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The most honored anthology of fantastic fiction ever published featuring the works of such luminaries as: Isaac Asimov * Robert Silverberg * Philip Jos, Farmer * Robert Bloch * Philip K. Dick * Larry Niven * Fritz Leiber * Poul Anderson * Damon Knight * J.G. Ballard * John Brunner * Frederik pohl * Roger Zelazny

Angry Candy

by Harlan Ellison

The Seattle Times said of Angry Candy: "Ellison's stories rattle the bars of complacency that people put around their souls . . . Razor sharp . . . piercingly profound." Once again, Ellison's writing defies all labels. These seventeen stories by a modern master are an "assembled artifact" of anger and faith - as bittersweet as a"jalapeno-laced cinnamon bear." The sixteen stories collected here are spread over the... (more)

Approaching Oblivion: Road Signs on the Treadmill Toward Tomorrow

Approaching Oblivion: Road Signs on the Treadmill Toward Tomorrow

by Harlan Ellison

The New York Times called him "relentlessly honest" and then used him as the subject of its famous Sunday Acrostic. People Magizine said there was no one like him, then cursed him for preventing easy sleep. But in these stories Harlan Ellison outdoes himself, rampaging like a mad thing through love ("Cold Friend", "Kiss of Fire", "Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman"), hate ("Knox", "Silent in Gehenna"), sex... (more)

The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World

The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World

by Harlan Ellison

"It crouches near the center of creation. There is no night where it waits. Only the riddle of which terrible dream will set it loose. It beheaded mercy to take possession of that place. It feasts on darkness from the minds of men. No one has ever seen its eyeless face. When it sleeps we know a few moments of peace. But when it breathes again we go down in fire and mate with jackals. It knows our fear. It has our... (more)

Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed: Essays (I.O. Evans Studies in the Philosophy & Criticism of Literature, No. 5)Harlan Ellison

Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed: Essays (I.O. Evans Studies in the Philosophy & Criticism of Literature, No. 5)

by Harlan Ellison

Phoenix without ashes (A Fawcett gold medal book)

Phoenix without ashes (A Fawcett gold medal book)

by Harlan Ellison, Edward Bryant

Partners in Wonder

by Harlan Ellison

Robert Bloch / Ben Bova / Algis Budrys / Avram Davidson / Samuel R. Delany / Joe L. Hensley / Keith Laumer / William Rotsler / Robert Sheckley / Robert Silverberg / Henry Slesar / Theodore Sturgeon / A. E. Van Vogt / Roger Zelazny / and Harlan Ellison, unassisted. If you mix Ellison with wild talents like those names listed above you've got a book as unique as the Abominable Snowperson. Here is the first... (more)

ALONE AGAINST TOMORROW STORIES OF ALIENATION IN SPECULATIVE FICTION

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

by Harlan Ellison

Harlan Ellison has won more awards for imaginative literature than any other living author, but only aficionados of Ellison's singular work have been aware of another of his passions ... he is a great oral interpreter of his stories. His recordings have been difficult to obtain ... by his choice. In 1999, for the first time, he was lured into the studio to record this stunning retrospective. Contents include: an... (more)

Myron Bolitar Mysteries: Book 9

Long Lost

by Harlan Coben

#1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben’s blistering new Myron Bolitar thriller takes Myron—and his millions of fans—where they have never gone before Myron Bolitar hasn’t heard from Terese Collins since their torrid affair ended ten years ago, so her desperate phone call from Paris catches him completely off guard. In a shattering admission, Terese reveals the tragic story behind her... (more)

An Edge in My VoiceHarlan Ellison

An Edge in My Voice

by Harlan Ellison

Gentleman JunkieHarlan Ellison

Gentleman Junkie

by Harlan Ellison

Stalking the Nightmare

Strange Wine : Fifteen New Stories from the Nightside of the World

Strange Wine : Fifteen New Stories from the Nightside of the World

by Harlan Ellison

Love ain't nothing but sex misspelled

by Harlan Ellison

The Other Glass Teat

by Harlan Ellison

The Glass Teat

by Harlan Ellison

Slippage: Previously Uncollected, Precariously Poised Stories

Slippage: Previously Uncollected, Precariously Poised Stories

by Harlan Ellison

With this, his best-selling and most critically acclaimed collection ever, Ellison celebrates four decades of brilliant, outrageous writing. The award-winning novella "Mefisto in Onyx" is the centerpiece of an irreverent and wildly imaginative book that the San Diego Union-Tribune called "electrifying...Ellison is back, as unsettling as ever."

Paingod and Other Delusions

by Harlan Ellison

Robert Heinlein says, "This book is raw corn liquor. You should serve a whiskbroom with each shot so the customer can brush the sawdust off after he gets up from the floor." Perhaps a mooring cable might also be added as necessary equipment for reading these eight wonderful stories: They not only knock you down - they raise you to the stars. Passion is the keynote as you encounter the Harlequin and his nemesis,... (more)

Again, Dangerous Visions, 46 Original Stories Edited By Harlan Ellison

A collection of 46 Original stories

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Dangerous Visions

Evensong; Flies; Day After the Day the Martians Came; Riders of the Purple Wage; Malley System; A Toy for Juliette; Night That All Time Broke Out; Man Who Went to the Moon-Twice; Faith of Our Fathers

by Harlan Ellison

Angry Candy

by Harlan Ellison

Approaching Oblivion: Road Signs on the Treadmill Toward Tomorrow

by Harlan Ellison

The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World

by Harlan Ellison

Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed: Essays (I.O. Evans Studies in the Philosophy & Criticism of Literature, No. 5)

by Harlan Ellison

Phoenix without ashes (A Fawcett gold medal book)

by Harlan Ellison, Edward Bryant

Partners in Wonder

by Harlan Ellison

ALONE AGAINST TOMORROW STORIES OF ALIENATION IN SPECULATIVE FICTION

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

by Harlan Ellison

Long Lost

by Harlan Coben

An Edge in My Voice

by Harlan Ellison

Gentleman Junkie

by Harlan Ellison

Stalking the Nightmare

Strange Wine : Fifteen New Stories from the Nightside of the World

by Harlan Ellison

Love ain't nothing but sex misspelled

by Harlan Ellison

The Other Glass Teat

by Harlan Ellison

The Glass Teat

by Harlan Ellison

Slippage: Previously Uncollected, Precariously Poised Stories

by Harlan Ellison

Paingod and Other Delusions

by Harlan Ellison

Again, Dangerous Visions, 46 Original Stories Edited By Harlan Ellison