[go: nahoru, domu]
Jump to content

Dangerous Visions: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Tag: wikilinks removed
→‎Sequels: grammar; NOTPROMO
(31 intermediate revisions by 25 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|Science fiction short story anthology edited by Harlan Ellison}}
{{infobox book |
{{infobox book |
| name = Dangerous Visions
| name = Dangerous Visions
Line 6: Line 7:
| image_size = 200px
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover)
| caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover)
| author = Edited by [[Harlan Ellison]]
| editor = [[Harlan Ellison]]
| illustrator = [[Leo and Diane Dillon]]
| illustrator = [[Leo and Diane Dillon]]
| cover_artist =
| cover_artist =
Line 21: Line 22:
| followed_by = [[Again, Dangerous Visions]]
| followed_by = [[Again, Dangerous Visions]]
}}
}}
'''''Dangerous Visions''''' is a [[science fiction]] [[short story]] [[anthology]] edited by American writer [[Harlan Ellison]] and illustrated by [[Leo and Diane Dillon]]. It was published in [[1967 in literature|1967]].
'''''Dangerous Visions''''' is an [[anthology]] of [[science fiction]] [[short story|short stories]] edited by American writer [[Harlan Ellison]] and illustrated by [[Leo and Diane Dillon]]. It was published in [[1967 in literature|1967]] and contained 33 stories, none of which had been previously published.<ref name="galaxy196712">{{Cite magazine

⚫
A path-breaking collection, ''Dangerous Visions'' helped define the [[New Wave (science fiction)|New Wave]] science fiction movement, particularly in its depiction of [[sex in science fiction]]. Writer/editor [[Al Sarrantonio]]<ref>Sarrantonio, Al, editor. ''999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense''. 1999. Avon Books. {{ISBN|0-380-97740-0}}</ref> writes how ''Dangerous Visions'' "almost single-handedly [...] changed the way readers thought about science fiction."

⚫
Contributors to the volume included 20 authors who had won, or would win, a Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, or BSFA award, and 16 with multiple such awards. Ellison introduced the anthology both collectively and individually while authors provided afterwords to their own stories.

==Description==
Advertisements described ''Dangerous Visions'' as "For the first time anywhere—33 great new stories by all the science fiction masters of our time", and "Not collected from magazines, not collected from other books ... one of the biggest anthologies of original material ever assembled in any field".<ref name="galaxy196712">{{Cite magazine
|last=
|first=
|author=
|last2=
|first2=
|date=December 1967
|date=December 1967
|title=For the first time anywhere—33 great new stories by all the science fiction masters of our time
|title=For the first time anywhere—33 great new stories by all the science fiction masters of our time
|department=
|url=https://archive.org/stream/Galaxy_v26n02_1967-12_modified#page/n1/mode/2up
|url=https://archive.org/stream/Galaxy_v26n02_1967-12_modified#page/n1/mode/2up
|magazine=Galaxy Science Fiction
|magazine=Galaxy Science Fiction
Line 42: Line 30:
|type=advertisement
|type=advertisement
}}</ref>
}}</ref>

⚫
A path-breaking collection, ''Dangerous Visions'' helped define the [[New Wave (science fiction)|New Wave]] science fiction movement, particularly in its depiction of [[sex in science fiction]]. Writer/editor [[Al Sarrantonio]] wrote that ''Dangerous Visions'' "almost single-handedly [...] changed the way readers thought about science fiction."<ref>Sarrantonio, Al, editor. ''999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense''. 1999. Avon Books. {{ISBN|0-380-97740-0}}</ref>

⚫
Contributors to the volume included 20 authors who had won, or would win, a [[Hugo Award|Hugo]], [[Nebula Award|Nebula]], [[World Fantasy Award|World Fantasy]], or [[BSFA Award|BSFA]] award, and 16 with multiple such awards. Ellison introduced the anthology both collectively and individually while authors provided afterwords to their own stories.


==Awards and nominations==
==Awards and nominations==
The stories and the anthology itself were nominated for and received many awards. "[[Gonna Roll the Bones]]" by [[Fritz Leiber]] received both a [[Hugo Award]] and a [[Nebula Award]] for Best [[Novella|novelette]], whilst [[Philip K. Dick]]'s submission "[[Faith of Our Fathers (short story)|Faith of Our Fathers]]" was a nominee for the Hugo in the same category. [[Philip José Farmer]] tied for the Hugo Award for Best [[Novella]] for "[[Riders of the Purple Wage]]". [[Samuel R. Delany]] won the Nebula for Best Short Story for "[[Aye, and Gomorrah...]]" Harlan Ellison received a special citation at the 26th [[Worldcon|World SF Convention]] for editing "the most significant and controversial SF book published in 1967."
The stories and the anthology itself were nominated for and received many awards. "[[Gonna Roll the Bones]]" by [[Fritz Leiber]] received both a [[Hugo Award for Best Novelette]] and a [[Nebula Award for Best Novelette]], whilst [[Philip K. Dick]]'s "[[Faith of Our Fathers (short story)|Faith of Our Fathers]]" was a nominee for the Hugo in the same category.<ref name="Hugos1968">{{cite web |title=1968 Hugo Awards |url=https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1968-hugo-awards/ |website=The Hugo Awards |date=26 July 2007 |access-date=5 November 2023}}</ref><ref name ="Nebulas1967">{{cite web |title=1967 Nebula Awards |url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/1967/ |website=Nebula Awards |access-date=5 November 2023}}</ref> [[Philip José Farmer]] tied for the [[Hugo Award for Best Novella]] for "[[Riders of the Purple Wage]]".<ref name="Hugos1968"/> [[Samuel R. Delany]] won the Nebula for Best Short Story for "[[Aye, and Gomorrah...]]"<ref name ="Nebulas1967"/> Harlan Ellison received a special citation at the 26th [[Worldcon|World SF Convention]] for editing "the most significant and controversial SF book published in 1967."<ref name="Hugos1968"/>


==Reception==
==Reception==
Line 50: Line 42:
|last=Budrys
|last=Budrys
|first=Algis
|first=Algis
|author=
|last2=
|first2=
|date=April 1968
|date=April 1968
|title=Galaxy Bookshelf
|title=Galaxy Bookshelf
|department=
|url=https://archive.org/stream/Galaxy_v26n04_1968-04#page/n153/mode/2up
|url=https://archive.org/stream/Galaxy_v26n04_1968-04#page/n153/mode/2up
|magazine=Galaxy Science Fiction
|magazine=Galaxy Science Fiction
|pages=155–163
|pages=155–163
|type=
}}</ref>
}}</ref>

[[David Langford|Dave Langford]] reviewed ''Dangerous Visions'' for ''[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]]'' #94, and stated that it "poked at all SF's taboos, remains a {{sic|?|quicky|expected=quirky}} mix of achievement and hype, of stories still brilliantly fresh and stories already moribund two decades ago."<ref name="WD94">{{cite journal | last =Langford | first =Dave | author-link =David Langford | title =Critical Mass | journal =[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]] | issue = 94 | pages =12 | publisher =[[Games Workshop]] | date = October 1987 }}</ref>


== Sequels ==
== Sequels ==
The popular collection was followed by an even larger 1972 sequel, ''[[Again, Dangerous Visions]]''. The projected third collection, ''[[The Last Dangerous Visions]]'', was started, but controversially remains unpublished. The final book has become something of a legend as science fiction's most famous unpublished book. It was originally announced for publication in 1973, but other work demanded Ellison's attention and the anthology has not seen print to date. He has come under criticism for his treatment of some writers who submitted their stories to him, whom some estimate to number nearly 150 (and many of whom have died in the ensuing more than four decades since the anthology was first announced). In 1993 Ellison threatened to sue [[New England Science Fiction Association]] (NESFA) for publishing "Himself in Anachron", a short story written by [[Cordwainer Smith]] and sold to Ellison for the book by his widow,<ref>{{cite journal| url=http://news.ansible.co.uk/a76.html| journal=Ansible| title=ConFrancisco Continued| issn=0265-9816| volume=76|date=November 1993}}</ref> but later reached an amicable settlement.<ref>{{cite journal| journal=Ansible| title=Infinitely Improbable| volume=77| url=http://news.ansible.co.uk/a77.html|date=December 1993| issn=0265-9816}}</ref> British SF author [[Christopher Priest (novelist)|Christopher Priest]] critiqued Ellison's editorial practices in a widely disseminated article titled "[[The Book on the Edge of Forever]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eu.than.asia/2009/10/the-last-deadloss-visions |title=The Last Deadloss Visions |accessdate=2006 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531020026/http://eu.than.asia/2009/10/the-last-deadloss-visions/ |archivedate=May 31, 2015 }}</ref> Priest documented a half-dozen instances in which Ellison promised ''TLDV'' would appear within a year of the statement, but did not fulfill those promises. Ellison has a record of fulfilling obligations in other instances, including to writers whose stories he solicited, and has expressed outrage at other editors who have displayed poor practices.
The collection was followed by a larger 1972 sequel, ''[[Again, Dangerous Visions]]''. The projected third collection, ''[[The Last Dangerous Visions]]'', was started, but controversially remains unpublished. The final book has become something of a legend as science fiction's most famous unpublished book. It was originally announced for publication in 1973, but other work demanded Ellison's attention and the anthology has not seen print to date. He has come under criticism for his treatment of some writers who submitted their stories to him, whom some{{who?|date=February 2022}} estimate to number nearly 150 (and many of whom have died in the ensuing more than four decades since the anthology was first announced). In 1993 Ellison threatened to sue [[New England Science Fiction Association]] (NESFA) for publishing "Himself in Anachron", a short story written by [[Cordwainer Smith]] and sold to Ellison for the book by his widow,<ref>{{cite journal| url=http://news.ansible.co.uk/a76.html| journal=Ansible| title=ConFrancisco Continued| issn=0265-9816| volume=76|date=November 1993}}</ref> but later reached an amicable settlement.<ref>{{cite journal| journal=Ansible| title=Infinitely Improbable| volume=77| url=http://news.ansible.co.uk/a77.html|date=December 1993| issn=0265-9816}}</ref> British SF author [[Christopher Priest (novelist)|Christopher Priest]] critiqued Ellison's editorial practices in a widely disseminated article titled "[[The Book on the Edge of Forever]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eu.than.asia/2009/10/the-last-deadloss-visions |title=The Last Deadloss Visions |access-date=2006-03-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531020026/http://eu.than.asia/2009/10/the-last-deadloss-visions/ |archive-date=May 31, 2015 }}</ref> Priest documented a half-dozen instances in which Ellison promised ''TLDV'' would appear within a year of the statement, but did not fulfill those promises. Ellison had a record of fulfilling obligations in other instances, including to writers whose stories he solicited, and expressed outrage at other editors who have displayed poor practices.

On May 2, 2022, [[J. Michael Straczynski]], the executor of the Ellison estate, announced on Twitter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/straczynski/status/1521237044294414337 | title=Twitter}}</ref> that ''The Last Dangerous Visions'' would be published in 2023 by Blackstone Publishers. On Mar 25, 2024, Straczynski announced on Facebook that ''The Last Dangerous Visions'' would be available from Amazon on Oct. 1, 2024.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWPLX12S?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details</ref>


==Contents==
==Contents==
Line 76: Line 67:
*"[[The Day After the Day the Martians Came]]" by [[Frederik Pohl]]
*"[[The Day After the Day the Martians Came]]" by [[Frederik Pohl]]
*"[[Riders of the Purple Wage]]" by [[Philip José Farmer]] ([[Hugo Award]] for best [[novella]])
*"[[Riders of the Purple Wage]]" by [[Philip José Farmer]] ([[Hugo Award]] for best [[novella]])
*"[[The Malley System]]" by [[Miriam Allen deFord]]
*"The Malley System" by [[Miriam Allen deFord]]
*"[[A Toy for Juliette]]" by [[Robert Bloch]]
*"[[A Toy for Juliette]]" by [[Robert Bloch]]
*"[[The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World]]" by [[Harlan Ellison]]
*"[[The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World]]" by [[Harlan Ellison]]
Line 86: Line 77:
*"Lord Randy, My Son" by [[Joe L. Hensley]]
*"Lord Randy, My Son" by [[Joe L. Hensley]]
*"[[Eutopia (novella)|Eutopia]]" by [[Poul Anderson]]
*"[[Eutopia (novella)|Eutopia]]" by [[Poul Anderson]]
*"Incident in Moderan" and "[[The Escaping]]" by [[David R. Bunch]]
*"Incident in Moderan" and "The Escaping" by [[David R. Bunch]]
*"[[The Doll-House]]" by James Cross (pseudonym of Hugh J. Parry)
*"[[The Doll-House]]" by James Cross (pseudonym of [[Hugh Jones Parry]])
*"[[Sex and/or Mr. Morrison]]" by [[Carol Emshwiller]]
*"[[Sex and/or Mr. Morrison]]" by [[Carol Emshwiller]]
*"[[Shall the Dust Praise Thee?]]" by [[Damon Knight]]
*"[[Shall the Dust Praise Thee?]]" by [[Damon Knight]]
Line 93: Line 84:
*"What Happened to Auguste Clarot?" by [[Larry Eisenberg]]
*"What Happened to Auguste Clarot?" by [[Larry Eisenberg]]
*"Ersatz" by [[Henry Slesar]]
*"Ersatz" by [[Henry Slesar]]
*"[[Go, Go, Go, Said the Bird]]" by [[Sonya Dorman]]
*"Go, Go, Go, Said the Bird" by [[Sonya Dorman]]
*"[[The Happy Breed]]" by [[John Sladek]]
*"[[The Happy Breed]]" by [[John Sladek]]
*"[[Encounter with a Hick]]" by [[Jonathan Brand]]
*"[[Encounter with a Hick]]" by Jonathan Brand
*"[[From the Government Printing Office]]" by [[Kris Neville]]
*"From the Government Printing Office" by [[Kris Neville]]
*"[[Land of the Great Horses]]" by [[R. A. Lafferty]]
*"[[Land of the Great Horses]]" by [[R. A. Lafferty]]
*"[[The Recognition]]" by [[J. G. Ballard]]
*"The Recognition" by [[J. G. Ballard]]
*"[[Judas (short story)|Judas]]" by [[John Brunner (novelist)|John Brunner]]
*"[[Judas (short story)|Judas]]" by [[John Brunner (novelist)|John Brunner]]
*"[[Test to Destruction]]" by [[Keith Laumer]]
*"Test to Destruction" by [[Keith Laumer]]
*"Carcinoma Angels" by [[Norman Spinrad]]
*"Carcinoma Angels" by [[Norman Spinrad]]
*"[[Auto-da-Fé (short story)|Auto-da-Fé]]" by [[Roger Zelazny]]
*"[[Auto-da-Fé (short story)|Auto-da-Fé]]" by [[Roger Zelazny]]
Line 115: Line 106:
{{Harlan Ellison}}
{{Harlan Ellison}}


[[Category:1967 short story collections]]
[[Category:Dangerous Visions| ]]
[[Category:Dangerous Visions| 1]]
[[Category:1967 anthologies]]
[[Category:Science fiction anthologies]]
[[Category:Science fiction anthologies]]
[[Category:Works edited by Harlan Ellison]]
[[Category:Works edited by Harlan Ellison]]

Revision as of 01:08, 27 April 2024

Dangerous Visions
Cover of first edition (hardcover)
EditorHarlan Ellison
IllustratorLeo and Diane Dillon
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
1967
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages544
Followed byAgain, Dangerous Visions 

Dangerous Visions is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by American writer Harlan Ellison and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. It was published in 1967 and contained 33 stories, none of which had been previously published.[1]

A path-breaking collection, Dangerous Visions helped define the New Wave science fiction movement, particularly in its depiction of sex in science fiction. Writer/editor Al Sarrantonio wrote that Dangerous Visions "almost single-handedly [...] changed the way readers thought about science fiction."[2]

Contributors to the volume included 20 authors who had won, or would win, a Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, or BSFA award, and 16 with multiple such awards. Ellison introduced the anthology both collectively and individually while authors provided afterwords to their own stories.

Awards and nominations

The stories and the anthology itself were nominated for and received many awards. "Gonna Roll the Bones" by Fritz Leiber received both a Hugo Award for Best Novelette and a Nebula Award for Best Novelette, whilst Philip K. Dick's "Faith of Our Fathers" was a nominee for the Hugo in the same category.[3][4] Philip José Farmer tied for the Hugo Award for Best Novella for "Riders of the Purple Wage".[3] Samuel R. Delany won the Nebula for Best Short Story for "Aye, and Gomorrah..."[4] Harlan Ellison received a special citation at the 26th World SF Convention for editing "the most significant and controversial SF book published in 1967."[3]

Reception

"You should buy this book immediately", Algis Budrys wrote, "because this is a book that knows perfectly that you are seething inside". He especially praised "Sex and/or Mr. Morrison".[5]

Dave Langford reviewed Dangerous Visions for White Dwarf #94, and stated that it "poked at all SF's taboos, remains a quicky [sic?] mix of achievement and hype, of stories still brilliantly fresh and stories already moribund two decades ago."[6]

Sequels

The collection was followed by a larger 1972 sequel, Again, Dangerous Visions. The projected third collection, The Last Dangerous Visions, was started, but controversially remains unpublished. The final book has become something of a legend as science fiction's most famous unpublished book. It was originally announced for publication in 1973, but other work demanded Ellison's attention and the anthology has not seen print to date. He has come under criticism for his treatment of some writers who submitted their stories to him, whom some[who?] estimate to number nearly 150 (and many of whom have died in the ensuing more than four decades since the anthology was first announced). In 1993 Ellison threatened to sue New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA) for publishing "Himself in Anachron", a short story written by Cordwainer Smith and sold to Ellison for the book by his widow,[7] but later reached an amicable settlement.[8] British SF author Christopher Priest critiqued Ellison's editorial practices in a widely disseminated article titled "The Book on the Edge of Forever".[9] Priest documented a half-dozen instances in which Ellison promised TLDV would appear within a year of the statement, but did not fulfill those promises. Ellison had a record of fulfilling obligations in other instances, including to writers whose stories he solicited, and expressed outrage at other editors who have displayed poor practices.

On May 2, 2022, J. Michael Straczynski, the executor of the Ellison estate, announced on Twitter[10] that The Last Dangerous Visions would be published in 2023 by Blackstone Publishers. On Mar 25, 2024, Straczynski announced on Facebook that The Last Dangerous Visions would be available from Amazon on Oct. 1, 2024.[11]

Contents

Illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon accompany each short story.

References

  1. ^ "For the first time anywhere—33 great new stories by all the science fiction masters of our time". Galaxy Science Fiction (advertisement). December 1967. p. 3.
  2. ^ Sarrantonio, Al, editor. 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense. 1999. Avon Books. ISBN 0-380-97740-0
  3. ^ a b c "1968 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 26 July 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b "1967 Nebula Awards". Nebula Awards. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  5. ^ Budrys, Algis (April 1968). "Galaxy Bookshelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 155–163.
  6. ^ Langford, Dave (October 1987). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf (94). Games Workshop: 12.
  7. ^ "ConFrancisco Continued". Ansible. 76. November 1993. ISSN 0265-9816.
  8. ^ "Infinitely Improbable". Ansible. 77. December 1993. ISSN 0265-9816.
  9. ^ "The Last Deadloss Visions". Archived from the original on May 31, 2015. Retrieved 2006-03-11.
  10. ^ "Twitter".
  11. ^ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWPLX12S?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dangerous_Visions&oldid=1220967009"