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  • LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND. by Alam, Rumaan.
    Alam, Rumaan.
    LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ecco Press, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's disturbing third novel - the title ostensibly refers to a comment in an airbnb rental on Long Island, but of course it also refers to facing a post-apocalyptic world - with some insights into racial attitudes, class and family life thrown in along the way. Whole lives are encapsulated in single sentences. Basis for the very good 2023 film starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, and Mahershala Ali, but far more subtle and thought-provoking. Finalist for the National Book Award - the judges' citation called it "elegant, sensuous, thrilling, taut. It is an incisive examination of race and class, an absorbing story about what the beginning of…

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    New York: Ecco Press, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's disturbing third novel - the title ostensibly refers to a comment in an airbnb rental on Long Island, but of course it also refers to facing a post-apocalyptic world - with some insights into racial attitudes, class and family life thrown in along the way. Whole lives are encapsulated in single sentences. Basis for the very good 2023 film starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, and Mahershala Ali, but far more subtle and thought-provoking. Finalist for the National Book Award - the judges' citation called it "elegant, sensuous, thrilling, taut. It is an incisive examination of race and class, an absorbing story about what the beginning of the end of the world might look like. This novel is a towering achievement. Rumaan Alams prose is precise, pointed, gorgeous. The characters he brings to life and their humanity are so finely observed. Leave the World Behind will want you to do anything but that." 341 pp. ISBN: 97-0062667632.

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    Condition: Fine in fine first issue dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88951
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  • Grant, Charles.
    CHARIOT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Book 3 of the Millenium Quartet - each novel in the series describes the effect of one of the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse. In this book, plague - a mutated version of smallpox - has come to the world, striking everywhere except Las Vegas. ISBN: 0-312-862784.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 31539
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  • THE CROCODILE AND THE CRANE. by Rosenfeld, Arthur.
    Rosenfeld, Arthur.
    THE CROCODILE AND THE CRANE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Ymaa Publication Center, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - An apocalyptic thriller - "Practitioners of a secret art that bestows immortality and more, Sanfeng and Zetian are brother and sister and have lived together in China for more than 3000 years. Now, in the near future of 2009, they face an enemy they recognize from their childhood, a terrifying disease that left them orphaned and alone in the world.The disease kills quickly and without mercyÑvictims die grimacing grotesquelyÑand as it spreads, it brings the siblings to the edge of apocalypse" 332 pp. ISBN: 978-1594390876.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 67881
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  • THE LAST DAYS. by Westerfeld, Scott
    Westerfeld, Scott
    THE LAST DAYS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Razorbill / Penguin, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - Dark fantasy for young adults, the sequel to the highly acclaimed 'Peeps.' "The summer is stifling and strange things are happening in New York City. A weird, black, oily substance is oozing from fire hydrants and faucets. A mysterious epidemic is turning people into raving cannibals. And the signs say that worse is coming.'' 286 pp. plus Author's note on the band names used for each chapter. ISBN: 159514062X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 68140
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