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7hm's review against another edition
3.5
Extremely bleak.
The stories that stuck with me are the title story, The Truth, The Fourth Commandment, and the last story. Ellison was of his generation but he had a lot to say about class and race. He writes incredibly angry.
The stories that stuck with me are the title story, The Truth, The Fourth Commandment, and the last story. Ellison was of his generation but he had a lot to say about class and race. He writes incredibly angry.
andrewmull2's review against another edition
5.0
No one does a compilation of bleak stories like Harlan Ellison. The subject matter of these stories are more grounded (not Sci fi), these dealt more with racism, sexism, addiction, poverty and elitism, and all are illustrated in his visceral writing style. The way he writes personality into his characters is really incredible. You feel the desparation and hope, superiority and humbling, embarrassment and rationalization, and often the subtle or overt humor each character experiences or injects in each situation through irony or by personality. Something about it just feels so real, and sadly many of the injustices he was writing about in the 1960s are still sadly seen today and with no more understanding or progress.
tbim's review against another edition
5.0
A throwback to my teens and 20's. It kinda surprises me Harlan hasn't been adopted by today's 'disaffected youth'.
vdarcangelo's review against another edition
5.0
Faves:
"Gentleman Junkie"
"May We Also Speak?"
"Lady Bug, Lady Bug"
"Free with this Box!"
"There's One on Every Campus"
"At the Mountains of Blindness"
"This is Jackie Spinning"
"High Dice"
"Enter the Fanatic, Stage Center"
"Turnpike"
"RFD #2"
"Gentleman Junkie"
"May We Also Speak?"
"Lady Bug, Lady Bug"
"Free with this Box!"
"There's One on Every Campus"
"At the Mountains of Blindness"
"This is Jackie Spinning"
"High Dice"
"Enter the Fanatic, Stage Center"
"Turnpike"
"RFD #2"
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