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The sequel-anthology to [[Harlan Ellison]]'s groundbreaking 1967 anthology ''[[Dangerous Visions]]''. Due to the size of it, it has been released in two volumes (although originally in one).
The sequel-anthology to [[Harlan Ellison]]'s groundbreaking 1967 anthology ''[[Dangerous Visions]]''. Due to the size of it, it has been released in two volumes (although originally in one).


Like ''[[Dangerous Visions|DV]]'', it also features introductions to each story by Harlan, who talks about the writer, and an afterward by the writer about the story.
Like ''[[Dangerous Visions|DV]]'', it also features introductions to each story by Harlan, who talks about the writer, and an afterward by the writer about the story.


The [[Development Hell|planned sequel]] to ''ADV'' [[What Could Have Been|would have been]] ''[[The Last Dangerous Visions]]'', but...well, [[Berserk Button|Harlan doesn't like to talk about it.]]
The [[Development Hell|planned sequel]] to ''ADV'' [[What Could Have Been|would have been]] ''[[The Last Dangerous Visions]]'', but...well, until the day of his death [[Berserk Button|Harlan didn't like to talk about it.]]


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=== Tropes found in the Stories in ''Again, Dangerous Visions'': ===
The tropes found in each story (as well as in the introductions and afterwords) are listed under the story in question.
The tropes found in each story (as well as in the introductions and afterwords) are listed under the story in question.



* '''"The Counterpoint of View" by John Heidenry'''
* '''"The Counterpoint of View" by John Heidenry'''
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** [[Lady Land]]
** [[Lady Land]]
** [[One-Gender Race]]
** [[One-Gender Race]]
** [[Truly Single Parent]] -- subverted
** [[Truly Single Parent]]—subverted
* '''"The Big Space Fuck" by [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'''
* '''"The Big Space Fuck" by [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'''
** [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]
** [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]
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** [[Battle in The Centre of The Mind]]: A ''legal'' one, no less.
** [[Battle in The Centre of The Mind]]: A ''legal'' one, no less.
** [[Mushroom Samba]]
** [[Mushroom Samba]]
* '''"Monitored Dreams & Strategic Cremations" -- 1: "The Bisquit Position" and 2: "The Girl With Rapid Eye Movements" by Bernard Wolfe'''
* '''"Monitored Dreams & Strategic Cremations"—1: "The Bisquit Position" and 2: "The Girl With Rapid Eye Movements" by Bernard Wolfe'''


* '''"With A Finger in My I" by [[David Gerrold]]'''
* '''"With A Finger in My I" by [[David Gerrold]]'''
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Latest revision as of 17:35, 14 May 2021

Again, Dangerous Visions
Central Theme:
Synopsis: A sequel to Dangerous Visions — another collection of short works that were, at the time, too controversial to publish in any other medium.
Genre(s): Science fiction
First published: 1972
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The sequel-anthology to Harlan Ellison's groundbreaking 1967 anthology Dangerous Visions. Due to the size of it, it has been released in two volumes (although originally in one).

Like DV, it also features introductions to each story by Harlan, who talks about the writer, and an afterward by the writer about the story.

The planned sequel to ADV would have been The Last Dangerous Visions, but...well, until the day of his death Harlan didn't like to talk about it.

Tropes used in Again, Dangerous Visions include:

The tropes found in each story (as well as in the introductions and afterwords) are listed under the story in question.

  • "The Counterpoint of View" by John Heidenry
  • "Ching Witch!" by Ross Rocklynne
  • "Mathoms From the Time Closet" -- "1: Robot's Story", "2: Against The Lafayette Escadrille" and "3: Loco Parentis" by Gene Wolfe
  • "Time Travel For Pedestrians" by Ray Nelson
  • "Christ, Old Student in a New School" (poem) by Ray Bradbury
  • "King of the Hill" by Chad Oliver
  • "The 10:00 Report Is Brought to You by..." by Edward Bryant
  • "The Funeral" by Kate Wilhelm
  • "Harry the Hare" by James B. Hemesath

Just to clarify: the title of the story is not "(the title is an ink blot)"--the title IS an ink blot.

  • "Bed Sheets Are White" by Evelyn Lief
  • "Tissue": "At the Fitting Shop" and "53rd American Dream" by James Sallis
  • "Elouise And The Doctors of the Planet Pergamon" by Josephine Saxton
  • "Chuck Berry, Won't You Please Come Home" by Ken McCullough
  • "Epiphany For Aliens" by David Kerr
  • "Eye of the Beholder" by Burt K. Filer
  • "Moth Race" by Richard Hill
  • "Totenbuch" by A Parra (Y Figueredo)
  • "With the Bentfin Boomer Boys on Little Old New Alabama" by Richard A. Lupoff
  • "Last Train to Kankakee" by Robin Scott
  • "Empire of the Sun" by Andrew Weiner
  • "Ozymandias" by Terry Carr
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