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The Scarlet Plague by Jack London
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Decades after a world-wide plague a man passes on his knowledge to his grandchildren. |
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Title: The Scarlet Plague
Author: Jack London
Length: novella
First Publication: London Magazine (serialized), 1912
What the Story is About: Post-apocalyptic fiction set in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2072 – 60 years after the plague. One of the few survivors of a world-wide epidemic tries to pass on his knowledge and wisdom to his grandsons. (Wikipedia article)
For more about the science fiction of Jack London see this essay by Clarice Stasz.
Audio book version at LibriVox
Alternate text: Google Books
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Categories: 1900-1929 • London - Jack • Microbes & Viruses • Short Fiction
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