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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Open Road Media
Publication date
June 3, 2014
Pages
346
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781497642959
ISBN-10
1497642957
Dimensions
0.75 by 5 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Original list price
$14.99
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Paingod and Other Delusions | Shatterday | I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream | The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World | Vic and Blood | Dangerous Visions | The Glass Teat | Strange Wine
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Masterpieces of myth and terror about modern gods from technology to drugs to materialismââfantasy at its most bizarre and unsettlingâ (The New York Times).
As Earth approaches Armageddon, a man embarks on a quest to confront God in the Hugo Awardâwinning novelette, âThe Deathbird.â
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In New York City, a brutal act of violence summons a malevolent spirit and a growing congregation of desensitized worshippers in âThe Whimper of Whipped Dogs,â an Edgar Award winner influenced by the real-life murder of Queens resident Kitty Genovese in 1964.
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In âPaingod,â the deity tasked with inflicting pain and suffering on every living being in the universe questions the purpose of its cruel existence.
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Deathbird Stories collects these and sixteen more provocative tales exploring the futility of faith in a faithless world. A legendary author of speculative fiction whose best-known works include A Boy and His Dog and I Have No Mouth, and I Must Screamâand whose major awards and nominations number in the dozens, Harlan Ellison strips away convention and hypocrisy and lays bare the human condition in modern society as ancient gods fade and new deities rise to appease the massesâgods of technology, drugs, gambling, materialismâthat are as insubstantial as the beliefs of those who venerate them.
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In addition to his Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, Bram Stoker, Edgar, and other awards, Ellison was called âone of the great living American short story writersâ by the Washington Postâand this collection makes it clear why he has earned such an extraordinary assortment of accolades.
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Stories include:
âIntroduction: Oblations at Alien Altarsâ
âThe Whimper of Whipped Dogsâ
âAlong the Scenic Routeâ
âOn the Downhill Sideâ
âO Ye of Little Faithâ
âNeonâ
âBasiliskâ
âPretty Maggie Moneyeyesâ
âCorpseâ
âShattered Like a Glass Goblinâ
âDelusion for a Dragon Slayerâ
âThe Face of Helene Bournouwâ
âBleeding Stonesâ
âAt the Mouse Circusâ
âThe Place with No Nameâ
âPaingodâ
âErnest and the Machine Godâ
âRock Godâ
âAdrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" Wâ
âThe Deathbirdâ
As Earth approaches Armageddon, a man embarks on a quest to confront God in the Hugo Awardâwinning novelette, âThe Deathbird.â
Â
In New York City, a brutal act of violence summons a malevolent spirit and a growing congregation of desensitized worshippers in âThe Whimper of Whipped Dogs,â an Edgar Award winner influenced by the real-life murder of Queens resident Kitty Genovese in 1964.
Â
In âPaingod,â the deity tasked with inflicting pain and suffering on every living being in the universe questions the purpose of its cruel existence.
Â
Deathbird Stories collects these and sixteen more provocative tales exploring the futility of faith in a faithless world. A legendary author of speculative fiction whose best-known works include A Boy and His Dog and I Have No Mouth, and I Must Screamâand whose major awards and nominations number in the dozens, Harlan Ellison strips away convention and hypocrisy and lays bare the human condition in modern society as ancient gods fade and new deities rise to appease the massesâgods of technology, drugs, gambling, materialismâthat are as insubstantial as the beliefs of those who venerate them.
Â
In addition to his Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, Bram Stoker, Edgar, and other awards, Ellison was called âone of the great living American short story writersâ by the Washington Postâand this collection makes it clear why he has earned such an extraordinary assortment of accolades.
Â
Stories include:
âIntroduction: Oblations at Alien Altarsâ
âThe Whimper of Whipped Dogsâ
âAlong the Scenic Routeâ
âOn the Downhill Sideâ
âO Ye of Little Faithâ
âNeonâ
âBasiliskâ
âPretty Maggie Moneyeyesâ
âCorpseâ
âShattered Like a Glass Goblinâ
âDelusion for a Dragon Slayerâ
âThe Face of Helene Bournouwâ
âBleeding Stonesâ
âAt the Mouse Circusâ
âThe Place with No Nameâ
âPaingodâ
âErnest and the Machine Godâ
âRock Godâ
âAdrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" Wâ
âThe Deathbirdâ
Editions
Hardcover
With Harlan Ellison |
Deluxe edition from Subterranean (March 15, 2011)
9781596060852 | details & prices | 394 pages | 7.25 × 10.00 × 1.50 in. | 2.35 lbs | List price $45.00
About: Harlan Ellison's masterwork of myth and terror as he seduces all innocence on a mind-freezing odyssey into the darkest reaches of mortal terror and the most dazzling heights of Olympian hell in his finest collection.
About: Harlan Ellison's masterwork of myth and terror as he seduces all innocence on a mind-freezing odyssey into the darkest reaches of mortal terror and the most dazzling heights of Olympian hell in his finest collection.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
With Harlan Ellison |
from Open Road Media (June 3, 2014)
9781497642959 | details & prices | 346 pages | 5.00 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $14.99
About: Masterpieces of myth and terror about modern gods from technology to drugs to materialismââfantasy at its most bizarre and unsettlingâ (The New York Times).
About: Masterpieces of myth and terror about modern gods from technology to drugs to materialismââfantasy at its most bizarre and unsettlingâ (The New York Times).
from Olmstead Pr (October 1, 2000)
9781587541018 | details & prices | List price $18.95
About: Masterpieces of myth and terror about modern gods from technology to drugs to materialismââfantasy at its most bizarre and unsettlingâ (The New York Times).
About: Masterpieces of myth and terror about modern gods from technology to drugs to materialismââfantasy at its most bizarre and unsettlingâ (The New York Times).
from Collier Books (August 1, 1993)
9780020847458 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $9.00
With Hyatt Howe Waggoner |
Reprint edition from Collier Books (August 1, 1990)
9780020283614 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $9.00
This edition also contains Emerson As Poet
About: A collection of nineteen allegorical stories exploring the powers and vulnerabilities of the gods and demons of the computerized, polluted, and violent modern world
This edition also contains Emerson As Poet
About: A collection of nineteen allegorical stories exploring the powers and vulnerabilities of the gods and demons of the computerized, polluted, and violent modern world
Reprint edition from Collier Books (August 1, 1990)
9780020283614 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $9.00
This edition also contains Emerson As Poet
About: A collection of nineteen allegorical stories exploring the powers and vulnerabilities of the gods and demons of the computerized, polluted, and violent modern world
This edition also contains Emerson As Poet
About: A collection of nineteen allegorical stories exploring the powers and vulnerabilities of the gods and demons of the computerized, polluted, and violent modern world
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