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245	0	4	_aThe ruins of earth : _h[electronic resource] _ban anthology of stories of the immediate future / _cedited by Thomas M. Disch.
260			_aNew York : _bPutnam, _c1971.
300			_a279 p. ; _c22 cm.
520			_aThe theme of this book is ecological catastrophe-- and the uncomfortable truth is that these catastrophes don't require prophecy, only simple observation.
505	0		_aIntroduction : 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	_aScience fiction, American.
700	1		_aDisch, Thomas M.
856	4	1	_uhttp://www.archive.org/details/ruinsofearthanth00disc _zFree eBook from the Internet Archive
856	4	2	_uhttp://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL24218675M _zAdditional information and access via Open Library
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