The Top of the Volcano

The Top of the Volcano

Firebrand, Touchstone, Trailblazer, Risk-Taker!

â€œOnly connect,â€ E.M. Forster famously said, and Harlan Ellison was canny enough to make that the lifeblood of his achievement from the get-go.

New, fresh and different is tricky in the storytelling business, as rare as diamonds, but, as a born storyteller, Harlan made story brave, daring, surprising again, brought an edge of the gritty and the strange, the erudite and the street-smart, found ways to make words truly come alive again in an over-worded world.

From the watershed of the â€™50s and â€™60s when the world found its dynamic new identity, to a self-imitating, sadly all too derivative present, he has kept storytelling cool and hip, exhilarating, unexpected yet always vital, able to get under your skin and change your life.

And now we have it. The Top of the Volcano is the collection we hoped would come along eventually, twenty-three of Harlanâ€™s very best stories, award-winners every one, brought together in a single volume at last. Thereâ€™s the unforgettable power of â€œ'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman,â€ â€œThe Whimper of Whipped Dogsâ€ and â€œMefisto in Onyx,â€ the heart-rending pathos of â€œJeffty Is Fiveâ€ and â€œPaladin of the Lost Hourâ€, the chilling terror of â€œI Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream,â€ the ingenuity and startling intimacy of â€œAdrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhansâ€¦â€

These stories are full of the light and life of someone with things worth saying and the skills to do it, presented in the book we had to haveâ€”not just a Best-of (though given whatâ€™s on offer it may just fall out that way) but in one easy-to-grab volume perfect for newbies, long-time fans and seasoned professionals alike to remind them just how it can be done.

Country	USA
Author	Harlan Ellison
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781596066359
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Subterranean Press
Manufacturer	Subterranean Press
NumberOfPages	536
PublicationDate	2015-01-24
Publisher	Subterranean Press
ReleaseDate	2015-01-24
Studio	Subterranean Press

The Top of the Volcano

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