Slippage: Precariously Poised, Previously Uncollected Stories [Hardcover]

Harlan Ellison (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 359 pages
• Publisher: Mark V Ziesing; First Edition edition (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929480759
• ISBN-13: 978-0929480756
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,366,531 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Darker, Meaner Ellison, July 24, 2000

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This review is from: Slippage: Precariously Poised, Previously Uncollected Stories (Hardcover)

In this recent collection, Mr. Ellsion delves into the arbitrary and ambivalent nature of fate. With stories like "Mephisto in Onyx", and "The Man who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore", he paints a bleaker, meaner picture of human nature, and he manages to very nicely to both entertain, as well as provoke.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Darker, Older View, July 21, 2000

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This review is from: Slippage: Precariously Poised, Previously Uncollected Stories (Hardcover)

Mr. Ellison, in this collection of short fiction, discusses thoughts of mortality in these tales displaying the indifference and ambivalence of fate. "The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore", and "Mephisto in Onyx" highlight an more intense, darker vision. Ellison hasn't lost his touch.