Author

Publication

1970 - Ballantine Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

78,000 words, Guess

Page Count

312 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC808.83
  • LCCPN6071.S33 N55 1970

Description

Science fiction writers have long warned, in an astonishing variety of stories and interpretations, of the ecological crisis that controls mankind. Frederik Pohl, a master of future prognostication himself, has selected superb representative stories from the thousands that exist. Contents: Station HR972 • (1967) • short story by Kenneth Bulmer X Marks the Pedwalk • (1963) • short story by Fritz Leiber A Bad Day for Sales • (1953) • short story by Fritz Leiber The Midas Plague • (1954) • novella by Frederik Pohl Among the Bad Baboons • (1968) • novelette by Mack Reynolds The Marching Morons • (1951) • novelette by C.M. Kornbluth New Apples in the Garden • (1963) • short story by Kris Neville Uncalculated Risk • (1962) • short story by Christopher Anvil The Year of the Jackpot • (1952) • novelette by Robert A. Heinlein The Luckiest Man in Denv • (1952) • short story by C.M. Kornbluth The Census Takers • (1956) • short story by Frederik Pohl Day of Truce • (1963) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak Eco-Catastrophe! • (1969) • short story by Paul R. Ehrlich Introduction (Nightmare Age) • essay by Frederik Pohl

Subjects

Topics

English Science fictionAmerican Science fiction

Other Editions

  • Nightmare ageBallantine Books1970-01-01

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