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The ruins of earth : (Record no. 269182)

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Original cataloging agency
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System control number (OCoLC)2050828
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number PZ1.D59
Item number Ru3
082 #4 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 813/.0876
245 04 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The ruins of earth :
Medium [electronic resource]
Remainder of title an anthology of stories of the immediate future /
Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Thomas M. Disch.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Putnam,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 1971.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 279 p. ;
Dimensions 22 cm.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc The theme of this book is ecological catastrophe-- and the uncomfortable truth is that these catastrophes don't require prophecy, only simple observation.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Science fiction, American.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Disch, Thomas M.
856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/ruinsofearthanth00disc">http://www.archive.org/details/ruinsofearthanth00disc</a>
Public note Free eBook from the Internet Archive
856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL24218675M">http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL24218675M</a>
Public note Additional information and access via Open Library
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