![]() I was delighted to finally get a chance to read it here after hearing about it for so long. It’s considered one of his most famous works, and if you are interested in Ellison, you can’t pass it up. But I’ll start by saying that “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” can be found in this one. Trying to review a collection of short stories can be difficult. ![]() ![]() His worst can still be some of the best stuff you’ve ever read, and yet you wind up holding him to such an immense standard that you can’t excuse it either. And before I nitpick one story in this collection in particular, which will probably happen at the end of this review, can I just say that even his weakest stories are stronger than other people’s best work? He’s that kind of writer. Yet there is something interesting about this one. ![]() A very small fraction, as there are only eight stories to be found here. This is a collection of just a small fraction of that fiction. If you know Ellison, then you know he’s almost exclusively a writer of short fiction. ![]()
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