Project Gutenberg 2007-10-22 Public domain in the USA. 86 MacApp, C. C. 1917 1971 Capps, Carroll Mather MacApp, C.C. And All the Earth a Grave Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1963. Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "And All the Earth a Grave" by C. C. MacApp is a satirical science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The book delves into society’s bizarre relationship with death and commodity, illustrating how marketing can influence consumer behavior in extreme ways. It explores themes of mortality, societal norms, and capitalist culture through a mix of humor and dark absurdity. The narrative begins with an error in a coffin company’s bookkeeping that leads to an unprecedented advertising campaign, turning coffins into the hottest holiday gift item. As the campaign unfolds, coffins become status symbols, resulting in a societal frenzy where people begin to embrace death as a new lifestyle. The story details the repercussions of this shift, including the decline of traditional industries and the rise of an odd culture surrounding death. In the end, the world is left reeling in a post-apocalyptic state, inhabited by a few survivors who must navigate a landscape filled with unclaimed coffins, highlighting the absurdity and tragic consequences of such a radical societal change. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 42959 42320 2024-09-10T06:35:17.249164 2023-09-10T09:54:26.482564 text/html text/html 39285 2007-10-22T08:39:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 192203 2007-10-22T08:39:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 234152 2024-09-10T06:35:20.391162 application/epub+zip 233017 2024-09-10T06:35:18.491187 application/epub+zip 61456 2024-09-10T06:35:17.713181 application/epub+zip 307814 2024-09-10T06:35:21.889154 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 300121 2024-09-10T06:35:19.898143 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 128950 2022-09-11T04:07:36.489614 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 36473 36369 2024-09-10T06:35:17.039172 2023-09-10T09:54:26.307562 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 36459 2007-10-22T08:39:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14171 2007-10-22T08:39:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18928 2024-09-10T06:35:22.023172 application/rdf+xml 13046 2024-09-10T06:35:18.055168 image/jpeg 3764 2024-09-10T06:35:17.882168 image/jpeg 241617 2024-09-10T06:35:17.258174 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia