ANGRY CANDY
by Ellison, Harlan
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. Leaflet with introduction by James Gunn laid in. (#169428) (30058)
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1988. First edition. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. Leaflet with introduction by James Gunn laid in. (#169428) (30058). Octavo, full decorated leather. Limited edition (quantity not stated) bound in full green leather with inserted leaf signed by Ellison. The Easton Press signed edition preceded the Houghton Mifflin trade edition by 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. 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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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30058
- Title
- ANGRY CANDY
- Author
- Ellison, Harlan
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. Leaflet with introduction by James Gunn laid in. (#169428) (30058)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Signed . SC . SF . Fantasy
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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