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There is no night where it waits. Only the riddle of which terrible dream will set it loose. It beheaded mercy to take possession of that place. It feasts on darkness from the minds of men. No one has ever seen its eyeless face. When it sleeps we know a few moments of peace. But when it breathes again we go down in fire and mate with jackals. It knows our fear. It has our number. It waited for our coming and it will abide long after we have become congealed smoke. It has never heard music, and shows its fangs when we panic. It is the beast of our savage past, hungering today, and waiting patiently for the mortal meal of all our golden tomorrows. It lies waiting.\"\n--Harlan Ellison\n\n15 stories by Harlan Ellison\n\nContents\n\"Introduction: The Waves in Rio\"\n\"The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World\"\n\"Along the Scenic Route\"\n\"Phoenix\"\n\"Asleep: With Still Hands\"\n\"Santa Claus vs. S.P.I.D.E.R.\"\n\"Try a Dull Knife\"\n\"The Pitll Pawob Division\"\n\"The Place With No Name\"\n\"White on White\"\n\"Run for the Stars\"\n\"Are You Listening?\"\n\"S.R.O.\"\n\"Worlds to Kill\"\n\"Shattered Like a Glass Goblin\"\n\"A Boy and His Dog\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/harlan-ellison-books\"\u003eHarlan Ellison\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pan Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780330255752\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pan Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £180.53","offer_id":47910084477105,"sku":"SB-0330255754-C4","price":180.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"spider-kiss","title":"Spider Kiss","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe claims he's not a fan of rock-and-roll, but somehow Harlan Ellison's seminal novel based on the career of Jerry Lee Lewis ended up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. One of the first - and still one of the best - dissections of the wildly destructive rock-and-roll lifestyle, Spider Kiss isn't about giant cockroaches that attack Detroit or space invaders that smell like chicken soup. Instead, it's the story of Luther Sellers, a poor kid from Louisville with a voice like an angel who's renamed Stag Preston by a ruthless promoter. Preston's meteoric rise on the music scene is matched only by the rise in his enormous appetites - and not just for home cooking - and soon the invisible monkey named Success is riding him straight to hell. 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The author considers the production of this teleplay to be a high point of his television career and the accompanying editor's note recounts how he lured the elusive Gloria Swanson down from Sunset Boulevard to appear in her first television role. VENTURE WITH ELLISON INTO THE UNIVERSAL PICTURES BLACK TOWER WHERE, HARLAN ASSURES YOU, \"EVERY FLOOR IS THE THIRTEENTH.\": \"Jeffrey's Being Quiet\" was Ellison's contribution to the short-lived parapsychology series The Sixth Sense, where he spent a few hellish months (recounted in the editor's note) as a story editor in the early 1970s. Inspired by the same personal incident that produced the short story \"All the Birds Come Home to Roost,\" as well as a key plot point in \"On the Downhill Side,\" this treatment is Ellison at his best-harnessing his pain in the service of his art. The scripts in this book were reproduced from Harlan Ellison's file copies. 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