Getting into Death
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"
- " 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"
