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Played this Scene Before

Again, Dangerous Visions  (Dangerous Visions, volume 2)

 Edited by Harlan Ellison 

12 Jan, 2025

Because My Tears Are Delicious To You

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Again, Dangerous Visions is the second installment in Harlan Ellison’s Dangerous Visions original speculative fiction series.

Again, Dangerous Vision’s remit was to reprise Dangerous Visions’ remit: present readers with stories that could not be published in the staid magazines and anthologies of the era. ADV would do this on a vaster scale than Dangerous Visions.

Having not read Again, Dangerous Visions since 1979 or 19801, I had only the vaguest of memories of this work. The reread was a journey of rediscovery.

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A Little Bit Dangerous

Dangerous Visions  (Dangerous Visions, volume 1)

 Edited by Harlan Ellison 

20 Oct, 2024

Because My Tears Are Delicious To You

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1967’s Dangerous Visions was the first volume in Harlan Ellison’s Dangerous Visions anthology series.

Ellison’s purpose in editing this anthology was to eschew hoary old taboos, celebrate the full potential of speculative fiction, and carve out a bit of the New Wave as his very own1. To this end, he recruited a small army of authors, purchased a huge number of words, and produced this hefty volume.

How does Dangerous Visions hold up after fifty-seven years?

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