The Scarlet Plague Audiobook

" It's always a men's world in Jack London's books and it doesn't matter if it is after the apocalypse of men. Even tough I am a woman, he is my favorite writer. "

" I read only the title story, a fascinating piece of sf set right about now (2012-13) following the destruction of human civilization by plague. An early 20th-c meditation on devolution. "

" Granser is the last human to remember the world before the Scarlet Plague. He tells of this world to his savage grandsons. Remarkably insightful as to the future and melancholy regarding the fate of mankind this is a surprising gem from Jack London. Not expected from the writer of Whitefang. Free on Amazon Kindle. "

" A remarkably prescient tale for our times told briskly by one of the great masters of the short story. "

" This is my favorite Jack London story. I think this was his only sci fi story. Sci fi language is always so geeky but London's prose is very foreboding and tough, and this lends a very creepy and threatening feel to the story. "

" A book about the future, written in 1912. Ambitious. Lovely read. "

" This story tells of the destruction of civilization by way of a scarlet fever-like plague. This short story is told by an old man who lived through the plague the laments the loss of his way of life. This is London's vision of who will run the world in 2012. "

" Really liked. Thought it was too short! "

" Interesting work, thought provoking without being gory, like other apocalyptic works. Mainly deals with the loss of knowledge and collapse of human social structure/norms/devolution following depopulation via a large scale pandemic. "

" very quick short story "

" An "after-the-end" story on the order of The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Some of London's prejudices show through, though I thought some might be character-driven. I'll be reading London's "The Iron Heel" next to explore some of his other fears and visions for the future. "

" I read this when I was in my teens, looking for science fiction.. A great creepy atmosphere... "

" A post apocolytic vision of a post plague world. Quite interesting in the way it views the current world. "

" 'Dystopian Plague Classic'. Jack London goes all sci-fi, classic. "

" Short, well written, foretelling. "

" It's the progenitor of all "Last Man" fiction. You can see it inspired "The Book of Eli". "

" This wasn't great. I liked White Fang and Call of the Wild much better. "