2022: First book of 2022 was a reread in preparation for the new HBO miniseries version of Station Eleven. It was a great book to revisit, and even more poignant to read during a pandemic. The novel definitely holds up, but it was a little trippy trying to watch the new show at the same time as reading the book - not only are enough specifics changed, but there are totally different vibes between the novel and the show. The book ultimately delivers hope, and the show plays it very cool (actually, too cool for me to enjoy in the middle of a pandemic).

The show also has way more detail as to what the first twenty years after the flu was like - the book just sort of jumps over most of those details, straight into the future. There are a lot of assumptions that might not hold up if you poke at them too hard, but the book doesn't dwell on what may or may not have happened in those years. Society's collapse is not the topic covered in the book; society's survival is.

2016: AMAZING, I need to give everyone a copy of this book for Christmas!