"Harlan Ellison - Ellison Wonderland" - читать интересную книгу автора (Ellison Harlan)

“THIS IS YOUR OWN DO-IT-YOURSELF DEATH KIT.”

“The new guaranteed Murder Kit, with the double-your-money-back warranty, for your protection.”

Well, she thought, frugally, that’s nice, anyway. That double-your-money-back thing.

“This Kit contains three sure, clean and undetectable, I repeat, undetectable, ways to commit murder. No two
kits are the same. Each of the three modus operandi is designed for you according to the application blank
you sent us when you contracted for this Kit. Now. To prepare yourself for your murder--”

She snapped the pamphlet shut with quick, suddenly sweating hands. Do I hate him that much? Yes, yes, I
hate him that much and more!

She opened the pamphlet again.

“The first method of murder we have prepared for you….”

--from “Do-It-Yourself”
 ELLISON
WONDERLAND
Harlan Ellison
 The original edition bore this dedication:

This random group of leftover dreams and wry conspiracies I offer to Wednesday’s Child…

KENNY

with love and pride, and more than just a touch of sorrow.

Fourteen years later, and links of the broken chain have been joined once more, not welded shut, but merely
joined. And so, with fourteen years’ more love and pride, and with that touch of sorrow removed, once again I
offer this ragbag of illusions to His Own Man…

KENNY
 Contents
Introduction The Man On The Mushroom
Commuter’s Problem
Do-It-Yourself
The Silver Corridor
All the Sounds of Fear
Gnomebody
The Sky Is Burning
Mealtime
The Very Last Day of a Good Woman
Battlefield
Deal From The Bottom
The Wind Beyond the Mountains
Back To The Drawing Boards
Nothing for My Noon Meal
Hadj