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The ruins of earth : [electronic resource] an anthology of stories of the immediate future / edited by Thomas M. Disch.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Putnam, 1971.Description: 279 p. ; 22 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813/.0876
LOC classification:
  • PZ1.D59 Ru3
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Contents:
Introduction : on saving the world / Thomas M. Disch. -- The way it is: Deer in the works / Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Three million square miles / Gene Wolfe. Closing with nature / by Norman Rush -- Why it is the way it is: The plot to save the world / Michael Brownstein. Autofac / Philip K. Dick. Roommates / Harry Harrison. Groaning hinges of the world / R.A. Lafferty -- How it could get worse: Gas mask / James D. Houston. Wednesday, November 15, 1967 / Geo. Alec Effinger. The cage of sand / J.G. Ballard. Accident vertigo / Kenward Elmslie. The birds / Daphne du Maurier -- Unfortunate solutions: Do it for mamma! / Jerrold J. Mundis. The dreadful has already happened / Norman Kagan. The shaker revival / Gerald Jonas. America the beautiful / Fritz Leiber. N. Kagan -- The shaker revival / by G. Jonas -- America the beautiful / by F. Leiber.
Summary: The theme of this book is ecological catastrophe-- and the uncomfortable truth is that these catastrophes don't require prophecy, only simple observation.
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The theme of this book is ecological catastrophe-- and the uncomfortable truth is that these catastrophes don't require prophecy, only simple observation.

Introduction : on saving the world / Thomas M. Disch. -- The way it is: Deer in the works / Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Three million square miles / Gene Wolfe. Closing with nature / by Norman Rush -- Why it is the way it is: The plot to save the world / Michael Brownstein. Autofac / Philip K. Dick. Roommates / Harry Harrison. Groaning hinges of the world / R.A. Lafferty -- How it could get worse: Gas mask / James D. Houston. Wednesday, November 15, 1967 / Geo. Alec Effinger. The cage of sand / J.G. Ballard. Accident vertigo / Kenward Elmslie. The birds / Daphne du Maurier -- Unfortunate solutions: Do it for mamma! / Jerrold J. Mundis. The dreadful has already happened / Norman Kagan. The shaker revival / Gerald Jonas. America the beautiful / Fritz Leiber. N. Kagan -- The shaker revival / by G. Jonas -- America the beautiful / by F. Leiber.

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