The Ruins of Earth
Man is at last waking up to the terrible damage he is inflicting on his environment. The various routes to disaster have already been charted. But the damage still goes on. This collection of stories by leading science-fiction writers - each committed to a human vision of society - attempts to take the ecological inquiry one stage further. To indicate why we are destroying our world - and what the possible consequences for us all may be. Contents: - Introduction (1971) by Thomas M. Disch Part 1: The Way It Is - Deer in the Works (1955) by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. - Three Million Square Miles (1971) by Gene Wolfe - Closing with Nature (1970) by Norman Rush Part 2: Why It Is The Way It Is - The Plot