a boy and his dog story

I only read it because Fallout, one of my favorite video game series, was heavily inspired by it. Now, he's joined the likes of Shakespeare, Emerson, Vonnegut, all at God's assembled roundtable of literary greats!

One of my all-time favourite stories, this biting, pointed black comedy of sorts might just be the second greatest love story ever written, after Romeo and Juliet. What the hell did I just read? it's one of those things—the writing's incredible and the ending is superb, but it's also a whole lot of bullshit.

I think that was actually done on purpose, but it just wasn't my favorite thing to read about.I dunno when I read this (not this edition, just the story) but of course I remember the intensity of it. The two are able to communicate with one another, and in truth Blood is the brighter of the two, though he's dependant on Vic for his survival. I found him to one of the best writers on the planet. On the other hand the content itself was pretty disgusting.

It was just a cruel and rapey dystopia all the way through.Harlan Jay Ellison was a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, teleplays, essays, and criticism.Harlan Jay Ellison was a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, teleplays, essays, and criticism.“Sometimes being able to read makes more questions than if you were stupid.” I finally got around to it. Emphatically not a story for children Vic and his telepathic dog Blood have a symbiotic relationship. The reason I gave it a 2 star rating and not a 1 star rating is because the writing style itself is alright, even though the plot is super rapey.LMFAO.

In it Harlan Ellison has managed to create a mood of total chaos and collapse. I've heard that Harlan Ellison specifically tried to make people uncomfortable with a lot of his stories, and he succeeded here. I seriously don't fathom how it could be that some people didn't like "A Boy and His Dog" but rated it 4 or even 5 stars just because of the controversy it's raised.LMFAO. Imagine a world where a "Mad Max" post-apocalyptic non-society is mostly made up of "A Clockwork Orange" ultra-violent teenagers with telepathic dogs, and you'll get a sense of the setting where this story takes place. While I didn't agree with him on some things, I did agree with him on a great number of them. heartfelt.This post apocalyptic story is a fast paced intriguing story with a wickedly good and twisted ending. you can not going to add a rating. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. More than that I shall not say, except that you needn't be a sci-fi fan to enjoy this wonderful, wicked, highly entertaining, engaging, stinging tale (or is that tail?). Vic uses the fact that Quilla June's father secretly desires fornication with her as a distraction, incapacitating him, so that they can escape. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.

and he concludes, "Sure I know. "A Boy and His Dog" is, like many of Harlan Ellison's stories, a mind-fuck. A pretty strong post apocalyptic story about a boy, and his telepathic dog. Imagine a world where a "Mad Max" post-apocalyptic non-society is mostly made up of "A Clockwork Orange" ultra-violent teenagers with telepathic dogs, and you'll get a sense of the setting where this story takes place.honestly the kinda sexist bits make me wanna push it to a 3 star, but its vivid, a fun read, flows very well, and obviously influenced a shit ton of post-apocalyptic worlds (no Fallout games or Mad Max w/o this shit for starters), and i do love dogs so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯I was very saddened to hear the news of Harlan Ellison's passing. by Open Road Media Sci-Fi Fantasy said, it's called, "A Boy and his Dog", not "A Boy and his Dog and his Girlfriend".

I've now seen the movie several times and every time I renewed my desire to read the book. Be the first to ask a question about A Boy and His Dog Published I found him to one of the best writers on the planet. Quilla June tries to get Vic to leave Blood and take off with her. It feels like mankind is destined to die out at this stage, and it just hasn’t accepted the fact yet. One relates to his anger over the L.Q.

[what happens to the girl in the end since she would have had no problem leaving the dog to die This is one hell of a divisive short story. I seriously don't fathom how it could be that some people didn't like "A Boy and His Dog" but rated it 4 or even 5 stars just because of the controversy it's raised.not going to add a rating. A Boy and His Dog is a cycle of narratives by author Harlan Ellison. Now, he's joined the likes of Shakespeare, Emerson, Vonnegut, all at God's assembled roundtable of literary greats! And I was sure hella reminded of it when trying to appreciate So glad I read this even after seeing a portion of the movie A Boy and His Dog. The fact it's written very well, that it evokes so many positive and negative emotions, although, MOST of them are negative, speaks very well of the author even I hate what's going on inside the story.This is one hell of a divisive short story. [Around 10 years ago, I once listened to a podcast, and the woman (Lana Taylor?)

"A Stray" is the story of Adan. On the surface, Vic and Quilla June discover that Blood is starving and near death, having been attacked by radioactive insects and other "things". It's set in a chaotic, post-apocalyptic near future, and follows the adventures of teenager Vic and his dog Blood in a world where women are few and far between. This is the strongest aspect of the story in my view. Some may have issues with the motivations of the main character Vic in regards to women, but I think Ellison made it clear that the post-nuclear world isn't the best place and Vic's not exactly a hero.Nature VS nurture. An uncomfortable book to read as his treatment of women is extreme and controversial.

I think that was actually done on purpose, but it just wasn't my favorite thing to readI had mixed feelings on this. The daughter of one of the leaders of the community seduces and lures him below, where the citizens have become unable to reproduce because of being underground so long. read it when I heard about Ellison's death.