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Spider Kiss by Harlan Ellison (2006, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherM Press
ISBN-101595820582
ISBN-139781595820587
eBay Product ID (ePID)53720420
Product Key Features
Book TitleSpider Kiss
Number of Pages232 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicGeneral, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorHarlan Ellison
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length8.1 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition20
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SynopsisOne of the first and still one of the best dissections of the wildly destructive rock-and-roll lifestyle, Spider Kiss is the story of Luther Sellers, a poor kid from Louisville with a voice like an angel who's renamed Stag Preston by a ruthless promoter. Preston's meteoric rise on the music scene is matched only by the rise in his enormous appetites and not just for home cooking and soon the invisible monkey named Success is riding him straight to hell., He claims he's not a fan of rock-and-roll, but somehow Harlan Ellison's seminal novel based on the career of Jerry Lee Lewis ended up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. One of the first - and still one of the best - dissections of the wildly destructive rock-and-roll lifestyle, Spider Kiss isn't about giant cockroaches that attack Detroit or space invaders that smell like chicken soup. Instead, it's the story of Luther Sellers, a poor kid from Louisville with a voice like an angel who's renamed Stag Preston by a ruthless promoter. Preston's meteoric rise on the music scene is matched only by the rise in his enormous appetites - and not just for home cooking - and soon the invisible monkey named Success is riding him straight to hell. This raucous early novel reinforces Ellison's reputation as one of America's most dynamic writers., He claims he's not a fan of rock-and-roll, but somehow Harlan Ellison's seminal novel based on the career of Jerry Lee Lewis ended up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. One of the first -- and still one of the best -- dissections of the wildly destructive rock-and-roll lifestyle, Spider Kiss isn't about giant cockroaches that attack Detroit or space invaders that smell like chicken soup. Instead, it's the story of Luther Sellers, a poor kid from Louisville with a voice like an angel who's renamed Stag Preston by a ruthless promoter. Preston's meteoric rise on the music scene is matched only by the rise in his enormous appetites -- and not just for home cooking -- and soon the invisible monkey named Success is riding him straight to hell. This raucous early novel reinforces Ellison's reputation as one of America's most dynamic writers.
LC Classification NumberPS3555.L62
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- Jun 05, 2018
fun and thought provoking
I do not see Spider Kiss as a classic or as a must read or as great literature, but I am truly enjoying it and I do find myself thinking serious thoughts about it between my reading sessions of it. Every day I look forward to finding time to check out the next chapter. It is a bit of a page turner. I think Mr. Ellison was, if I am not mistaken, a young writer when he wrote Spider Kiss, and I sense that he wanted to be like Hemingway and Fitzgerald and esp. Dashiell Hammett in that he wanted to be commercially successful but also be taken seriously as a serious artist of high artistic/intellectual aspirations. In fact, I think he wanted this novel to be a sort of homage especially to Hammett yet not be a detective novel. Sub-textually, I think Ellison's protagonist, Shelly, is a version of Mr. Ellison himself, and, if so, I respect Ellison's novel as a vehicle for self-examination. If my interpretation is correct, then Ellison deserves respect for the fact that Stag Preston is to Shelly what Shelly is to Ellison. Thus, Stag is Ellison, or at least what Ellison knows he could be. I am reminded here of Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and I applaud Ellison for that. I have not yet finished the novel, but, if you can't tell, I like it a great deal so far, and I do recommend it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
