Web of the City
1958
First Published
3.50
Average Rating
256
Number of Pages
Harlan Ellison was awarded an honorary degree from UCLA for the excellence of his imaginative writings. Some smartass might even call him "Dr." Ellison. But only once. Because even though Ellison has come a long way since he started writing in the Fifties, he's still the street fighter who assumed a phony name and joined The Barons, the toughest gang of juvenile delinquents in Brooklyn's Red Hook area, just so he could write a novel about life in the slums. The real-life story of those ten weeks in hell was published as MEMOS FROM PURGATORY. But the actual novel that came out of that period has been out-of-print for quite some time. Now, with its original title restored, e-reads is pleased to re-issue WEB OF THE CITY, the book by a streetwise "Dr." who risked his tail and talent to write about the dark underbelly of city life. "Harlan Ellison is the dark prince of American letters, cutting through our corrupted midnight fog with a switchblade prose. He simply must be read." —Pete Hamill "Ellison writes with sensitivity as well as guts—a rare combination." —Leslie Charteris, creator of The Saint
Avg Rating
3.50
Number of Ratings
522
5 STARS
15%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
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2 STARS
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Author
Harlan Ellison
Author · 84 books
Harlan Jay Ellison was a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, teleplays, essays, and criticism. His literary and television work has received many awards. He wrote for the original series of both The Outer Limits and Star Trek as well as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour; edited the multiple-award-winning short story anthology series Dangerous Visions; and served as creative consultant/writer to the science fiction TV series The New Twilight Zone and Babylon 5. Several of his short fiction pieces have been made into movies, such as the classic "The Boy and His Dog". webmaster@harlanellison.com
