesting to discuss whether our society is much different than that.
Jack London often uses words no longer common in our current-day English, but nevertheless [b: The Scarlet Plague|1201864|The Scarlet Plague|Jack London|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1292626937s/1201864.jpg|2741135] is an easy read that fans of the genre will appreciate. However, besides the comment made early, I can't say that this book has anything particularly remarkable other than being one of the pioneers in the genre.
Although the story is told by one survivor some 60 years after the event, most of the narrative covers the description of the apocalyptic event, describing the fall of civilisation and some of the initial struggle of the very few survivors. Through this survivor, the author lets us know how the initial society formed by these survivors will have to walk a long way before it can reach a similar, pre-crisis, development, and how Nature is now claiming back the Earth.
It is worth mentioning that Jack London offers a quite dystopian view of 2012's society, with a very hierarchical social structure: it would be interesting to discuss whether our society is much different than that.
Jack London often uses words no longer common in our current-day English, but nevertheless [b: The Scarlet Plague|1201864|The Scarlet Plague|Jack London|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1292626937s/1201864.jpg|2741135] is an easy read that fans of the genre will appreciate. However, besides the comment made early, I can't say that this book has anything particularly remarkable other than being one of the pioneers in the genre.