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, including Edgar and Hugo winners, originally published between 1960 and 1974. The collection contains some of Ellison's best stories from earlier collections and is judged by some to be his most consistently high quality collection of short fiction. The theme of the collection can be loosely defined as God, or Gods. Sometimes they're dead or dying, some of them are as brand-new as today's technology. Unlike some of Ellison's collections, the introductory notes to each story can be as short as a phrase and rarely run more than a sentence or two. One story took a Locus Poll Award, the two final ones both garnered Hugo Awards and Locus Poll awards, and the final one also received a Jupiter Award from the Instructors of Science Fiction in Higher Education (discontinued in 1979). When the collection was published in Britain, it won the 1979 British Science Fiction Award for Short Fiction. His stories will rivet you to the floor and change your heartbeat...as unforgettable a chamber of horror, fantasy and reality as you'll ever experience. -Gallery "Brutally and flamboyantly shocking, frequently brilliant, and always irresistibly mesmerizing." -Richmond Times-Dispatch

Deathbird Stories (A Collier Nucleus Fantasy Classic)

Literature & Fiction

ELLISON, HARLAN

United States

Collier Books

FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER. Collection of prime Ellison stories, each with a substantial preface. Introduction: “Revealed at Last! What Killed the Dinosaurs! And You Don't Look So Terrific Yourself;”Croatoan (1975); Working With the Little People (1977); Killing Bernstein (1976); Mom (1976); In Fear of K (1975); Hitler Painted Roses (1977); The Wine Has Been Left Open Too Long and the Memory Has Gone Flat (1976); From A to Z, In the Chocolate Alphabet (1976); Lonely Women Are the Vessels of Time (1976); Emissary from Hamelin (1977); The New York Review of Bird (1975); Seeing (1976); The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1975); Strange Wine (1976); The Diagnosis of Dr. D'arqueAngel (1977).

Strange Wine: Fifteen new stories from the nightside of the world

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

WARNER BOOKS

Deathbird Stories

THIS IS THE FIRST EDITION, so stated on copyright page. Collection of stories first published in 1975, by one of the most award-winning living fantasists. Introduction: Oblations at Alien Altars (1975) by Harlan Ellison. STORIES: The Whimper of Whipped Dogs (1973); Along the Scenic Route (1969); On the Downhill Side (1972); O Ye of Little Faith (1968); Neon (1973); Basilisk (1972); Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes (1967); Corpse (1972); Shattered Like a Glass Goblin (1968); Delusion for a Dragon Slayer (1966); The Face of Helene Bournouw (1960); Bleeding Stones (1973); At the Mouse Circus (1971); The Place with No Name (1969); Paingod (1964); Ernest and the Machine God (1968); Rock God (1969); Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W (1974); The Deathbird (1973).

Short Stories & Anthologies

Harper&Row

1st 1982 1st print Hutchinson edition hardcover fine book in fine dw In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Shatterday

Hutchinson Publishing

Ellison's often prophetic visions of the future are revealed in eleven tales of science fiction including Erotophobia, Ecowareness, Hindsight: 480 Seconds, and I'm Looking for Kadak

Approaching Oblivion: Road Signs on the Treadmill Toward Tomorrow

Science Fiction

Bluejay (St Martins)

Tells the stories of car duels, a lost continent, the survivors of a nuclear war, Abominable Snowmen, drug users, future cults, and ghostly invaders

The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World

St Martins Pr

Bluejay Books, 1983. Trade paperback, 1st printing. A publisher's note explains that several corrections have been made to the previous editions of this book, making it the "preferred text." Collection of stories first published in 1975, by one of the most award-winning living fantasists. Introduction (Deathbird Stories) by Terry Dowling; Introduction: Oblations at Alien Altars (1975) by Harlan Ellison. STORIES: The Whimper of Whipped Dogs (1973); Along the Scenic Route (1969); On the Downhill Side (1972); O Ye of Little Faith (1968); Neon (1973); Basilisk (1972); Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes (1967); Corpse (1972); Shattered Like a Glass Goblin (1968); Delusion for a Dragon Slayer (1966); The Face of Helene Bournouw (1960); Bleeding Stones (1973); At the Mouse Circus (1971); The Place with No Name (1969); Paingod (1964); Ernest and the Machine God (1968); Rock God (1969); Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W (1974); The Deathbird (1973).

Bluejay

Bluejay, 1984. Trade paperback. First published in 1962, this is a collection of the best of Ellison's early work. Contains a new introduction ("The Man On the Mushroom") written for this edition, and these stories: "Commuter's Problem" (1957); "Do-It-Yourself" (1961, with Joe L. Hensley); "The Silver Corridor" (1956); "All the Sounds of Fear" (1962); "Gnomebody" (1956); "The Sky Is Burning" (1958); "Mealtime" (1958); "The Very Last Day of a Good Woman" (1958); "Battlefield" (1958); "Deal from the Bottom" (1960); "The Wind Beyond the Mountains" (1957); "Back to the Drawing Boards" (1958); "Nothing for My Noon Meal" (1958); "Hadj" (1956); "Rain, Rain, Go Away" (1956); "In Lonely Lands" (1959).

Ellison Wonderland

Contemporary

First 1979 Pan edition paperback book. vg+ condition. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Beast That Shouted Love At the Heart Of

Pan Books, Ltd.

Ellison's sixteen previously uncollected stories and new novella further his reputation as an intrepid explorer of odd psychological corners and a master of pure horror and black comedy

Houghton/Mifflin

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Deathbird Stories (A Collier Nucleus Fantasy Classic)

Strange Wine: Fifteen new stories from the nightside of the world

Deathbird Stories

Shatterday

Approaching Oblivion: Road Signs on the Treadmill Toward Tomorrow

The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World

Deathbird Stories

Ellison Wonderland

Beast That Shouted Love At the Heart Of

Shatterday