tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post439515077572891308..comments2024-03-27T19:07:19.133-04:00Comments on The Silver Key: Thirty-five years of despair: The continuing relevance of Harlan Ellison’s Deathbird StoriesBrian Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-18728470507285642822010-04-27T21:14:52.544-04:002010-04-27T21:14:52.544-04:00Sorry for the late replies everyone, I was away on...Sorry for the late replies everyone, I was away on vacation last week through yesterday and computer-free...<br /><br />Fransisco: Yes, that story is from this anthology... it's called "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs."<br /><br />Will: True, Ellison is (at least from an interview I watched with him recorded some 20 years ago) an athiest and would likely agree. But <i>Deathbird Stories</i> doesn't exactly express optimism in the types of pursuits mankind has elected to fill that godless vacuum.Brian Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-456093007780844002010-04-26T20:58:57.063-04:002010-04-26T20:58:57.063-04:00Can't argue with that.Can't argue with that.Falzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481333222029372752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-36682284687206978032010-04-26T01:32:50.495-04:002010-04-26T01:32:50.495-04:00http://www. Stories.pk i have visited to this site...http://www. Stories.pk i have visited to this site and found to get the interested short story which is very impressive and informative.Nadeem1414https://www.blogger.com/profile/01088697990015318634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-32996363395597837152010-04-23T20:38:00.328-04:002010-04-23T20:38:00.328-04:00"Story after story drives home the point that..."Story after story drives home the point that mankind has drifted away from belief in a benevolent, all-knowing and all-loving God and transferred its faith to soulless pursuits"<br /><br />To some of us, this is anything but depressing...Will Mistrettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18403399118961902073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-27060105391642124292010-04-22T19:10:16.385-04:002010-04-22T19:10:16.385-04:00"one of the tales of Deathbird stories is abo..."one of the tales of Deathbird stories is about a woman attacked in front of a building with people watching the agression...?"<br /><br />Oh god...that story curdled my guts. I'm pretty jaded but Ellison has the gift of cutting through the readers thick armor skin to the sensitive soul inside and pouring salt and lemon juice on the exposed feeling flesh.Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-79888388724957637052010-04-22T13:41:43.898-04:002010-04-22T13:41:43.898-04:00this cover was used in Spain for the saga of Doria...this cover was used in Spain for the saga of Dorian Hawkmoon by Michael Moorcock...<br />Harlan Ellison is little translated to Spanish only some tales in horror anthologies. He has a incredible story about Prometheus in the anthology Cthulhu 2000...<br />one of the tales of Deathbird stories is about a woman attacked in front of a building with people watching the agression...?<br />by the way Brian, did you receive my email with the link to the italian epic band Domine?<br />Francisco...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com