# A TV series called Earth Abides

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tv-series-called-earth-abides/1011184>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\
**Created:** [December 5, 2024, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tv-series-called-earth-abides/1011184 "2024-12-05T08:21:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tv-series-called-earth-abides/1011184/21 "2024-12-05T22:51:18Z")

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> [@xizor](#):
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> This book is the one containing the phrase “better than Ezra” in it and is one of the rumored sources for the name of the band

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Zyaf1Vg4S7I/maxresdefault.jpg "Norm MacDonald: Better Than Ezra") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyaf1Vg4S7I)

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tv-series-called-earth-abides/1011184/22 "2024-12-06T01:00:29Z")

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> [@VOW](#):
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> _Alas Babylon_ did a job on me, too.

I have that book too and I agree, those last two sentences really get to me. One intriguing thing about Alas Babylon is that the conflict that brings on the devestating war is not between the US and the Soviet Union(the book was writen in 1959) It started in the Middle East.

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