Publication: The Ruins of Earth

Publication: The Ruins of EarthPublication Record # 221593
Editor: Thomas M. Disch
Date: 1971-12-00
Catalog ID: 1778
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC
Price:
$1.49^?$: US dollar
Pages: 279
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: The Ruins of Earth (1971) • by Richard Powers
Webpages: archive.org-1, archive.org-2
Notes:
- "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front flap of the dustjacket indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
- Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for December 1971.
- No printed price or stated date of publication. Date given here is taken from the SFBC listings on the rec.arts.sf.written newsgroup. Price is from a later SFBC announcement flyer.
- "1778" printed at the bottom of the back flap of the dustjacket.
- First printing has gutter code "47M" [verified] on page 275, indicates a printing in November 1971.
- "Cover painting by Richard Powers" on rear flap, no visible signature on the artwork
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 2050828

Cover art supplied by ISFDB on this Web page

Anthology Title: The Ruins of Earth • (1971) • anthology by Thomas M. Disch

Contents (view Concise Listing)

1 • On Saving the World • (1971) • essay by Thomas M. Disch
8 • Deer in the Works • non-genre • (1955) • short story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
21 • Three Million Square Miles • (1971) • short story by Gene Wolfe
26 • Closing with Nature • (1970) • novelette by Norman Rush
51 • The Plot to Save the World • (1970) • short story by Michael Brownstein
57 • Autofac • (1955) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
81 • Roommates • (1971) • novelette by Harry Harrison
104 • Groaning Hinges of the World • (1971) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
113 • Gas Mask • (1964) • short story by James D. Houston
123 • Wednesday, November 15, 1967 • (1971) • short story by George Alec Effinger [as by Geo. Alec Effinger]
137 • The Cage of Sand • (1962) • novelette by J. G. Ballard
160 • Accident Vertigo • (1971) • short story by Kenward Elmslie
165 • The Birds • (1952) • novelette by Daphne du Maurier
198 • Do It for Mama! • (1971) • novelette by Jerrold Mundis [as by Jerrold J. Mundis]
221 • The Dreadful Has Already Happened • (1971) • short story by Norman Kagan
240 • The Shaker Revival • (1970) • novelette by Gerald Jonas
268 • America the Beautiful • (1970) • short story by Fritz Leiber

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