Greatest Hits
Published on 26. March 2024
448 pages
978-1-4549-5212-1 (ISBN)
Description
A collection of award-winning short stories, including the viral "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison, an eight-time Hugo Award winner, five-time Bram Stoker Award winner, and four-time Nebula Award winner.
As one of the great writers of speculative fiction of the twentieth century, Harlan Ellison shaped the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. This inventive and provocative collection of his best-known and most-acclaimed stories is a perfect treasury for old Ellison fans as well as readers discovering this zany, polyphonic writer for the first time.
Featuring these stories and many more:
- "'Repent, Harlequin,' Said the Ticktockman" - Hugo Award winner
- "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" - Bram Stoker Award winner
- "Mefisto in Onyx" - Bram Stoker Award winner
- "Jeffty Is Five" - British Fantasy Award winner
- "Shatterday" - Twilight Zone episode
- "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs" - Edgar Allan Poe Award winner
- "Paladin of the Lost Hour" - Hugo Award winner, Twilight Zone episode
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Greatest Hits
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05/2024
Union Square & Co.
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Harlan Ellison (1934-2018) is a legend of the SFF, horror, and speculative fiction genres. His published works include more than 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, comic book scripts, teleplays, essays, and a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media. Ellison won numerous awards, including multiple Hugos, Nebulas, and Edgars. Many of Ellison's short stories have been adapted into a variety of formats, including television episodes of The Twilight Zone and Star Trek.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- A Note on the Text
- Preface by J. Michael Straczynski
- Foreword by Neil Gaiman
- Introduction by Cassandra Khaw
- Angry Gods
- "Repent, Harlequin," Said the Ticktockman (1966)
- Hugo Award, Nebula Award, 2015 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
- I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1967)
- Hugo Award
- The Deathbird (1974)
- Hugo Award, Locus Award
- Chatting with Anubis (1995)
- Bram Stoker Award, Deathrealm Award
- The Whimper of Whipped Dogs (1973)
- Edgar Allan Poe Award
- Lost Souls
- Jeffty Is Five (1977)
- British Fantasy Award, Hugo Award, Nebula Award, 1999 Locus Poll Winner for Best Short Story of All Time
- Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes (1967)
- Hugo Award Nomination, Nebula Award Nomination
- Shatterday (1980)
- Nebula Award Nomination, Twilight Zone episode
- Mefisto in Onyx (1993)
- Bram Stoker Award, Locus Award, Hugo Award Nomination, Nebula Award Nomination, World Fantasy Award Nomination
- On the Downhill Side (1972)
- Locus Award Nomination, Nebula Award Nomination
- The Passage of Time
- Paladin of the Lost Hour (1986)
- Hugo Award, Locus Award, Nebula Award Nomination, Twilight Zone episode
- The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (1969)
- Hugo Award
- I'm Looking for Kadak (1974)
- How Interesting: A Tiny Man (2010)
- Nebula Award
- The Lighter Side
- Djinn, No Chaser (1983)
- Locus Award
- How's the Night Life on Cissalda? (1977)
- From A to Z, in the Chocolate Alphabet (1976)
- Eidolons (1989)
- Locus Award
- The Last Word
- All the Lies That Are My Life (1981)
- Hugo Award Nomination
