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Winner of seven and a half Hugo and three Nebula awards, Harlan Ellison has
long been regarded as one of America’s most brilliant and controversial writers.
Immediately acknowledged as one of his finest when it was first published
in 1975, Deathbird Stories gathers together 19 tales originally published between
1960 and 1974. It has been extensively revised by the author himself, and is
likely to become the definitive edition of the book.
In the tradition of Mark Twain’s “Letters from the Earth,” the Hugo-winning
“The Deathbird” retells the story of Genesis from a diabolical perspective. Taken
from the molten magma core of the Earth where he rested for millennia within the
confines of his crypt, and brought up to the surface by the Snake, Nathan Stack
is due for his final showdown with God, “The mad one….”
In the Hugo-winning “Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude
38°54’ N, Longitude 77°00’ 13” W,” Lawrence Talbot has lost something vitally
important, and he can’t die until he finds it. So, with the aid of is old friend, Victor,
the Central European scientific genius, he plans an odyssey through the interior
of his own body…to search for the exact geographic location of his soul.
The Edgar-winning “The Whimper of Whipped Dogs” is set in modern-day
New York City, where no one wants to get involved. Beth is a young Bennington
graduate who witnesses a Kitty Genovese-like dance of death below the window
of her new apartment. She is appalled by her failure to do anything to help the
victim, but when the horrors of the city invade her own life, she discovers the
existence of a new god….
“Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes”--Hooker. Grabber. Swinger. If there’s a buck
in it, there’s rhythm and the onomatopoeia is Maggie Maggie Maggie. She died
feeding the “Chief” slot machine in Vegas, and now her love is Kostner. She
wants Kostner because she’s lonely and she tells him so with her three blue
eyes, staring from the Jackpot bars. Kostner’s on a roll, jackpot after jackpot, but
all he can think about is those three blue eyes and the woman beckoning in his
dreams….
In “Shattered Like a Glass Goblin,” Rudy is home from the army seeking
his fiancée, Kristina, who’s living with Jonah and the rest of the gang up at The
Hill. When Kris shuns him, he should take a hint. But Rudy’s in love with her. So
he moves in and tolerates the perpetual orgy of drugs and sex. But what are
those squeaking noises coming from the attic? And the moist sounds from the
basement?
Let Harlan Ellison introduce you to the new gods of our age.

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FROM THE PUBLISHER
A disquieting discovery was made during the preparations for publication of the Bluejay
Books edition of Harlan Ellison’s most prestigious collection of stories. All previous
editions had been set from outdated, imperfect, versions of the manuscripts. This edition
has been extensively revised by the Author; every page has been carefully examined for
errors. This edition culls all mistakes, restores missing material, and is as close to a
Preferred Text as the Author and Publisher can offer. It is the book, finally, as it was
intended to be.
Books by Harlan Ellison