Alan Weisman (1) (1947–)
Author of The World Without Us
For other authors named Alan Weisman, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Alan Weisman is the author of several books, including The World Without Us, an international bestseller translated into thirty-four languages, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and winner of the Wenjin Book Prize of the National Library of China. His reports have appeared in show more Harper's the New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Atlantic Discover, Vanity Fair, Wilson Quarterly, Mother Jones, and Orion, on NPR, and in The Best American Science Writing. A senior producer for Homelands Productions, he lives in western Massachusetts. show less
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- Canonical name
- Weisman, Alan
- Other names
- Weisman, Alan H.
- Birthdate
- 1947-03-24
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Places of residence
- Cummington, Massachusetts, USA
- Education
- Northwestern University (BA ∙ Literature)
Northwestern University (MA ∙ Literature) - Occupations
- journalist
university professor
author - Organizations
- University of Arizona
- Awards and honors
- Four Corners Award
Los Angeles Press Club Award
Best of the West Award
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Citation
Unity Media Award - Agent
- Nicholas Ellison Agency
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I wish those with political & economic clout would read books like this.
A very novel idea, but the essay jumps around more than I cared for. In the end, it is about fixing our planet. Surprise; the problem is too many humans. Oct 2009
Fascinating descriptions of some existing or abandoned locations, together with extrapolations of how things might look if we humans really mess up our planet to the extent we can no longer live on it.
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The answer turns this into a fairly hopeful book: not very long. For most things, anyway. Plastics will be here long after any signs of us are entirely wiped from the planet. But, out cities will be gone in a geological blink of the eye: a few hundred years.