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Title: Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman: The Classic Story by Harlan Ellison, Rick Berry ISBN: 1-887424-35-0 Publisher: Underwood Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.07 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: "He Serves The State Best Who Opposes The State Most"
Comment: When the subject of what one must do in order to enable real social change comes up, and the inevitable names are mentioned - Jesus, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X (the list, sadly, goes on and on) - someone inevitably makes a remark along the lines of, "Yeah, and look what happened to THEM". One of the things Mr. Ellison's fine story points out is that sacrifice is a necessary part of change. Ellison's parable-like tale shows us that someone must be willing to play the fool, the harlequin, to rage against convention, in order for any real change to be made.
Form follows content perfectly on this story - like Joyce, like cummings & Kerouac, Ellison delights in playing with language, just as his story's hero delights in playing with the rules of his society. Ellison has sometimes gone overboard in trying to show how hip & clever he is, but in this instance, he gets everything right.
In short - highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Disused jelly beans in the gogs...
Comment: Sitting around with some old, moulding jelly beans in your pockets and wondering just what you should do with them? My advice would be to drop them into the power supply box at your train station, short out the trains for a good hour or three and, with that time, read this gem before arriving at work in the afternoon (there must be lunch, chat, and perhaps some aimless strolling as well).
So, you're probably asking what that has to do with "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman (with fine illustrations by Rick Berry). Well, the answers a numerous and then perhaps they mean nothing at all. I figure I won't tell.
Ellison's book as about an outlaw existing in a totally controlled society, where time is measured and ruled by the Ticktockman. Now the idea is not a new one (at least, not now) but Ellison gives the Harlequin such gusto, the story such a smooth, enjoyable ride, that one can not help but be caught up in it and cheer as the jelly beans are dropped down.
And the message the tale contains (for it does have one, make no mistake) does not make for a message written story. It's a good story, with or without the message, and one has to thank Ellison himself for that. He has a strong voice in his prose--equally as strong as that of himself in person, I am told--and his clearly driven prose leaves no dry points.
So there.
And if you do order this book and it shows up late, well yes, it's the postal system again... but imagine if everything happened on time? Imagine if you had to be one time for everything? What consequences...
Excuse me, got carried away. Buy the book, you'll not regret it. Now, I'm off to drop some jelly beans...
Rating: 3
Summary: With beautiful art, who needs a good plot?
Comment: It seems that the creators of this beautifully embellished book did not consider a good storyline a necessary part of written medium. Rick Berry deserves five starts for his splendid computer art. Harlan Ellison deserves one star for his abomination of a story, which tried to take on the hysteria of a dystopia but miserably failed. Overall, I recommend this book for fantasy art collectors. If you're here to get this book for the story, don't bother - you're better off donating your money to a lost cause.
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Title: Paingod and Other Delusions by Harlan Ellison ISBN: 0759229945 Publisher: eReads.com Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor (Dark Horse Comics Collection) by Harlan Ellison ISBN: 1569712107 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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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: Mind Fields: The Art of Jacek Yerka : The Fiction of Harlan Ellison by Jacek 1952 Yerka, Jacek Yerka, Harlan Ellison ISBN: 0962344796 Publisher: Morpheus International Pub. Date: 01 November, 1993 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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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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