ANGRY CANDY
by Ellison, Harlan
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy. Leaflet with introduction by James Gunn laid in. (30657)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk: Easton Press, [1988]. First edition. A fine copy. Leaflet with introduction by James Gunn laid in. (30657). Octavo, illustrated by Kent Bash, full leather, a.e.g. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Ellison. Signed edition which precedes the Houghton Mifflin trade edition by about a week. Collects seventeen stories. Includes "Paladin of the Lost Hour," Hugo Award winner for best novelette, 1974. This same story's teleplay won Ellison a Writer's Guild of America Award (for the Twilight Zone episode in 1987). Also includes "Soft Monkey" an Edgar Award winning short story, 1988. This volume also won the World Fantasy Award for best collection. Part of the Easton Press signed first edition series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-374.
Synopsis
Angry Candy is a 1988 collection of short stories by Harlan Ellison that is loosely organized around the theme of death. The title comes the last line of the poem "the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls" by e. e. cummings, "... the/ moon rattles like a fragment of angry candy. " The collection contains the short story "Eidolons" which won the 1989 Locus poll award for best short story.
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Details
- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30657
- Title
- ANGRY CANDY
- Author
- Ellison, Harlan
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy. Leaflet with introduction by James Gunn laid in. (30657)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk
- Date Published
- [1988]
- Keywords
- SF . SC . Horror . Signed
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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