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Catastrophies
Catastrophies
Author: Isaac Asimov (Editor), Martin Harry Greenberg (Editor), Charles G. Waugh (Editor)
An anthology of stories of catastrophes that take place in various parts of the universe. Stories describe possible ends of the universe, the sun, the Earth, humanity, and civilization.
ISBN-13: 9780449244258
ISBN-10: 0449244253
Publication Date: 7/12/1981
Pages: 416
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Publisher: Fawcett
Book Type: Paperback
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Contents

* 9 • Foreword (Catastrophes!) • essay by Isaac Asimov
* 11 • Universe Destroyed • essay by Isaac Asimov
* 12 • The Last Trump • (1955) • shortstory by Isaac Asimov
* 27 • No Other Gods • (1972) • shortstory by Edward Wellen
* 33 • The Wine Has Been Left Open Too Long and the Memory Has Gone Flat • (1976) • shortstory by Harlan Ellison
* 42 • Stars, Won't You Hide Me? • (1966) • shortstory by Ben Bova
* 56 • Sun Destroyed • essay by Isaac Asimov
* 57 • Judgement Day • (1958) • shortstory by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
* 67 • The Custodian • (1953) • novelette by William Tenn
* 86 • Phoenix • (1954) • shortstory by Clark Ashton Smith
* 96 • Run from the Fire • (1975) • novelette by Harry Harrison
* 127 • Earth Destroyed • essay by Isaac Asimov
* 128 • Requiem • (1962) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
* 145 • At the Core • [Known Space] • (1966) • novelette by Larry Niven
* 163 • A Pail of Air • (1951) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber
* 176 • King of the Hill • (1972) • shortstory by Chad Oliver
* 193 • Humanity Destroyed • essay by Isaac Asimov
* 194 • The New Atlantis • (1975) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
* 217 • History Lesson • (1949) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
* 226 • Seeds of the Dusk • (1938) • novelette by Raymond Z. Gallun
* 253 • Dark Benediction • (1951) • novella by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
* 306 • Civilization Destroyed • essay by Isaac Asimov
* 307 • Last Night of Summer • (1954) • shortstory by Alfred Coppel
* 316 • The Store of the Worlds • (1959) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
* 322 • How It Was When the Past Went Away • (1969) • novella by Robert Silverberg
* 381 • Shark Ship • (1958) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth (aka Reap the Dark Tide) [as by C. M. Kornbluth ]
* 413 • Afterword (Catastrophes!) • essay by Isaac Asimov


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