title: Getting into Death
text: # 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.
  