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Title: The Voice from the Edge: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (Fantastic Audio Series) by Harlan Ellison ISBN: 1-57453-537-4 Publisher: Audio Literature Pub. Date: November, 2002 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 5 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (10 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Great stories, manic narration
Comment: Like many people, I've had an ongoing hot and cold relationship with Ellison's works ever since I was introduced to them in middle school. He is a solid example of a strong personality that has inextricably embedded itself into an author's work--not always a good thing, considering the personality in question. While I've always found Ellison's arrogance and damn-the-critics bravado annoying, I found them occasionally unbearable while listening to this collection.
Ellison's gritty, dystopian fiction really speaks for itself. Or should, anyway. It's painful to hear the author Disney-fy old favorites like "I Have No Mouth...", "Laugh Track," and "A Boy And His Dog," making his characters into glorified cartoon characters. (I did like the audio effects, however -- a nice touch.) He pops around between his "manic," "ethnic," and "heartbroken" settings at will, with an irritating preference for the former. The introductory audioessay is a nice bonus, too -- it provides an appropriate orientation both to the works and to their author. (I really don't understand his deep love for "Grail," but maybe you'll disagree.)
This is a good selection, and Ellison is not a *bad* reader -- just a little too personally involved with the text. Which is understandable, but distracting. Be sure that you've read the stories before you hear them, or you run the risk of thinking less of some of the best short form science fiction in the English language.
Rating: 5
Summary: Have you ever suffered silently?
Comment: I first read "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" as a pre-teen. What an eye-opener. Short and to the point. Pure terror.
As an adult, I've remembered this story at times when I've felt the urge to scream but couldn't.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Life-Changing Audiobook
Comment: Harlan Ellison is one of the best writers we have. He feels a lot and his fiction hits us in the gut and makes us feel, too. Well, the performances--yes, not readings, PERFORMANCES--add an extra dimension to the tales. This is the best author-read book I've ever heard. Ellison drags you into the story the same way he does with his writing. He is uncompromising. Sure, some are better than others, but all are above average. To hear "I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream" and ""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman." performed like this is worth the price alone. Buy two copies of this one, you'll wear out the first one by listening so much to it.
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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: Vic and Blood: The Continuing Adventures of a Boy and His Dog : A Graphic Novel by Harlan Ellison ISBN: 0743459032 Publisher: I Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: 2000X: Tales of the Next Millennia (Fantastic Audio Series) by Ray Bradbury, Fredric Brown, Octavia E. Butler, Karel Capek, Harlan Ellison, Robert Heinlein, Moore. C. L., A. E. Van Vogt, Kurt, Jr. Vonnegut, Connie Willis ISBN: 1574535307 Publisher: Audio Literature Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $32.00 |
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Title: Slippage : Previously Uncollected, Precariously Poised Stories by Harlan Ellison ISBN: 0395924820 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 17 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Shatterday by Harlan Ellison ISBN: 0395285879 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: November, 1980 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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