Catastrophes! 🔍
Asimov, Isaac & Greenberg, Martin H & Waugh, Charles G Fawcett Crest, New York, 1981
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Catastrophes in Science fiction: the end of the universe, the Sun, the World, Humanity, Civilization.
Alternative author
Isaac Asimov; Martin H. Greenberg; Charles G. Waugh; Edward Wellen; Harlan Ellison; W.S. Merwin; Ben Bova; Lloyd Biggle Jr.; William Tenn; Clark Ashton Smith; Harry Harrison; Edmond Hamilton; Larry Niven; Fritz Leiber; Chad Oliver; Ursula K. Le Guin; Arthur C. Clarke; Raymond Z. Gallun; Walter M. Miller Jr.; Alfred Coppel; Robert Sheckley; Robert Silverberg; C.M. Kornbluth
Alternative author
John Berkey; Martin Harry Greenberg; Charles G Waugh; Isaac Asimov
Alternative author
Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh
Alternative publisher
Random House, Incorporated
Alternative publisher
Ivy Books
Alternative edition
United States, United States of America
Alternative edition
July 12, 1981
Alternative edition
PT, 1981
Alternative description
A collection of short sci-fi stories where central theme is a some sort of a catastrophe. The book is divided in five parts, depending on a kind of a catastrophe described.
Part I: Universe destroyed.
1. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24952911-the-last-trump) "The Last Trump" by Isaac Asimov (1955)
2. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41733920-no-other-gods) "No Other Gods" by Edward Wellen (1972)
3. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41733984-the-wine-has-been-left-open-too-long-and-the-memory-has-gone-flat) "The Wine Has Been Left Open Too Long and the Memory Has Gone Flat" by Harlan Ellison (1976)
4. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41734293-stars-won-t-you-hide-me) "Stars, Won't You Hide Me?" by Ben Bova (1966)
Part II: Sun destroyed.
1. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41734322-judgement-day) "Judgement Day" by Lloyd Biggie Jr. (1953)
2. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41734399-the-custodian) "The Custodian" by William Tenn (1953)
3. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21258870-phoenix) "Phoenix" by Clark Ashton Smith (1954)
4. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41749262-run-from-the-fire) "Run From the Fire" by Harry Harrison (1975)
Part III: Earth destroyed.
1. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41749282-requiem) "Requiem" by Edmond Hamilton (1962)
2. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6037552-at-the-core) "At the Core" by Larry Niven (1966)
3. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41669145-a-pail-of-air) "A Pail of Air" by Fritz Leiber (1951)
4. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41749389-king-of-the-hill) "King of the Hill" by Chad Oliver (1972)
Part IV: Humanity destroyed.
1. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18858449-the-new-atlantis) "The New Atlantis" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1975)
2. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32027697-history-lesson) "History Lesson" by Arthur C. Clarke (1949)
3. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41672176-seeds-of-the-dusk) "Seeds of the Dusk" by Raymond Z. Gallun (1938)
4. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58352805-dark-benediction) "Dark Benediction" by Walter M. Miller Jr. (1951)
Part V: Civilization destroyed.
1. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41675553-last-night-of-summer) "Last Night of Summer" by Alfred Coppel (1956)
2. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41676871-the-store-of-the-worlds) "The Store of the Worlds" by Robert Sheckley (1959)
3. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3157950-how-it-was-when-the-past-went-away) "How It Was When the Past Went Away" by Robert Silverberg (1969)
4. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41749604-shark-ship) "Shark Ship" by C. M. Kornbluth (1958)
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