"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

Harlan Ellison

ISBN 10: 1887424369 / ISBN 13: 9781887424363

Published by Underwood Books, Grass Valley CA, 1997

About this Item

A fine unread Signed Limited edition [number 448 out of 1000 copies] in a fine but spine faded wrapper. Housed in a fine matching slipcase. Signed by the Author and Illustrator on a bookplate affixed to the half title page.

Seller Inventory # 010260

Bibliographic Details

• Title: "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman
• Publisher: Underwood Books, Grass Valley CA
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1887424369
• ISBN 13: 9781887424363
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Rick Berry
• Edition: Signed Limited Numbered
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author & Illustrator
• Seller catalogs:
  • Limited Editions
  • ScIence Fiction & Fantasy
  • Graphic Novel

About this title

Synopsis

A rebel inhabits a world where conformity and punctuality are top priorities and the Ticktockman cannot accept the Harlequin's presence in his perfectly ordered world

Review

"My soul would be an outlaw," begins the storyteller in this short tale of the timeless war between Conformity and Rebellion, in the guise of the Master Timekeeper (a.k.a. the Ticktockman) and the renegade Harlequin. In a completely regulated society, where being a minute late here and there shortens your life accordingly, the Ticktockman is king; Harlequin is the jellybean joker who wants to knock him from his perch. Rick Berry's dark, lush illustrations magnify the force of a story that reminds readers of the best parts of George Orwell's 1984 or Terry Gilliam's Brazil.