Getting into Death
# 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.

## 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.
