And not many were scrupulous." "Apprehension turned to fear and fear to panic as the hold of the virus spread and tightened… The fact that it was the old who were attacked only made matters worse." "The old who were poor were helpless, of course but by and large the old were richer than the young, and were ready to use their money to escape the invisible death. A person conscientiously observing all the regulations could still have unwittingly had a contact, and be a carrier. and in that time the victim was infective.
There was a period of some days, it appeared prior to the fever which was the first symptom of illness, during which the disease was present in latent form …" ". Sources of infection were next confirmed in Cairo and Athens." "By that time, in recognition of the fact that airlines provided the main channels for its advance, strict checks were being applied to intending travellers." "But however stringent the controls or co-operative the passengers, it would probably have made little difference. The spread is described as follows: “It was still called the Calcutta Plague after it had spread south to Sri Lanka and leapt across the Indian Ocean to a new foothold in Mombasa. In this case, what is termed the “Calcutta Plague” begins decimating virtually the entire adult, but as it develops and spreads does similar to much of the younger population. The novel conveys the helplessness of waiting for a seemingly inescapable death and the loneliness of the few survivors.
Reports of a severe epidemic in India seem remote, but as the weeks pass, the disease increases in virulence and spread. Set in the late 1970s, this dystopian science fiction novel centres around Neil Miller, a n orphaned schoolboy who at the commence of the novel (a car accident with a jack-knifed lorry in he late 1970s, that killed his parents and sister) is adjusting to life with his grandparents, in the small retirement town of Winchelsea, in Sussex near the south coast of England. In March 2020, The I (Independent) newspaper published: “Coronavirus in the UK: 25 must-read novels about plagues, pandemics and panic ,” and the number one novel in their list for a literary lockdown was this one - Empty World, by John Christopher.
It was published by Hamish Hamilton Children’s Books Ltd., of London, in July, 1979 and is the second impression of the 1977 FIRST EDITION. GOOD to FAIR CONDITION This sale is for a vintage hardback edition entitled “Empty World ,” by John Christopher, pseudonym of English author Sam Youd (1922-2012). Numero oggetto: 334759771537 JOHN CHRISTOPHER Dystopian Science Fiction EMPTY WORLD Sci Fi Vintage HARDBACK. Luogo in cui si trova l'oggetto: Shaftesbury, Dorset, GB,
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