With four star reviews up the kazoo, this is a book based on a fascinating premise and written with knowledge, intrigue and skill.

The question is this: What would happen to earth, its current structures and the environment if the human race suddenly vanished from the planet?

This is not science fiction, but rather a gripping exploration of what would be the scientific and ecological impact on our planet if humans ceased to exist?

Thought-provoking in so many different ways, it makes us reflect upon what we are doing to destroy the earth -- and what a gift the earth is to human life.

"The World Without Us" is based on such an ingenious premise. It even explains how the infrastructure of our cities would fare without humans.

"This is one of the grandest thought experiments of our time, a tremendous feat of imaginative reporting!"

--Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and The Durable Future

�The imaginative power of The World Without Us is compulsive and nearly hypnotic--make sure you have time to be kidnapped into Alan Weisman�s alternative world before you sit down with the book, because you won�t soon return. This is a text that has a chance to change people, and so make a real difference for the planet.�

--Charles Wohlforth, author of L.A. Times Book Prize-winning The Whale and the Supercomputer

�Alan Weisman offers us a sketch of where we stand as a species that is both illuminating and terrifying. His tone is conversational and his affection for both Earth and humanity transparent.�

--Barry Lopez, author of Arctic Dreams