Again, Dangerous Visions

1972

Almost twice the size of its predecessor, but less than half the achievement. By the early 1970s, the so-called "new wave" of written science fiction was well under way; what had seemed dangerous just four or five years earlier was now mainstream. Too many of the stories in Again, Dangerous Visions seemed by that time routine or even superfluous.

Still, the collection is worth having if only for Richard Lupoff's "With the Bentfin Boomer Boys on Little Old New Alabama," a truly dangerous vision and a hoot to boot.

A third volume in the series, The Last Dangerous Visions, has been promised at least since the second book appeared; Ellison's inability to complete the project despite passage of more than two decades has given rise to a minor scandal within the science fiction community. For a critic's view, see The Book on the Edge of Forever.

Collector's note

The hardcover first edition is not as sought-after as the original Dangerous Visions, but hard to find nonetheless. Book club editions and paperbacks are everywhere.

Contents

• Introduction: An Assault of New Dreamers
• The Counterpoint of View (by John Heidenry)
• Ching Witch! (by Ross Rocklynne)
• The Word for World is Forest (by Ursula K. Le Guin)
• For Value Received (by andrew j. offutt)
• Mathoms From the Time Closet (by Gene Wolfe)
  • Robot's Story
  • Against the Lafayette Escadrille
  • Loco Parentis
• Time Travel for Pedestrians (by Ray Nelson)
• Christ, Old Student in a New School (by Ray Bradbury)
• King of the Hill (by Chad Oliver)
• The 10:00 Report is Brought to You By ... (by Edward Bryant)
• The Funeral (by Kate Wilhelm)
• Harry the Hare (by James B. Hemesath)
• When It Changed (by Joanna Russ)
• The Big Space Fuck (by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
• Bounty (by T.L. Sherred)
• Still-Life (by K.M. O'Donnell)
• Stoned Counsel (by H.H. Hollis)
• Monitored Dreams & Strategic Cremations (by Bernard Wolfe)
  • The Bisquit Position
  • The Girl With Rapid Eye Movements
• With a Finger in My I (by David Gerrold)
• In the Barn (by Piers Anthony)
• Soundless Evening (by Lee Hoffman)
• [spot] (by Gahan Wilson)
• The Test-Tube Creature, Afterward (by Joan Bernott)
• And the Sea Like Mirrors (by Gregory Benford)
• Bed Sheets are White (by Evelyn Lief)
• Tissue (by James Sallis)
  • at the fitting shop
  • 53rd american dream
• Elouise and the Doctors of the Planet Pergamon (by Josephine Saxton)
• Chuck Berry, Won't You Please Come Home (by Ken McCullough)
• Epiphany for Aliens (by David Kerr)
• Eye of the Beholder (by Burt K. Filer)
• Moth Race (by Richard Hill)
• In Re Glover (by Leonard Tushnet)
• Zero Gee (by Ben Bova)
• A Mouse In the Walls of the Global Village (by Dean R. Koontz)
• Getting Along (by James Blish)
• Totenbuch (by A. Parra (y Figueredo))
• Things Lost (by Thomas M. Disch)
• With the Bentfin Boomer Boys on Little Old New Alabama (by Richard A. Lupoff)
• Lamia Mutable (by M. John Harrison)
• Last Train to Kankakee (by Robin Scott)
• Empire of the Sun (by Andrew Weiner)
• Ozymandias (by Terry Carr)
• The Milk of Paradise (by James Tiptree Jr.)

(Each story is preceded by comments from Ellison and followed by comments from the author.)

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