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kevin_shepherd's review against another edition
5.0
"The female puts her long middle finger of the bottom arm on the right side, straight into the pupik [belly-button] and goes moofky-foofky, and that's how we shtup."
for this my eleven year old self hid this book from my parents!
for this my eleven year old self hid this book from my parents!
kb_208's review against another edition
3.0
This was my first dive into Harlan Ellison's writing. My dad suggested I read some. He's been a fan for many years. I thought some of the stories were really good and others were at least interesting. It makes me curious to read some of his other works, so I will probably be on the lookout for more of these in the future. The way he writes reminds me a bit of Vonnegut, but a little edgier. My favorite stories from this collection were: "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", "Cold Friend", and "I'm Looing for Kadak". It's classified as sci-fi I believe, but not every story has those elements. I look forward to checking out more of his stories.
glamorous_ghost's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
3.5
Some clunkers, some standouts. No one does bleak quite as well as Ellison
kheleyr's review
2.0
I really enjoyed reading some of the stories, including "Knox," "Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman," and "I'm Looking For Kadak." The collection is worth reading, but I didn't find it as engaging as I was expecting it to be.
nealumphred's review against another edition
4.0
All of Harlan Ellison's collections are worth reading but each may have a story or two that will leave you cold.
mathew's review against another edition
3.0
A very mixed bag. Some stories that are as dark and disturbing as the intro lead me to expect, a couple that haven’t aged well, a couple that are melancholy and lyrical, and a couple that feel like filler. I don’t object to a shaggy dog story peppered with Yiddish about an eleven armed Jewish alien, but it isn’t really approaching oblivion.
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