Catastrophes!
- Authors
- Asimov, Isaac & Greenberg, Martin Harry & Waugh, Charles G.
- Publisher
- Fawcett
- Tags
- science
- ISBN
- 9780449244258
- Date
- 1979-11-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.39 MB
- Lang
- en
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. ["The Last Trump"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24952911-the-last-trump) by Isaac Asimov (1955)
2. ["No Other Gods"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41733920-no-other-gods) by Edward Wellen (1972)
3. ["The Wine Has Been Left Open Too Long and the Memory Has Gone Flat"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41733984-the-wine-has-been-left-open-too-long-and-the-memory-has-gone-flat) by Harlan Ellison (1976)
4. ["Stars, Won't You Hide Me?"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41734293-stars-won-t-you-hide-me) by Ben Bova (1966)
Part II: Sun destroyed.
1. ["Judgement Day"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41734322-judgement-day) by Lloyd Biggie Jr. (1953)
2. ["The Custodian"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41734399-the-custodian) by William Tenn (1953)
3. ["Phoenix"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21258870-phoenix) by Clark Ashton Smith (1954)
4. ["Run From the Fire"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41749262-run-from-the-fire) by Harry Harrison (1975)
Part III: Earth destroyed.
1. ["Requiem"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41749282-requiem) by Edmond Hamilton (1962)
2. ["At the Core"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6037552-at-the-core) by Larry Niven (1966)
3. ["A Pail of Air"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41669145-a-pail-of-air) by Fritz Leiber (1951)
4. ["King of the Hill"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41749389-king-of-the-hill) by Chad Oliver (1972)
Part IV: Humanity destroyed.
1. ["The New Atlantis"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18858449-the-new-atlantis) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1975)
2. ["History Lesson"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32027697-history-lesson) by Arthur C. Clarke (1949)
3. ["Seeds of the Dusk"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41672176-seeds-of-the-dusk) by Raymond Z. Gallun (1938)
4. ["Dark Benediction"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41673878-dark-benediction) by Walter M. Miller Jr. (1951)
Part V: Civilization destroyed.
1. ["Last Night of Summer"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41675553-last-night-of-summer) by Alfred Coppel (1956)
2. ["The Store of the Worlds"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41676871-the-store-of-the-worlds) by Robert Sheckley (1959)
3. ["How It Was When the Past Went Away"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3157950-how-it-was-when-the-past-went-away) by Robert Silverberg (1969)
4. ["Shark Ship"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41749604-shark-ship) by C. M. Kornbluth (1958)