Dangerous Visions
Dangerous Visions (ISBN 0-425-06176-0) was a science fiction short story anthology edited by Harlan Ellison,published in 1967.
A path-breaking collection, Dangerous Visions helped define the New Wave science fiction movement, particularly in its depiction of sex in science fiction. The list of the authors' names reads like a Who's Who of 1960s science fiction. Ellison introduced the anthology both collectively and individually while authors provided afterwords to their own stories.
Awards & nominations
The stories and the anthology itself were nominated for and the receipients of many awards. "Gonna Roll the Bones" by Fritz Leiber received both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award for Best Novelette, whilst Philip K. Dick's submission "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 World SF Convention for editing "the most significant and controversial SF book published in 1967."
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 The projected third collection, The Last Dangerous Visions, was started, but controversially remains unpublished. The final book has become something of a legend as science fiction's most famous unpublished book.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 three 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,
Contents
Illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon accompany each short story.
 Foreword 1 - The Second Revolution by Isaac Asimov
Foreword 2 - Harlan and I by Isaac Asimov
Thirty-Two Soothsayers (introduction) by Harlan Ellison
Evensong by Lester del Rey. This is described by its author as an allegory. It details the capture of a being, identified at the end of the story as God, by Man, which has usurped God's power.
Flies by Robert Silverberg. It was inspired by a quote from King Lear: "As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods. They kill us for their sport."
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)
The Malley System by Miriam Allen deFord
A Toy for Juliette by Robert Bloch
The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World by Harlan Ellison
The Night That All Time Broke Out by Brian W. Aldiss
The Man Who Went to the Moon — Twice by Howard Rodman
Faith of our Fathers by Philip K. Dick
The Jigsaw Man by Larry Niven
Gonna Roll the Bones by Fritz Leiber (Hugo and Nebula awards for Best Novelette)
Lord Randy, My Son by Joe L. Hensley
Eutopia by Poul Anderson
Incident in Moderan and The Escaping by David R. Bunch
The Doll-House by James Cross
Sex and/or Mr. Morrison by Carol Emshwiller
Shall the Dust Praise Thee? by Damon Knight
If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister? by Theodore Sturgeon
What Happened to Auguste Clarot? by Larry Eisenberg
Ersatz by Henry Slesar
Go, Go, Go, Said the Bird by Sonya Dorman
The Happy Breed by John Sladek
Encounter with a Hick by Jonathan Brand
From the Government Printing Office by Kris Neville
Land of the Great Horses by R. A. Lafferty
The Recognition by J. G. Ballard
Judas by John Brunner
Test to Destruction by Keith Laumer
Carcinoma Angels by Norman Spinrad
Auto-da-Fé by Roger Zelazny
Aye, and Gomorrah by Samuel R. Delany (Nebula Award for best short story, 1967)
External links
Series listing at ISFDB
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