Edgeworks, Vol. 1: Over the Edge and An Edge in My Voice [Paperback]

Harlan Ellison (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 24, 1999

Harlan Ellison's stories and essays have been at the cutting edge of contemporary American literature for 40 years, but he stubbornly refuses to abandon the use of a manual typewriter. This original compilation contains hard to acquire, out of print material. "Intoxicating stuff." says The San Diego Tribune.

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

The Edgeworks are a 20-volume projected series containing classic works of the world's most honored fantasist. Under the author's direct supervision, each book now contains the revised, sometimes expanded versions of the previously published work, as well as lengthy new introductions. The series begins with Over the Edge (1970), a collection of short stories, and An Edge in My Voice (1985), a collection of essays. Both the stories and the essays are standard Ellison. In a word: brilliant. Ellison is one of the few writers on the planet whose own life is often more amazing than most of his fiction. Even though several of the stories are from the very beginning of the author's career, they are still quite effective. The essays (which first appeared in such diverse publications as Future Life, the L.A. Weekly and the Comics Journal in the early 1980s) speak of truths and lies as relevant today as they were then. --Stanley Wiater --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

This is the first installation of a planned 20-volume collection of Ellison's fiction and nonfiction. He is a unique writer in that although he's won every award the sf and fantasy worlds can bestow, he's equally well known for his strong and often humorous opinions on just about every subject imaginable. Whether you're interested in his fiction or his philosophies, Ellison delivers the goods every time.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 574 pages
• Publisher: White Wolf Publishing (February 24, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565048296
• ISBN-13: 978-1565048294
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,891,248 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Collection, August 25, 2000

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David N. Reiss (Haymarket, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Edgeworks, Vol. 1: Over the Edge and An Edge in My Voice (Paperback)

So far there have been four volumes of Harlan Ellison's series of books EDGEWORKS books. Which is an attempt at a complete collection of Ellison's work, I believe. So far it is very good. I have greatly enjoyed each of the four volumes that have been released. I am looking forward to the other 16 volumes as well. Right now, they appear to be on-hold due to publisher concerns or some such. As soon as Ellison and a publisher get this all squared away, the better for all us folks who want to read them will be.

This first volume includes a lot of non-fiction essay's Ellison wrote over the years. In them, Ellison leans into everything he considers wrong with modern society. Because of this, if you are new to Ellison, you may be easily offended. But don't worry, he isn't doing it on purpuse, he just doesn't care if he offends you. He would rather tell the truth as he sees it than worry about hurting somebody's feelings.

Ellison is a very refreshing take in modern America, where Republicans and Democrats have decided that the only difference worth noting between the partys is who is in power at that moment.

Of course, it doesn't hurt that Ellison is also one of the great writers in the modern United States.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is great., June 8, 2000

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This review is from: Edgeworks, Vol. 1: Over the Edge and An Edge in My Voice (Paperback)

Harlan Ellison is a credit to his species. This book contains a number of his short stories and essays were he attacks all that is evil in society. But beware this book will probably also offend many people. If you think gun control is simply a matter of using two hands or if believe that Jesus would not have wanted us to give up the Panama Canal then this book is likely to bother you. But that is what is so wonderful about Ellison, he makes you think. He invigorates the brain cells that atrophied from watching too many episodes of the Brady Bunch or Star search. Order this book immediately. "God reads Harlan Ellison and so should you."

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Masterful rants from the angriest man in science fiction., March 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Edgeworks, Vol. 1: Over the Edge / An Edge in My Voice (Hardcover)

Edgeworks 1 is a hybrid of Ellison's terse, punchy short stories and even punchier essays. While I'm a fan of science-fiction literature, I'll confess that I'm not terribly enamoured of most of Ellison's fiction; my main interest in this (and other volumes of his work) is the essays. Ellison's rants are scintillating and blindingly caustic-- they simultaneously make me convulse with laughter and fill me with righteous indignation at the world. "Xenogenesis", his extensive analysis of the very worst of science fiction fandom, is worth the price of the volume by itself. Ignore the typos, this one's pure gold.