History Literature / AgainDangerousVisions

** In the world of the story, Lake Erie has become so polluted that it is home to giant, mutated, man-eating lampreys that can climb out of the water and go after humans. At the end, a lamprey comes along and eats all three of the main characters.

** KillEmAll: In the world of the story, Lake Erie has become so polluted that it is home to giant, mutated, man-eating lampreys that can climb out of the water and go after humans. At the end, a lamprey comes along and eats all three of the main characters.

** MetaFiction: An extremely peculiar example.
** ShoutOut: Despite being less than three pages in length, Heidenry manages to make a truly stunning number of references to Creator/JorgeLuisBorges.

** YouSexyBeast - but he's fine with that

** SingleBiomePlanet
** EvilColonialist

** PeaceAndLoveIncorporated- The medical care is free. Leaving is not.

** LadyLand
** OneGenderRace
** TrulySingleParent -- subverted

** BreakingTheFourthWall: An incredibly dark example.

** BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: A ''legal'' one, no less.
** MushroomSamba

** BodyHorror
** EruditeStoner: Quentin Seckley in "The Girl With...", although he's not as erudite as he fancies himself.
** TalkingInYourDreams

** BodyHorror
** PeopleFarms- literally.

** AdultFear

** ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:The ink blot]]
** LuckyCharmsTitle
** SurrealHumor
** EldritchAbomination

** WhatMeasureIsANonHuman
** StupidSexyFriend
** DestructiveRomance
** WifeHusbandry -a particularly bizarre example

** RefugeInAudacity: [[TheMovie The Short Story]]

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The [[DevelopmentHell planned sequel]] to ''ADV'' [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would have been]] ''Literature/TheLastDangerousVisions'', but, well... [[BerserkButton Harlan doesn't like to talk about it]] (though Creator/ChristopherPriestNovelist is [[http://web.archive.org/web/20000902203835/http://sf.www.lysator.liu.se/sf_archive/sf-texts/Ansible/Last_Deadloss_Visions,Chris_Priest happy to]]).

** IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: The story was expressly written so that Vonnegut could include the word 'fuck' in the title. Its notable that this is the first instance of the word being used ''as'' part of the title of a non-pornographic printed story.

* '''"When It Changed" by Creator/JoannaRuss''' (NebulaAward for Best Short Story)

The [[DevelopmentHell planned sequel]] to ''ADV'' [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would have been]] ''Literature/TheLastDangerousVisions'', but, well... [[BerserkButton Harlan doesn't like to talk about it.]]

* '''"In the Barn" by PiersAnthony'''

WhileRomeBurns - The story begins at a [[EarthShatteringKaboom goodbye party for Earth]].
YourInstinctsAreShowing - the [[LittleBitBeastly cat boy]] protagonist has issues.
YouSexyBeast - but he's fine with that

** ClusterFBomb: In the story, swearing became completely acceptable. Even the President of the United States uses profanity in his speeches.
** FreudianExcuse: The government allows poeople to sue their parents for ruining their lives with their parenting. This is done to discourage reproduction, since the world is dangerously overpopulated.
** GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The story was expressly written so that Vonnegut could include the word 'fuck' in the title.
** IntentionallyAwkwardTitle

** [[spoiler:BreakingTheFourthWall: An incredibly dark example.]]

** PeopleFarms

** PollutedWasteland: The whole planet. The titular action is undertaken because Earth is dying from pollution.

** ClusterFBomb: In the story, swearing became completely acceptable. Even the President of the United States uses swearing in his speeches.

* '''"Zero Gee" by BenBova'''

The [[DevelopmentHell planned sequel]] to ''ADV'' [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would have been]] ''Literature/TheLastDangerousVisions'', but...well, [[BerserkButton Harlan doesn't like to talk about it.]]