The Late Great Future

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From back cover: They've seen the future--and it doesn't look good.... What's going to happen when the world ends? Here are 14 humorous, poignant, eerie, and altogehter too possible views of what things will be like when: . Walking for pleasure and exercise becomes a criminal offense. .There are interplanetary exchange friendship programs. .It is possible to give idiots genius IQ's. .You are able to book a package tour to see the end of the world. The Late Great Future--read on and see what pleasures and shocks await you in these 14 fabulous tales 17 When We Went to See the End of the World (1972) Robert Silverberg 28 A Thing of Custom (1957) L. Sprague de Camp 52 The Pedestrian (1951) Ray Bradbury 58 William and Mary (1960) Roald Dahl 90 Flowers for Algernon (1959) Daniel Keyes 127 The Country of the Kind (1956) Damon Knight 144 Come to Venus Melancholy (1965) Thomas M. Disch 159 How Beautiful With Banners (1966) James Blish 172 The Totally Rich (1963) John Brunner 204 America the Beautiful (1970) Fritz Leiber 220 The Annex (1968) John D. MacDonald 237 The Shoddy Lands (1956) C. S. Lewis 246 Crucifixus Etiam (1968) Walter M. Miller, Jr. [as Walter M. Miller] 271 Three Portraits and a Prayer (1962) Frederik Pohl