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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Disch, Thomas M., editor.

Powers, Richard M., illustrator.

Mark B. Adams Science Fiction Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Berkley medallion book ; N2175.

A Berkley medallion book ; N2175

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction, American.

Ecology--Fiction.

Ecology.

Genre:

Fiction.

Science fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)

Physical Description:

287 pages ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berkley Pub. Co., 1972.

Summary:

The theme of this book is ecological catastrophe-- and the uncomfortable truth is that these catastrophes don't require prophecy, only simple observation.

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 / Norman Rush

Why it is the way it is: 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

Cage of sand / J.G. Ballard

Accident vertigo / Kenward Elmslie

Birds / Daphne du Maurier

Unfortunate solutions: Do it for mamma! / Jerrold J. Mundis

Dreadful has already happened / Norman Kagan

Shaker revival / Gerald Jonas

America the beautiful / Fritz Leiber.

Notes:

Berkley Medallion edition: June 1972.

Cover art: Richard Powers.

Local Notes:

Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.

Cited in:

Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 261134

OCLC:

2393404

Publisher Number:

N2175 Berkley Science Fiction