Edition: 1st Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Plume Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780452263352ISBN:0452263352
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers creased; a few small tears and chips; moderate edge wear/ corners creased/ slight readers slant/ several page tips creased/ pages slightly yellowed. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Plume, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780452263352ISBN:0452263352
Description: Good. Reliable paperback edition. Tight binding. Light shelf wear to the covers and the page edge. A few scuff marks to the page edge. A bit of tanning to the page edge. The text flows clearly. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780395924815ISBN:0395924812
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. ex library. no marks on text. no spine crease. bumped cover corners and some rubbing along cover edges. library marks. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 256 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780395924815ISBN:0395924812
Description: Good. As issued No Jacket. Spine twist, patches of finish scraped off spine and rear cover, small stain right edge, some handling soiling to covers(this is a plain finish(not glossy) cover and these pick up soiling very easily, and other moderate to heavy shopwear. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books, Boston
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780395924815ISBN:0395924812
Description: Good+ 324 pgs. Red mark on front cover and bottom edge of pages. Sound binding. Slight exterior wear. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. read more
Edition: Paperback edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Boston
Date Published: 1997
Description: Tiny remainder mark at top edge of sheets and light wrinking at one corner of front wrapper, mainly as new copy. 8vo, paperback. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1998-09-17
ISBN-13:9780395924815ISBN:0395924812
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: SOFTCOVER
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: c1988
ISBN-13:9780395924815ISBN:0395924812
Description: Good+ with no dust jacket. 0395924812. 324 pages, covers lightly soiled, bottom corner of rear cover and some pages lightly creased, else a tight, solid copy.; 9x6" read more
Edition: First printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin,, Boston:
Date Published: 1988.
ISBN-13:9780395483077ISBN:0395483077
Description: Very Good/Near Fine. A typical and expected collection of inventive stories brilliantly told. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 324 pages. A very good, clean, neat, hardcover first edition with some fading to the cloth at the spine, possibly due to moisture, but the book is otherwise fine; hinges tight, paper white. In a near fine dust jacket with slight rubbing--apparently removed from the book when reading. read more
Edition: First Edition Thus
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: A Plume Book / New American Library [1989], [New York]
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780452263352ISBN:0452263352
Description: Near Fine. First printing thus. Review copy with review slip laid in. World Fantasy Award co-winner. Pictorial wrappers, 324 pages. Near Fine copy [save for tanning of the cheap paper]. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boston Houghton Mifflin 1988. First Printing
ISBN-13:9780395483077ISBN:0395483077
Description: Octavo, Hardcover, Fine in Near Fine Black Pictorial dj. Includes the short stories 324 pp. : Paladin of the Lost Hour, Footsteps, Escapegoat, When Auld's Acquaintance is Forgot, Broken Glass, On the Slab, Prince Myshkin, and Hold the Relish, The Region Between, Laugh Track, Eidolons, Soft Monkey, Stuffing, WIth Virgil Oddum at the East Pole, Quicktime, The Avenger of Death, Chained to the Fast Lane in the Red Queen's Race, and, The Function of Dream Sleep. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780395483077ISBN:0395483077
Description: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0395483077. First printing. Small spots of discoloration to cloth around the spine, else fine in a fine dust jacket. read more
"This is a very good anthology with the central them; death. Ellison wrote it as a reaction to all of his friends who died in a short time before he assembled this collection. Some of the stories are spellbinding, while others are merely entertaining, but to a word, not a single story is disappointing.
Paladin of the Lost Hour is my favorite Ellison story. It's gentle and powerful and resident with imagery, history and spooky realism. The characters, both of them, are as rich as any in literature - the old man being sweet and strong at the same time while the tortured young man wracked with guilt so thick it consumes him works toward and unlikely redemption. It's as perfect a story as is possible to write.
Laugh Track eviscerates Hollywood and its string of sub-par laugh-track laden sitcoms. It's a story that stuck with me after I finished the book.
The Function of Dream Sleep is a haunting, wrenching story of taking loss poorly and refusing to cope with the absence of loved ones. It feels like Ellison is conveying true unhappiness.
The last story I'll single out is The Avenger of Death - a truly unique look at the grim reaper and the tale of one man's vengeance.
Pick it up and read an artisan in the short story form."
"Short stories range from mediocre to pretty good. If Harlan Ellison wants to get out of the "ghetto" of Sci-Fi writers, he needs to write stories that are more than interesting ideas."
"I quite enjoyed this death-themed collection, in particular the opening story, "Paladin of the Lost Hour", "Laugh Track" (which I found quite funny) and "Eidolons"."
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