Science Fiction

This Crowded Earth

1. Harry Collins--1997 2. Harry Collins--1998 3. President Winthrop--1999 4. Harry Collins--2000 5. Minnie Schultz--2009 6. Harry Collins--2012 7. Michael Cavendish--2027 8. Harry Collins--2029 9. Eric Donovan--2031 10. Harry Collins--2032 11. Jesse Pringle--2039 12. Littlejoh...

Chapters

1. Chapter 1

1. Harry Collins--1997 2. Harry Collins--1998 3. President Winthrop--1999 4. Harry Collins--2000 5. Minnie Schultz--2009 6. Harry Collins--2012 7. Michael Cavendish--2027 8. Har...

2. Chapter 2

"Have you got the bucks? A minimum forty acres leased from one of the farm corporations will cost you two hundred thousand at the very least, not counting equipment." He paused....

3. Chapter 3

"That's not necessary. I was really just daydreaming, I guess. I don't know what made me think--" Harry felt his flush deepen, and he lowered his eyes and his voice as he tried...

4. Chapter 4

Harry discovered that the doctor was right about supper. It was being served as he returned to his room. But the predictions concerning Ritchie didn't work out quite as well.

5. Chapter 5

There was surprisingly little difficulty. Grizek had absentee employers who weren't interested in their foreman's methods, just as long as he recruited his own wranglers for the...

6. Chapter 6

If Harry Collins, longtime fugitive from a government treatment center, tried to take his story to the people, he'd be silenced without a hearing. But his story must be heard. T...

7. Chapter 7

"No, what they all seemed to overlook, with only a few exceptions, was the population problem. You can't run a world through advertising when there are so many people that there...

8. Chapter 8

Wolzek nodded. "I know. Nothing is anybody's fault, really. This whole business began in good faith. Leffingwell and some of the other geniuses saw a problem and offered what th...

9. Chapter 9

Jesse was a big man, but he was afraid, too. Six feet three inches tall he was, when he stood up straight as he did now, watching them come--but he knew fear.

10. Chapter 10

"Caesar. That's the answer. Your own medical men must have records. I know, because I learned medicine from my son. There used to be an operation, in the old days, called a caes...