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"Jeffty is Five" - made me feel stupid because I didn't understand why everyone thinks it's awesome. I was a bit bored by it.

"How's the Night Life on Cissalda?" is shallowly brilliant. And not nearly as implausible as it should be. On the other hand, I'd rather die happy than in a nuclear winter...

"Flop Sweat" Brilliant. Creepy, awful, and just bloody brilliant. I enjoy it even more picturing Howard Stern as the host.

"Would You Do It For A Penny" - I'm starting to think that I don't get Harlan Ellison (this is the first of his writings I've read) because I hated this story. I didn't find it even a little funny; the characters were reprehensible and the overall tone was desperate and sad.

"The Man Who Was Heavily Into Revenge" - reminiscent of Thurber and/or O'Henry, without the charm.

"Shoppe Keeper" I liked the idea that inspired the story, and the story wasn't bad til the end. I keep hoping these will get better, but I'm starting to lose hope...

"All the Lies That Are My Life" - What a depressing rumination on the nature of friendship and career rivalry.

"Django" - fantasy tribute that could have been clearer...

"Count the Clock That Tells the Time" - It was rough going at first, but I ended up liking it without knowing quite why I liked it...

"In the Fourth Year of the War" - short, simple, brilliant tale about our past coming back to haunt us (and some scary insight on how the mild-mannered guy next door becomes a Nancy Grace episode)

"Alive and Well and On a Friendless Voyage" - catharsis at the end of life - heavy handed and not that interesting (and plots from it are either recycled from other stories in the collection or into other stories in the collection).

"All the Birds Come Home to Roost" - a vanity tale for the author. Might have been better without Ellison's intro? Of course, the same can be said of pretty much the whole book.

"Opium" - meh. Shallow, pointless, and utterly nonsensical at the end

"The Other Eye of Polyphemus" - A morality tale on the perils of being too selfless.

"The Executioner of the Malformed Children" - easy to comprehend if you've read even one X-Men story arc

"Shatterday" - By far the best story in the book, dark and hopeful all at the same time.


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Shatterday Harlan Ellison 9780425071656 Books Reviews

I am currently falling in love with short stories and Shatterday is superb. Each story has an intro from the author that lets you pear inside his mind. Neil Gaiman said this was the book that made him want to be a writer. I can see why.
A couple of the stories were complex and intriguing. Others were simply odd. The narration between added to the overall for content and comprehension -- left me liking the author and his product less overall for having read it along the way.
I read everything of Ellison's I could get my hands on when I was younger. I was fascinated with his imagination and stories of suspense and horror. He never failed to amaze me. I think of all his stories, "Shatterday", which is included in this collection, is my favorite. A fantastic and frightening story of a man's past slowly coming back to haunt him.
Harlan Ellison is a confounding kind of guy, and he writes confounding stories. By turns brilliant, sappy, bitter and loving, these short examples of his work illustrate the man - as best we can tell - and serve as a good introduction to his work for those who haven't read him before. For those who have, they're a good reminder of how maddening he can be - just before dropping a beautiful idea on us.
The first story starts the collection of with a bang. I think "Jeffty Is Five" is one my favorite stories of all time. Reading "Shatterday" brought be right back to the first episode of The New Twilight Zone. I forgot the premise of the story but it seemed like I watched it only a short while ago. Mr. Ellison's story would have been much better if I could have forgot Bruce Willis.
People rave about these stories but for me they were just OK and I'm a Sci-Fi fan. I prefer Philip Dick & Neil Gaiman.
Ellison has become a favorite writer of mine in the short story science fiction/fantasy/horror genres, and this is the 7th Ellison collection I’ve read in the last year. He’s consistently entertaining and imaginative, thoughtful and it’s usually a fun ride. But not this time… Only two of these stories were ok Jeffty Is Five and the title piece Shatterday were so-so, and I was disappointed with the collection as a whole. I guess you can’t win them all.
"Jeffty is Five" - made me feel stupid because I didn't understand why everyone thinks it's awesome. I was a bit bored by it.

"How's the Night Life on Cissalda?" is shallowly brilliant. And not nearly as implausible as it should be. On the other hand, I'd rather die happy than in a nuclear winter...

"Flop Sweat" Brilliant. Creepy, awful, and just bloody brilliant. I enjoy it even more picturing Howard Stern as the host.

"Would You Do It For A Penny" - I'm starting to think that I don't get Harlan Ellison (this is the first of his writings I've read) because I hated this story. I didn't find it even a little funny; the characters were reprehensible and the overall tone was desperate and sad.

"The Man Who Was Heavily Into Revenge" - reminiscent of Thurber and/or O'Henry, without the charm.

"Shoppe Keeper" I liked the idea that inspired the story, and the story wasn't bad til the end. I keep hoping these will get better, but I'm starting to lose hope...

"All the Lies That Are My Life" - What a depressing rumination on the nature of friendship and career rivalry.

"Django" - fantasy tribute that could have been clearer...

"Count the Clock That Tells the Time" - It was rough going at first, but I ended up liking it without knowing quite why I liked it...

"In the Fourth Year of the War" - short, simple, brilliant tale about our past coming back to haunt us (and some scary insight on how the mild-mannered guy next door becomes a Nancy Grace episode)

"Alive and Well and On a Friendless Voyage" - catharsis at the end of life - heavy handed and not that interesting (and plots from it are either recycled from other stories in the collection or into other stories in the collection).

"All the Birds Come Home to Roost" - a vanity tale for the author. Might have been better without Ellison's intro? Of course, the same can be said of pretty much the whole book.

"Opium" - meh. Shallow, pointless, and utterly nonsensical at the end

"The Other Eye of Polyphemus" - A morality tale on the perils of being too selfless.

"The Executioner of the Malformed Children" - easy to comprehend if you've read even one X-Men story arc

"Shatterday" - By far the best story in the book, dark and hopeful all at the same time.