Angel Scene / Teeth and Tongue Landscape (Eraserhead Double #2) [Paperback]

Richard Kadrey (Author), Carlton Mellick III (Author), Brian Doogan (Author), Richard Kadrey (Author), Carlton Mellick (Author), Brian Doogan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 20, 2003

ANGEL SCENE:
(written and illustrated by Richard Kadrey)

Richard Kadrey, one of the few masters of cyberpunk, brings us into the world of the angels - biologically-engineered killing machines, created by the Men in Suits to be the ultimate assassins. Designed to get sexual pleasure from their murders, the life of the angels is one intensely erotic and violent escapade after another.

TEETH AND TONGUE LANDSCAPE:
(written by Carlton Mellick III, illustrated by Brian Doogan)

In a world made out of meat, a socially-obsessive monophobic man finds himself to be the last human being on the face of the planet. Desperate for social interaction, he explores the landscape of flesh and blood, teeth and tongue, trying to befriend any strange creature or community that he comes across.

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From the Publisher

Eraserhead Press pesents the second release in a new line of split books, featuring two short novels published back-to-back in a single trade paperback. A perfect sampling of new and established authors of subversive genre-blendering cult fiction.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Eraserhead Press (August 20, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972959882
• ISBN-13: 978-0972959889
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,060,955 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like shadows on the sun, October 31, 2003

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Jeremy (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Angel Scene / Teeth and Tongue Landscape (Eraserhead Double #2) (Paperback)

That's exactly what these two novels will make you feel. I found these to be the exact refreshment I was looking for, like a cool glass of lemonade in a sweltering summer.

Both are avant-garde, as you would expect, illustrations peppered throughout. Angel Scene is chock full of exquisite technological artwork, while Teeth and Tongue has the occasional pencil-sketch. Both are quite high-quality, but some of the illustrations are misplaced, or cut off at certain points, which caused a few ripples in my reading. Nothing serious.

Carlton Mellick III is excellent as always, although Teeth and Tongue is a considerably smaller-scale novella compared to his other works. The novella/novel is rather an exploration of a meaty landscape told through his amusingly unique 1st person view, fast becoming his own definitive voice. Although not a great deal happens in the novel, it is highly readable and satisfying all the same.

Angel Scene is a blitzkieg of sexual scenarios, Kadrey's immensely fertile mind set ablaze in the bodies of the Angels. Disturbing on all stages, sometimes even mortifying. It's fascinating how the human mind can imagine and list down such erotic terrors, blindly cruel manipulations of sexual genitalia. The novel is very short, made out of around 40 one/two page chapters.

Both novels chart the decay and machinations of a human, with an almost robotic mind. Also, they share the theme of ugly/beautiful, something cherubic and devilish at the same time. Need a release? Buy this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Two sides to every story, yes, August 20, 2005

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R. Duffy "literature junkie" (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Angel Scene / Teeth and Tongue Landscape (Eraserhead Double #2) (Paperback)

I'll be completely honest, I haven't made it through "Angel Scene" yet. I bought this because of Carlton Mellick "Teeth and Tongue Landscape", and just haven't felt any motivation to read through "Angel Scene". That being said, however, Mellick's story alone is worth more than the price of this double print. The story exists in a place that is exactly what the title makes it sound like. Never before have I read a story where after I finished, I remembered the characters and settings through actual physical sensation and texture rather than visual images. The words Mellick uses to describe the scenery are descriptive in the sense of feeling, smell and sound, and this goes a long long way to create a world in which these sensations become far more immportant than your vision. It is a completely unique manner of storytelling, and Mellick pulls it of effortlessly. Highly recommended for anyone who would like to experience a familiar medium in an unfamiliar manner.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Teeth and Tongue Landscape, February 19, 2006

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Charles Glover - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Angel Scene / Teeth and Tongue Landscape (Eraserhead Double #2) (Paperback)

"Teeth and Tongue Landscape" is an interesting, surreal look at a human being living in a world made of meat. The relationship between him and the robot woman he falls in love with is very interesting. During his search for more people, he runs into some very weird adventures.

The story has a very dreamlike quality, and Mellick's voice is well developed and the characters are all very unique. As usual, he creates a world that nobody else (to my knowledge) has ever conceived. So much happens in this short novella, and I wished for more detail in places, but overall it was very good. I would recommend this to any Mellick fan.

"Angel Scene" was, as it seems all of the other reviewers agree, a bit over the top with its violence and wasn't as good as the Mellick portion of the novel. Regardless, it is a fast read and it wasn't really that bad. Mostly, it was a bonus story that came with a very good Mellick book.