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.

Getting into Death

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	Thomas M. Disch
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Rupert Hart-Davis
Publication date	1974
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	206
ISBN	0-246-10614-X
OCLC	961143
Dewey Decimal	813/.5/4
LC Class	PZ4.D615 Gg3 PS3554.I8

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"
• "[X] 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"

Sources

• Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Archived from the original on 2007-12-22. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
• "Internet Speculative Fiction Database". Retrieved 2008-01-28.