The Late Great Future

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 tales17 • When We Went to See the End of the World • (1972) • Robert Silverberg28 • A Thing of Custom • (1957) • L. Sprague de Camp52 • The Pedestrian • (1951) • Ray Bradbury58 • William and Mary • (1960) • Roald Dahl90 • Flowers for Algernon • (1959) • Daniel Keyes127 • The Country of the Kind • (1956) • Damon Knight144 • Come to Venus Melancholy • (1965) • Thomas M. Disch159 • How Beautiful With Banners • (1966) • James Blish172 • The Totally Rich • (1963) • John Brunner204 • America the Beautiful • (1970) • Fritz Leiber220 • The Annex • (1968) • John D. MacDonald237 • The Shoddy Lands • (1956) • C. S. Lewis246 • Crucifixus Etiam • (1968) • Walter M. Miller, Jr. [as Walter M. Miller]271 • Three Portraits and a Prayer • (1962) • Frederik Pohl