“The Morning of the Day They Did It”

Year for Search
1950
Secondary Title
The New Yorker
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Annotation

The story is about the complete destruction of Earth, but it includes a paragraph the describes the United States government as providing all an individual’s needs, while taking all but a very small part of their pay. It also notes in passing the disappearance of all but one bird species and other problems.

Pagination
322-33
Published Date

February 25, 1950

ISSN Number
0029-792X
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1950 White, E[lwyn] B[rooks] (1899-1985). “The Morning of the Day They Did It.” The New Yorker (February 25, 1950): 27-33. Rpt. in A Treasury of Great Science Fiction. 2 vols. Ed. Anthony Boucher (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1959), 322-33. PSt

The story is about the complete destruction of Earth, but it includes a paragraph the describes the United States government as providing all an individual’s needs, while taking all but a very small part of their pay. It also notes in passing the disappearance of all but one bird species and other problems.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in A Treasury of Great Science Fiction. 2 vols. Ed. Anthony Boucher (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1959), 322-33.

Author Note

(1899-1985)

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