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I read a 'Last Man on Earth' short story in an SF anthology with, essentially, this premise. At the end of the story, the exhausted person dies while sitting on
by pjmorris 10y ago
I read a 'Last Man on Earth' short story in an SF anthology with, essentially, this premise. At the end of the story, the exhausted person dies while sitting on the edge of the sea... only to seed the next round of life from all of the lifeforms and organic materials contained therein. Creepy, heady stuff for a preteen. This was the 70's, so the idea has been around awhile.
- fnbr 10y agoDo you remember the book? I'd be interested in reading that.
- pjmorris 10y agoVerDeTerre came through, above. I read it in an anthology in the children's section of the public library (another good reason for public libraries), but the anthology title is long lost to /dev/null.
- diggernet 10y agoMy guess: Adventures in Time and Space https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_in_Time_and_Space https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_in_Time_and_Space My absolute favorite book growing up. Re-read it countless times. Highly recommended.
- pjmorris 10y agoKiller, killer anthology. The anthology I read was shorter, but that's ignorable... everybody should go find a copy of 'Adventures in Time and Space', it's a classic full of classics.
- VerDeTerre 10y agoSounds like Alfred Bester's "Adam and No Eve" from 1941. It's included in https://www.amazon.com/Virtual-Unrealities-Fiction-Alfred-Bester/dp/0679767835 https://www.amazon.com/Virtual-Unrealities-Fiction-Alfred-Be...
- WalterBright 10y agoI remember that story, too. Arthur Clarke?