The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World

US: Open Road Media, 1968. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Fifteen masterpieces of speculative short fiction, including Hugo and Nebul a Award-winning stories from the acclaimed author of Shatterday. "These are not stories that should be forgotten; and some of you are about to read them for the first time . . . I envy you." --Neil Gaiman, #1 New Yo rk Times-bestselling author of American Gods, from his Foreword In a post-apocalyptic future, fifteen-year-old Vic wanders the wasteland wi th Blood, his genetically-altered telepathic dog, in a struggle for surviva l against violent marauders, deadly radioactive insects, and an underground community desperate to restore the human race in the Hugo Award-nominated and Nebula Award-winning novella, "A Boy and His Dog,"--the basis of the cu lt classic film. An intergalactic conspiracy infects the minds of the most powerful politici ans in the Republican Party--and only one jolly old elf can save them in "S anta Claus vs. S.P.I.D.E.R." And in the Hugo Award-winning title story, disparate threads of violence, c onflict, and conversation weave an intricate tapestry across worlds and tim es in an experimental tour-de-force of the imagination. This groundbreaking collection brings together some of Harlan Ellison's mos t innovative and intriguing stories, frightening and funny visions of human nature that can only come from the peerless Grand Master of Science Fictio n. "One of the great living American short story writers." --The Washington Po st Includes: "The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the Wo.