Underground, overground...

September 7, 2009 10:16 PM

Half remembered short story identification filter: A story in which scientists discover grids underground which might be the cities of beings who live at a greater density, and then at the end scientists from the underground city are looking through the documents, having wiped out humanity accidentally just by coming to the surface.
posted by Artw to Writing & Language (5 answers total)

One-quarter remembered confirmation: I read this many moons ago, it might be an Asimov story...
posted by LarryC at 10:58 PM on September 7, 2009

Response by poster: I've a feeling it was in an anthology of SF stories aimed at kids in the 1980s, though it may just be that it was in an anthology of SF stories in the 1980s when I was a kid. Asimov or Clarke sounds right.
posted by Artw at 11:11 PM on September 7, 2009

Best answer: The FIres Within by Arthur C Clarke.
posted by greycap at 11:11 PM on September 7, 2009

Response by poster: Nice one. That's exactly it.
posted by Artw at 11:13 PM on September 7, 2009

I remember this as well. Great little story.
posted by curious_yellow at 3:49 AM on September 8, 2009