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George Rippey Stewart was an American toponymist, a novelist, and a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. He is best known for his only science fiction novel Earth Abides (1949), a post-apocalyptic novel, for which he won the first International Fantasy Award in 1951.
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George Rippey Stewart Jr. (May 31, 1895 – August 22, 1980) was an American historian, toponymist, novelist, and a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. His 1959 book, Pickett's Charge , a detailed history of the final attack at the Battle of Gettysburg , was termed "essential for an understanding of the ...
George R. Stewart: The Man Who Named the Storms . These pages are dedicated to the work of George R. Stewart, best-selling novelist, historian, inventor of book-types, and author of Earth Abides.
Nov 5, 2016 · George R. Stewart’s Life and Work. Stewart spent a lifetime wandering through the American landscape, wondering about its geography and history, and writing books about it. He was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, in 1895.
Aug 28, 2005 · A review of Storm, a 1941 novel by George R. Stewart that depicts a hurricane as a protagonist. The reviewer compares Stewart's book with Henry Darger's memoir and explores the eco-fiction genre.
George R. Stewart has 66 books on Goodreads with 85046 ratings. George R. Stewart’s most popular book is Earth Abides.
George Rippey Stewart was an American toponymist, a novelist, and a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. He is best known for his only science fiction novel Earth Abides (1949), a post-apocalyptic novel, for which he won the first International Fantasy Award in 1951.
