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“Fifty-seven years. Half a century plus some loose change. So much time has gone by. Always challenging conventional norms, Ellison envisioned this series as a collection of stories that 'pushed the boundaries' and broke new ground. One big question that was always at the forefront: 'will there be a third?' Ellison initially stated that it was always his intention to make this series a trilogy. 'When?' Time passed and Ellison never quite got around to making good on his word. 'Why not?' One major obstacle: Death finally claimed Ellison back in 2018. Word has it that this third and final book will seek to provide some insight into Ellisonâs actions (or lack thereof) on the matter. All of this is background filler. Take this book home and read it. And, then: re-read it. Thereâs something in here for everyone. Remember, this book is supposed to leave you unsettled , a bit on edge, and â perhaps â wondering.”
— Bud • Quail Ridge Books
An anthology more than half a century in the making, The Last Dangerous Visions is the third and final installment of the legendary science fiction anthology series.
In 1973 celebrated writer and editor Harlan Ellison announced the third and final volume of his unprecedented anthology series, which began with Dangerous Visions and continued with Again, Dangerous Visions. But for reasons undisclosed, The Last Dangerous Visions was never completed.
Now, six years after Ellisonâs passing, science fictionâs most famous unpublished book is here. And with it, the heartbreaking true story of the troubled genius behind it.
Provocative and controversial, socially conscious and politically charged, wildly imaginative yet deeply grounded, the thirty-two never-before-published stories, essays, and poems in The Last Dangerous Visions stand as a testament to Ellisonâs lifelong pursuit of art, uniting a diverse range of science fiction writers both famous and newly minted, including Max Brooks, Edward Bryant, Cecil Castellucci, James S. A. Corey, Howard Fast, P. C. Hodgell, Dan Simmons, Robert Sheckley, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Mildred Downey Broxon, and Cory Doctorow, among others.
The historic publication of The Last Dangerous Visions completes the long-awaited final chapter in an incredible literary legacy.
Harlan Ellison (1934â2018) wrote and edited more than 120 books and more than 1,700 stories, essays, and articles, as well as dozens of screenplays and teleplays. He won the Hugo Award nine times, the Nebula Award four times, the Bram Stoker Award six times (including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996), the Edgar Allan Poe Award of the Mystery Writers of America twice, the Georges MĂŠliès Fantasy Film Award twice, and was awarded the Silver Pen for Journalism by PEN, the international writerâs union. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2006.
J. Michael Straczynski is a legendary American writer and television producerâbest known as the author of The Complete Guide to Scriptwriting, as the creator and showrunner for the science fiction TV series Babylon 5 and, from 2001 to 2007, the writer for the long-running Marvel comic book series The Amazing Spider-Man.
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P. J. Ochlan is an Audie Awardâwinning, multiple Earphones Awardâwinning, and Voice Arts Awardânominated narrator of hundreds of audiobooks. His acting career spans more than thirty years and has also included Broadway, the New York Shakespeare Festival under Joseph Papp, critically acclaimed feature films, and television series regular roles.
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Reviews
âThese are not stories that should be forgotten; and some of you are about to read them for the first timeâŚI envy you.â
âA stellar assembly of impressive talentâŚA must-read for genre fans.â
âThis anthology has been a shibboleth of a book, a phantasm from the mind of the late EllisonâŚSF readers will be captivated by this collection.â
âA worthy capstone to Ellisonâs monumental legacy.â
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