Wednesday, May 23, 2001
Approaching Oblivion
by Harlan Ellison
If I had this book in front of me, I could tell you all about it. But I don't, so I really don't know what to tell you. That's how inspiring this book has been to me. I mean, it's Ellison, so it's guaranteed to be good waiting room material at the very least. (Unless you're a SF fan who hates Ellison's guts as well as everything he's ever written.) I can tell you that I truly enjoyed reading it -- I just couldn't tell you exactly why. No one story has lodged in my memory as a reason for you to read the book. (Unlike, say, "Grail" in Stalking the Nightmare or the excellent "Jeffty is Five" from Shatterday.) So I'll be honest and not try to overrate the book by bumping it up a rating. Mr. Ellison gets plenty of good press without me.
LibraryThing link
If I had this book in front of me, I could tell you all about it. But I don't, so I really don't know what to tell you. That's how inspiring this book has been to me. I mean, it's Ellison, so it's guaranteed to be good waiting room material at the very least. (Unless you're a SF fan who hates Ellison's guts as well as everything he's ever written.) I can tell you that I truly enjoyed reading it -- I just couldn't tell you exactly why. No one story has lodged in my memory as a reason for you to read the book. (Unlike, say, "Grail" in Stalking the Nightmare or the excellent "Jeffty is Five" from Shatterday.) So I'll be honest and not try to overrate the book by bumping it up a rating. Mr. Ellison gets plenty of good press without me.
LibraryThing link
Labels: HarlanEllison, WaitingRoomMaterial
// posted by John @ 6:15 PM 
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