Project Gutenberg 2009-07-04 Public domain in the USA. 77 Nolan, William F. 1928 2021 Nolan, William Francis Hopkins, James Small World Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Small World" by William F. Nolan is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic world where alien ships have devastated Earth and decimated humanity. It chronicles the struggles of Lewis Stillman, the last man alive in a desolate Los Angeles as he navigates the dangers of this changed world, filled with grotesque remnants of civilization and aggressive alien children. The narrative follows Lewis as he grapples with loneliness and survival in the aftermath of an alien invasion that has left most of humanity dead. For three years, he has wandered through the underground tunnels of Los Angeles, avoiding the alien children who have become the dominant life form. As he scavenges for food and supplies, he longs for companionship and the normalcy of his former life, often reminiscing about his lost girlfriend and dreams of becoming a doctor. The climax of the book builds tension as he risks his life to retrieve cherished medical books from a bookstore, ultimately leading to a desperate and tragic confrontation with the hostile alien children. The story explores themes of isolation, humanity’s fragility, and the loss of civilization, culminating in a harrowing realization of his fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 48506 48505 2024-10-12T15:00:14.383479 2023-09-13T06:05:47.792331 text/html text/html 44675 2021-01-05T06:48:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 129147 2021-01-05T06:48:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 198417 2024-10-12T15:00:18.879516 application/epub+zip 196859 2024-10-12T15:00:16.289471 application/epub+zip 86039 2024-10-12T15:00:14.997472 application/epub+zip 283148 2024-10-12T15:00:20.590470 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 275130 2024-10-12T15:00:18.001480 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 132003 2022-09-13T14:41:10.483156 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 42191 42090 2024-10-12T15:00:14.119506 2023-09-13T06:05:47.614455 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 42065 2021-01-05T06:48:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16472 2021-01-05T06:48:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20173 2024-10-12T15:00:20.755444 application/rdf+xml 12485 2024-10-12T15:00:15.676512 image/jpeg 3441 2024-10-12T15:00:15.257482 image/jpeg 198030 2024-10-12T15:00:14.394479 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia