'A Boy and His Dog' is the definitive American New Wave story in this collection, winning the Nebula novella category and upsetting everyone: liberals, feminists, the right wing and Golden Age SF writers. It is 2024 in the former United States. Shortly after the millennium The Third War destroyed civilization and the only remaining cities are located deep underground, away from the radiation pits and the savagery of the surface, where vicious gangs known as Roverpaks reign supreme, foraging, bartering and killing to survive. Feral fifteen-year-old Vic is a 'Solo', eking out a ragged existence in this blighted, rubble strewn post-apocalyptic landscape, alone apart from his sidekick Blood. The descendant of genetically enhanced lab animals, Blood is a dog - a telepathic canine with a better education than his would-be master. When Blood senses the presence of a girl (a rare commodity outside the down-under cities) and Vic decides it is time to claim this prize, the duo find themselves in situations they may be unable to fight their way out of. One of the few after-the-bomb tales to depict how raw and brutal existence after nuclear holocaust would really be while protesting and allegorizing the Vietnam War, 'A Boy and His Dog' inspired numerous 'survivalist' films and novels.

Harlan Ellison is one of the most decorated writers in the world: winner of over 100 awards, he works almost exclusively within short story and script forms, and consequently has remained little known outside SF circles and the USA. Editor of the landmark Dangerous Visions anthology, Ellison's TV work includes Star Trek, Babylon 5 and The Outer Limits episodes (one inspired the film The Terminator), his uptight, intense prose, glinting with Besterian color, experimental verve and violent energy combined with a fierce polemical stance that ensured his explosive success in the sixties. This collection is the most representative of his SF (he also writes fantasy), containing twelve brilliant stories. Every word has been chosen with consummate skill, explaining why he is not only the most celebrated short story writer in the history of SF, but one of the greatest SF authors per se.

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