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If This Goes Wrong . . . by Hank Davis is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Science fiction tales, some humorous and some not-so-funny, about the downside of the futureand how to deal with a universe ruled by Murphy's Law! Includes stories by Robert A. Heinlein, Sarah A. Hoyt, Fritz Leiber, Gordon R. Dickson, Lester del Rey, Christopher Anvil, Fredric Brown, and more. WHAT COULD GO WRONG . . . ? Progress! Its wonderfulthough it sometimes has unexpected and undesirable side effects. Read the long warning list of possible side effects on a medicine bottles label sometime . . . the part in really tiny print. But surely the benefits of modern technology outweigh the drawbacks. Until they dont. Remember how increasingly deadly weapons, from the machine gun to the H-bomb, were supposed to make war too horrific to even be contemplated? Didnt happen. The cell phone has made it possible to phone from almost anywheretoo bad if you wanted to be out of reach. And civilization is so big and complicated, that a breakdown of any part can have disastrous consequences. Modern transportation makes it possible to get anywhere in a hurry, though traffic jams and overextended airports may slow the hurry part to a crawl. And it also can ensure that a new disease can go all

Who reads If This Goes Wrong . . .?

Author

Hank Davis

Publisher

Riverdale, NY: Baen

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781476782027

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Humanities

Rating

4.4 / 5 (18 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14