The Voice From the Edge, Vol.1: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Released in 1999. John DeNardo of
Kirkus Reviews mentioned this album for "anyone who can read more than 10 books in a month" as a supplement to his list of "10 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books For January 2012". Ellison won a Bram Stoker Award for this collection.
Track listing •
Introduction to I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream •
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1967) (Hugo Award winner) •
"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman (1965) (Nebula award winner) (Hugo Award Winner) •
The Lingering Scent of Woodsmoke (1996) •
Laugh Track (1984) •
The Time of the Eye (1959) •
The Very Last Day of a Good Woman (1958) •
Paladin of the Lost Hour (1985) •
A Boy and His Dog (1969) (Nebula Award winner) The stories were written between 1956 and 1995.
Track listing •
In Lonely Lands (1958) •
S.R.O. (1957) •
Midnight in the Sunken Cathedral (1995) •
The End of the Time of Leinard (1958) • ''Pennies, Off a Dead Man's Eyes'' (1969) •
Rat Hater (1956) •
Go Toward the Light (1994) •
Soft Monkey (1987) •
Jeffty is Five (1977) (
Hugo Award and
Nebula Award winner) •
Prince Myshkin, and Hold the Relish (1982) •
The Function of Dream Sleep (1988) •
The Function of Dream Sleep, post script (2001)
The Voice From the Edge, Vol.3: Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes Released in 2009, it was once again reviewed by Kat Hooper. She extols Ellison's storytelling skills, while warning that some of the stories are "gross". This volume was published by Audio Literature. Volume three is notable in that—apart from the new introductions or afterwords in each collection—it contains the first essay in these Ellison Audio book collections (
Valerie: A True Memoir). It also contains a reading by another author, Robert Bloch, originally done for a vinyl record album released by the Harlan Ellison Record Collection, in the late 1970s. Bloch's story
A Toy for Juliette, is included because the story on the next track is Ellison's continuation of the plot. it includes four prize winning stories, and, as in the earlier volumes, Ellison reads his own work. The print version of this collection won a British Science Fiction Award for short fiction.
Track listing •
Ellison Wonderland •
The Deathbird (Hugo and Locus winner) •
The Creation of Water •
Run for the Stars •
Croatoan •
The Beast Who Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (Hugo winner) •
The Slab •
The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore •
The Dreams a Nightmare Dreams •
The Whimper of Whipped Dogs •
Killing Bernstein •
Count the Clock That Tells the Time (Locus winner) •
How Interesting: A Tiny Man (Nebula winner)
The Voice From the Edge, Vol.5: Shatterday & Other Stories Published by Audible in 2011. This is the final volume in the series. Most of the stories are from Ellison's most experimental period in the 1960s and 1970s.
Track listing •
Delusion for a Dragon Slayer (Hugo nominee) •
Shatterday (Nebula nominee) •
Flop Sweat •
In the Oligocenskie Gardens •
Basilisk (Hugo & Locus winner; Nebula nominee) •
Shattered Like a Glass Goblin (Nebula nominee) • ''
Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W"'' (Hugo & Locus winner) •
On the Downhill Side (Nebula nominee) •
Susan •
All the Lies That Are My Life (Hugo nominee) •
Goodbye to All That (Nebula nominee) == References ==