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Sad, But Not Unexpected
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RE: Sad, But Not Unexpected
June 30, 2018 at 3:14 am (This post was last modified: June 30, 2018 at 3:22 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(June 29, 2018 at 8:49 pm)Sterben Wrote:
(June 29, 2018 at 8:33 pm)chimp3 Wrote: Loved his books!

This is the first time I'm hearing of him, what would advice a first time reader of him to start with?

'Deathbird Stories', 'Shatterday' and 'I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream' are the three collections that are the most representative of his work.  Any of those.

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(June 29, 2018 at 8:50 pm)Kit Wrote: Never heard of him.

Shame.  Ellison in his own words: 

'My work is foursquare for chaos. I spend my life personally, and my work professionally, keeping the soup boiling. Gadfly is what they call you when you are no longer dangerous; I much prefer troublemaker, malcontent, desperado. I see myself as a combination of Zorro and Jiminy Cricket. My stories go out from here and raise hell. From time to time some denigrator or critic with umbrage will say of my work, 'He only wrote that to shock.' I smile and nod. Precisely.'

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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RE: Sad, But Not Unexpected
June 30, 2018 at 4:06 am
(June 29, 2018 at 8:50 pm)Kit Wrote: Never heard of him.

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RE: Sad, But Not Unexpected
June 30, 2018 at 4:50 am
(June 30, 2018 at 4:06 am)Wololo Wrote:
(June 29, 2018 at 8:50 pm)Kit Wrote: Never heard of him.

The City on the Edge of Forever?

And the story behind it.

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