Getting into Death explained
Getting into Death should not be confused with Getting into Death and Other Stories.
| Getting into Death |
| Author: | Thomas M. Disch |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Rupert Hart-Davis |
| Release Date: | 1974 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback) |
| Pages: | 206 |
| Isbn: | 0-246-10614-X |
| Dewey: | 813/.5/4 |
| Congress: | PZ4.D615 Gg3 PS3554.I8 |
| Oclc: | 961143 |
Getting into Death is a collection of science fiction stories by Thomas M. Disch. It was first published by Rupert Hart-Davis in 1974. Many of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Transatlantic Review, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Amazing Stories, Fantastic, New Worlds, The Paris Review and Antæus.
Contents
- "Slaves"
- "The Happy Story"
- "The Asian Shore"
- "The Persistence of Desire"
- "Quincunx"
- "Displaying the Flag"
- "The Beginning of April or the End of March"
- "The Planet Arcadia"
- "The Invasion of the Giant Stupid Dinosaurs"
- "A Kiss Goodbye"
- "[X] Yes"
- "Feathers from the Wings of an Angel"
- "Let Us Quickly Hasten to the Gate of Ivory"
- "The Colors"
- "The Master of the Milford Altarpiece"
- The Complete Short Stories
- "The Man Who Understood the Difference Between Salmon and Orange Chiffon"
- "The Extension Cord"
- "Mrs. Gallagher’s Psychoanalysis"
- "The Novelist with Wooden Character"
- "Dawn Breaks Over Crakow"
- "The Tic"
- "What They Do with Mothers-in-Law in Tierra Del Fuego"
- "The Cottonwood Tree"
- "The Golden Lemons"
- "The Page for October Has Been Torn Off"
- "The Romance of the Boy and the Girl"
- "The Man Who Didn’t Doubt It"
- "Gratitude, Or, the Serpent’s Tooth"
- "Happy Families All Like Scrabble"
- "Jessica, Raymond, and Jack"
- "The Pocket from Brooks Brothers"
- "Vapors"
- " A Day in the Life of the Artist"
- "Farewell to the Riviera"
- "The Chocolate Egg"
- "The Unspoken Wish"
- "l’Homme"
- "Mimi Smith"
- "The Soliloquy in the Last Act"
- "The Pearl Necklace,"
- "Getting Into Death"
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