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An edition of The ruins of earth (1971)

The ruins of earth

an anthology of stories of the immediate future

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Partially original anthology of sixteen stories (six original to this collection) with ecological catastrophe themes by Kurt Vonnegut, Gene Wolfe, Philip K. Dick, J. G. Ballard, Fritz Leiber, and others. Includes "Roommates" by Thomas M. Disch. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1386. Stories are of poor quality and incredibly out of date.

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Putnam
Language
English
Pages
279

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American Science fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author)

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1975, Arrow Books
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1975, Arrow Books
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1973, Arrow Books
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1973, Hutchinson
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The ruins of earth: an anthology of stories of the immediate future.
1971, Putnam
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The ruins of earth: an anthology of stories of the immediate future
1971, Putnam
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The ruins of earth: an anthology of stories of the immediate future
1971, Putnam
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1971, Putnam
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Table of Contents

Introduction : On saving the world, by T. M. Disch.
Deer in the works, by K. Vonnegut, Jr.
Three million square miles, by G. Wolfe.
Closing with nature, by N. Rush.
The plot to save the world, by M. Brownstein.
Autofac, by P. K. Dick.
Roommates, by H. Harrison.
Groaning hinges of the world, by R. A. Lafferty.
Gas mask, by J. D. Houston.
Wednesday, November 15, 1967, by G. A. Effinger.
The cage of sand, by J. G. Ballard.
Accident vertigo, by K. Elmslie.
The birds, by D. du Maurier.
Do it for mamma! by J. J. Mundis.
The dreadful has already happened, by N. Kagan.
The shaker revival, by G. Jonas.
America the beautiful, by F. Leiber.

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Dewey Decimal Class
813/.0876

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Pagination
279 p. ;
Number of pages
279

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OL17727826M
OCLC/WorldCat
2050828

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