Harlan Ellison utgav två tjocka, uppmärksammade, banbrytande menar en del,
antologier i serien Dangerous Visions - "farliga" ämnen skulle tas upp, därav
namnet. En tredje antologi, Last Dangerous Visions, rapporterades vara nästan
klar på 1970-talet - men kom aldrig ut!
Nästan fem decennier drog Harlan LDV i långbänk, och sedan dog han, Men nu
kanske den kommer ut, redigerad av hans dödsboförvaltare, med sentida tillägg:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/16/harlan-ellison-the-last-dangerous-visions-anthology-may-be-published
... Dangerous Visions and Again, Dangerous Visions, in 1968 and 1972, which
featured writing by the likes of Philip K Dick, JG Ballard, Kurt Vonnegut and
Ursula K Le Guin. Ellison, who was known for his combative nature – JG Ballard
called him “an aggressive and restless extrovert who conducts life at a shout
and his fiction at a scream” – announced a third volume, The Last Dangerous
Visions, would be published in 1974. Contributors were said to include major
names such as Frank Herbert, Anne McCaffrey, Octavia Butler and Daniel Keyes.
But the work never appeared, and in the words of the Encyclopedia of Science
Fiction, it “became legendary for its many postponements”. ... the anthology
ran to over a million words. /AE: ca 6 miljoner tecken, eller dubbelt så lång
som Ring-trilogin!/ J Michael Straczynski, who was appointed executor of
Ellison’s estate after his death and that of his wife Susan earlier this year,
has launched a Patreon account, where fans can pay to take part in the book’s
publication process. ... Straczynski is planning to include dozens of the
stories originally commissioned by Ellison, as well as work by “some of the
most well-known and respected writers working today”, who are yet to be
revealed. It will also feature “one last, significant work by Harlan that has
never been published".
Flera förlag har uttalat intresse att utge antologin, som av allt att döma
måste bli tegelstenarnas tegelsten! (Rimligen måste den komma i flera delar.)
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