The science fiction century by David G. Hartwell

Author:David G. Hartwell [Hartwell, David G.]
Format: epub
Tags: Science fiction, General, Fiction, Adventure, Anthologies, Short Stories, Juvenile Fiction, Science Fiction; Fantasy; Magic, 20th century, Fiction - 20th century
ISBN: 9780312863388
Publisher: New York : Tor, 1997.
Published: 1997-10-14T23:00:00+00:00

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“FOR two days I sheltered in a pleasant grove where there had been no deaths. In those two days, while badly depressed and believing that my turn would come at any moment, nevertheless I rested and recuperated. So did the pony. And on the third day, putting what small store of tinned provisions I possessed on the pony’s back, I started on across a very lonely land. Not a live man, woman, or child, did I encounter, though the dead were everywhere. Food, however, was abundant. The land then was not as it is now. It was all cleared of trees and brush, and it was cultivated. The food for millions of mouths was growing, ripening, and going to waste. From the fields and orchards I gathered vegetables, fruits, and berries. Around the deserted farmhouses I got eggs and caught chickens. And frequently I found supplies of tinned provisions in the store-rooms.

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