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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. Deathbird Stories is a collection of 19 of Harlan Ellison's best stories,... read more
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A PANTHEON OF MODERN GODS
Know them now --
they rule the nights through which we move ...
THE GOD OF EVIL
comes to the Big Apple for a flesh-rending night on the town in The Whimper of Whipped Dogs. Worship him -- or die ...
THE CHROME-PLATED KILLER GOD
walks...
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First Sentence edit
Gods can do anything.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction: Oblations at Alien Altars
The Whimper of Whipped Dogs
Along the Scenic Route
On the Downhill Slide
O Ye of Little Faith
Neon
Basilisk
Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes
Corpse
Shattered Like a Glass Goblin
Delusion for a Dragon Slayer
The Face of Helene Bournouw
Bleeding Stones
At the Mouse Circus
The Place with No Name
Paingod
Ernest and the Machine God
Rock God
Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans, Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W
The Deathbird
Series & Lists edit
This is book 24 of 40 in SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection. (publisher edition list)
This is book 73 of 199 in Newman and Jones 200 Best Horror Novels. (community list)
This book is in Significant Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror). (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Harlan Ellison (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Leo Dillon (Cover Artist) - 1975 Harper & Row edition; 1976, 1977, 1980 Dell editions
- Diane Dillon (Cover Artist) - 1975 Harper & Row edition; 1976, 1977, 1980 Dell editions
- Barclay Shaw (Cover Artist) - 1983, 1984 Bluejay Books edition
- Jim Burns (Cover Artist) - 1990, 1993 Collier Nucleus/Macmillan editions
- Sam Raffa (Cover Artist) - 1991 "Dreams with Sharp Teeth" BOMC / QPBC edition
- Bruce Jensen (Cover Artist) - 2006 Science Fiction Book Club edition
- Tom Kidd (Cover Artist) - 2011 Subterranean Press edition (also known by pseudonym Gnemo)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper & Row
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1975
ISBN: 0060111763
Page Count: 334
Publisher: Harper & Row
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1975
ISBN: 0060111763
Page Count: 334
Awards edit
- World Fantasy Award (Finalist, 1976: Collection/Anthology)
- BSFA (British Science Fiction Association) (1978: Best Collection)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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