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Earth Abides George R. Stewart (written in 1949)

"A mysterious plague has destroyed the vast majority of the human race. Isherwood Williams returns from a wilderness field trip to discover that civilisation has vanished during his absence."

Great book. First read it when I was 12 and it really captured my imagination.

I don't remember the title or author or even if it was a novel or just a short story in a sifi mag but the story line was that some Mad scientist had released a gas that rendered 99 percent of the humans sterile. Of course the population began to decline and countries competed in having the most viable couples with womb napping becoming a thing. End result was the end of pollution and the rise of fish stocks etc. returning to pre industrial revolution levels.
Anybody recognize it?

Novel. ISBN 1-85798-821-3

Default0ptions wrote:Novel. ISBN 1-85798-821-3

Close but not it.