by Harlan Ellison
As we are about to enter into the season of Advent, how appropriate that I read a book themed around -- death? But for Harlan Ellison, death is not always the end of the story. In fact, in many cases death is the start of the adventure. I had not heard of Ellison before a friend of mine not only rec...
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".
Read for a college course on SF & horror lit. Ellison wrote the stories as a reaction to the deaths of too many friends. The best of the bunch is "Broken Glass," a story about a woman whose darkest sexual fantasies are invaded by a telepathic sort of rapist. She fights back, but loses an important p...
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