Project Gutenberg 2007-10-22 Public domain in the USA. 166 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.) Reading ease score: 72.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour 43088 2025-08-09T13:54:57.801327 text/html 39285 2007-10-22T08:39:28 text/html 255984 2025-08-09T13:55:01.502314 application/epub+zip 254609 2025-08-09T13:54:59.412345 application/epub+zip 83056 2025-08-09T13:54:58.375335 application/epub+zip 352002 2025-08-09T13:55:03.015303 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 344315 2025-08-09T13:55:00.852330 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 128950 2022-09-11T04:07:36.489614 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 36473 2025-08-09T13:54:57.560330 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 36459 2007-10-22T08:39:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 190741 2007-09-27T09:17:44 application/octet-stream 117823 2007-09-27T09:17:44 application/octet-stream 117992 2007-09-27T09:17:44 application/octet-stream 127981 2007-09-27T09:17:44 application/octet-stream 123312 2007-09-27T09:17:44 application/octet-stream 3225189 2007-10-23T10:26:40 application/octet-stream 117332 2007-09-27T09:17:44 application/octet-stream 131775 2007-09-27T09:17:44 application/octet-stream 129732 2007-09-27T09:17:44 application/octet-stream 116586 2007-09-27T09:17:44 application/octet-stream 118098 2007-09-27T09:17:44 application/octet-stream 137246 2007-09-27T09:17:44 application/octet-stream 106638 2007-09-27T09:17:44 application/octet-stream 28943 2025-08-09T13:55:03.240311 application/rdf+xml 13153 2025-08-09T13:54:58.869325 image/jpeg 3756 2025-08-09T13:54:58.621323 image/jpeg 192203 2007-10-22T08:39:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 14171 2007-10-22T08:39:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 261284 2025-08-09T13:54:57.810395 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia