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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} {{Infobox book \| title = Again, Dangerous Visions \| image = \| caption = \| author = \| central theme = \| elevator pitch = A sequel to ''[[Dangerous Visions]]'' — another collection of short works that were, at the time, too controversial to publish in any other medium. \| genre = Science fiction \| publication date = 1972 \| source page exists = \| wiki URL = \| wiki name = }} 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. 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 ~~doesn~~didn't like to talk about it.]] ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== 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 Counterpoint of View" by John Heidenry''' [[Meta Fiction]]: An extremely peculiar example. [[Shout -Out]]: Despite being less than three pages in length, Heidenry manages to make a truly stunning number of references to [[Jorge Luis Borges]]. * '''"Ching Witch!" by Ross Rocklynne''' * '''"The Word for World Is Forest" by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]''' ** [[Single Biome Planet]] * '''"For Value Received" by Andrew J. Offutt''' Line 24 ⟶ 36: * '''"Time Travel For Pedestrians" by Ray Nelson''' * '''"Christ, Old Student in a New School" (poem) by [[~~Ray Bradbury (Creator)\|~~Ray Bradbury]]''' * '''"King of the Hill" by Chad Oliver''' Line 37 ⟶ 49: [[Lady Land]] [[One-Gender Race]] ** [[Truly Single Parent]] ~~-- subverted~~—subverted * '''"The Big Space Fuck" by [[Kurt Vonnegut]]''' [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] Line 50 ⟶ 62: [[Battle in The Centre of The Mind]]: A ''legal'' one, no less. ** [[Mushroom Samba]] * '''"Monitored Dreams & Strategic Cremations" ~~-- 1~~—1: "The Bisquit Position" and 2: "The Girl With Rapid Eye Movements" by Bernard Wolfe''' * '''"With A Finger in My I" by [[David Gerrold]]''' Line 60 ⟶ 72: ** [[Adult Fear]] * '''(the title is an ink blot) by [[Gahan Wilson]]''' {{quote\| ''Just to clarify: the title of the story is not "(the title is an ink blot)"--[[Shaped Like Itself\|the title]]'' [[Shaped Like Itself\|IS]] ''[[Shaped Like Itself\|an ink blot]].''}} [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: {{spoiler\|The ink blot}} [[Lucky Charms Title]] Line 108 ⟶ 120: {{reflist}} [[Category:Again, Dangerous Visions]] [[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Speculative Fiction]] [[Category:Harlan Ellison]] [[Category:Science Fiction Literature]] [[Category:Literature of the 1970s]]