Angry Candy - Softcover

Ellison, Harlan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395924812 ISBN 13: 9780395924815

Publisher: Mariner Books, 1998

Synopsis

The Seattle Times said of Angry Candy: "Ellison's stories rattle the bars of complacency that people put around their souls . . . Razor sharp . . . piercingly profound." Once again, Ellison's writing defies all labels. These seventeen stories by a modern master are an "assembled artifact" of anger and faith - as bittersweet as a"jalapeno-laced cinnamon bear." The sixteen stories collected here are spread over the farthest stretches of time and space, but even the bleakest of them is warmed by a passionate faith in the endurance of life and its ultimate possibilities.

About this title

About the Author:

Harlan Ellison has won countless awards in his literary career, including the Edgar, the Hugo, and the Nebula. He lives in California.

From Publishers Weekly:

Ellison's first book in six years, a harvesting of previously uncollected stories, is one of his best. The 17 stories are prefaced by "The Wind Took Your Answer Away," a remembrance and homage to the author's friends who have died since 1985and there have been manywritten with sadness and rage. Indeed, death or mourning figure in many of these tales. "Paladin of the Lost Hour" is an overly sentimental tale of an old man who keeps guard over an exiled hour that must never enter the time stream, lest time itself come to an end, and how he passes on his stewardship. Funny and intriguing, "Laugh Track" features a magician of a sound editor who conjures up the soul of the long-dead favorite aunt of a Hollywood writer from the sound of her laughter on an ancient sitcom laugh track. "Prince Mishkin, and Hold the Relish" is an hilarious anecdotal short-short about messed-up relationships between men and women and Dostoyevski. The urban horror story "Soft Monkey" tells of a retarded homeless old woman who witnesses a murder and is in turn pursued by the killers. Ellison's stories have too often been mechanistic, thin ideas fleshed out in overwriting and sentimentality. In this collection he demonstrates he's moving beyond that, becoming more complex, relaxed and reaching for emotion rather than sentiment.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0395924812
• ISBN 13: 9780395924815
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 324