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Getting into Death and Other Stories
Dust-jacket from the first edition
AuthorThomas M. Disch
Cover artistFred Marcellino
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction short stories
PublisherKnopf
Publication date
1976
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages227 pp
ISBN0-394-49803-8
OCLC1694113
813/.5/4
LC ClassPZ4.D615 Gg5 PS3554.I8

Getting into Death and Other Stories is a collection of science fiction stories by Thomas M. Disch. It was first published by Knopf in 1976. Many of the stories originally appeared in the magazines New Worlds, Antæus, The Paris Review, Transatlantic Review and Fantastic.

Contents

  • "Apollo"
  • "The Asian Shore"
  • "The Birds"
  • "The Colors"
  • "Death and the Single Girl"
  • "Displaying the Flag"
  • "Feathers from the Wings of an Angel"
  • "Getting Into Death"
  • "The Joycelin Shrager Story"
  • "Let Us Quickly Hasten to the Gate of Ivory"
  • "The Master of the Milford Altarpiece"
  • "The Persistence of Desire"
  • "The Planet Arcadia"
  • "Quincunx"
  • "Slaves"
  • "[X] Yes"

References