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Summary: "Ellison's white-hot writing will dazzle..."
Review: This fourth volume in White Wolf's reprint series includes two of Ellison's finest collections. The first, "Love Aint Nothing But Sex Misspelled," contains stories reflecting the angst and turmoil of the sixties. "The Resurgence of Miss Ankle-strap Wedgie," "Neither Your Jenny Nor Mine," "A Prayer For No Ones Enemy," and "Punky & the Yale Men" deal variously with icons, abortion, politics and racism. The second collection examines love and the various forms it takes: from the experimental title tale, "The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World," which won Ellison his fourth Hugo, "Along the Scenic Route," which dealt with "road rage" long before the term was coined, and "Try a Dull Knife," a story about emotional vampirism, to the cult classic, Nebula-winning novella, "A Boy and His Dog," in which a futuristic society is turned upside down and a canine companion educates a boy while teaching him the true meaning of love. Dressed up in a provocative dust-jacket by John K. Snyder, this big, beautiful omnibus edition will capture the heart of longtime fans and dazzle the uninitiated with Ellison's white-hot writing. (from "Des Moines Register" Copyright 1998)
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