The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World and Other Works

Summary

In a post-apocalyptic future, fifteen-year-old Vic wanders the wasteland with Blood, his genetically-altered telepathic dog, in a struggle for survival against violent marauders, deadly radioactive insects, and an underground community desperate to restore the human race in the Hugo Awardnominated and Nebula Awardwinning novella, A Boy and His Dog,the basis of the cult classic film. An intergalactic conspiracy infects the minds of the most powerful politicians in the Republican Partyand only one jolly old elf can save them in Santa Claus vs. S.P.I.D.E.R. And in the Hugo Awardwinning title story, disparate threads of violence, conflict, and conversation weave an intricate tapestry across worlds and times in an experimental tour-deforce of the imagination. This groundbreaking collection brings together some of Harlan Ellisons most innovative and intriguing stories, frightening and funny visions of human nature that can only come from the peerless Grand Master of Science Fiction.