Shatterday (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Harlan Ellison
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Work: Stories
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—Magical Realism
- Time of Work: Primarily the present
- Setting: Various locations in the United States and Europe
- Genres: Short fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Europe or Europeans, Mass murderers or serial killers, Dopplegangers, Talk shows
- Locales: Europe, United States
The Plot
All but one of the stories in Shatterday first appeared in a variety of magazines, from science-fiction periodicals to Playboy, or as radio or television broadcasts in the late 1970’s. Arguably the best published selection among Harlan Ellison’s hundreds of stories, it is most representative of the mature author at the height of his powers. It also demonstrates the reason behind Ellison’s discomfort at being labeled a science-fiction writer: Most of the stories here could be defined as Magical Realism; only a few include science-fiction elements;...
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