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Title: Dangerous Visions : The 35th Anniversary Edition by Harlan Ellison ISBN: 0743452615 Publisher: I Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best science fiction anthologies ever
Comment: Bravo to ibooks for bringing back this classic book of sci-fi stories written by some of the best writers in the genre and edited by a modern master, Harlan Ellison. If you're even a moderate fan of science fiction you owe it to yourself to get this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Perilous Life of Anthologies
Comment: First, I should make it clear that I bought this book when it
was new back in 1967. I thought the stories were terrific,
and the commentary Ellison provided was both entertaining
and informative. If nothing else, it helps form a picture of
the times--and there's where we start approaching the qualms I
have about the book.
An anthology of original stories, no matter how good, is a time
capsule. It contains a snapshot of the period, and the yoking
of all these dissimilar stories written within a few years of
one another certainly gives me that sensation after all these
years. People who are interested in this aspect, either for
personal or scholarly reasons, would find this book valuable.
However, when such considerations are eliminated, I ask myself
who would want to read this book in this format today? There are
wonderful stories in this book: the stories by Silverberg,
Leiber, Delaney, Zelazny, are, I think, particularly accomplished;
many other stories here are worthy of rereading.
The problem is that the book is to some extent a victim
of its own success. The best of these stories have become
widely known in the intervening decades. They're practically
all available elsewhere. I fear that familiarity with the
material here may lessen the impact of the book.
For all that, I still like the book alot, and it is incredibly
important in science fiction history. But obviously, there are
questions that did not exist when the book was new.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Original Classic Of "Transgressive" Science Fiction
Comment: Say what you will about Harlan Ellison, but you've got to admit he's got great taste.
I was lucky enough to this up for a measly $.75 at a local used bookstore. Believe me, it was money well spent.
There are a few duds in this collection (doesn't every anthology have some?), but they are by far outweighed by the gems. Some examples of the latter: the outrageous Joycean wit of Philip Jose Farmer's "Riders Of The Purple Wage", the dream-like beauty of Carol Emshwiller's "Sex And/Or Mr. Morrison", John Sladek's shockingly prophetic "The Happy Breed", and Kris Neville's Salingeresque humor in "From The Government Printing Office".
If you like science fiction, or just enjoy well-crafted stories, by all means - seek this out.
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Title: Paingod and Other Delusions by Harlan Ellison ISBN: 0759229945 Publisher: E-Reads Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Troublemakers : Stories by Harlan Ellison by Harlan Ellison ISBN: 0743423984 Publisher: I Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Voice From the Edge: Midnight in the Sunken Cathedral by Harlan Ellison ISBN: 1574534157 Publisher: Audio Literature Pub. Date: 30 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Again, Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison ISBN: 0425061825 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: October, 1983 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Gentleman Junkie by Harlan Ellison ISBN: 0759229880 Publisher: E-Reads Pub. Date: October, 1901 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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