The ruins of earth
Subtitle: an anthology of stories of the immediate future
By: edited by Thomas M. Disch.
Contributors: Disch, Thomas M.
Publisher: Putnam
Published: 1971
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Science fiction, American.
Description: The theme of this book is ecological catastrophe-- and the uncomfortable truth is that these catastrophes don't require prophecy, only simple observation.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : on saving the world / Thomas M. Disch.; title: The way it is: Deer in the works / Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Three million square miles / Gene Wolfe. Closing with nature / by Norman Rush; title: 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; title: 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; title: 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; title: The shaker revival / by G. Jonas; title: America the beautiful / by F. Leiber.