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"