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Delusion for a Dragon Slayer

Harlan Ellison

First published April 1967
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

The accidental death of a bland office drone affords him the chance to earn a hero's reward in the afterlife.

Notes

First published in the magazine Knight, Sept 1966.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1967 Hugo Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist
1967 Nebula Award Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (36)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1967 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Pyramid Books Collection 127
1968 Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled Trident Press (New York) Collection 139
February 1972 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Pyramid Books Collection 127
February 1972 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Pyramid Books Collection 127
January 1974 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Pyramid Books Collection 127
November 1974 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Pyramid Books Collection 127
February 1975 Deathbird Stories Harper & Row Collection 150
December 1975 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Pyramid Books Collection 127
July 1976 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Pyramid Books Collection 127
September 1976 Deathbird Stories Dell Collection 164
September 1976 Deathbird Stories Dell Collection 164
March 1977 Deathbird Stories Dell Collection 164
April 1978 Deathbird Stories Pan Books Collection 164
June 1979 The Fantasies of Harlan Ellison Gregg Press Omnibus 264
November 1980 Deathbird Stories Dell Collection 164
August 1983 I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream Ace Books Collection 104
December 1983 Deathbird Stories Bluejay Books Collection 134
October 1984 Deathbird Stories Bluejay Books / SFBC Collection 134
1990 Deathbird Stories The Easton Press Collection 152
April 1990 Deathbird Stories Collier / Macmillan Collection 134
August 1993 Deathbird Stories Collier / Macmillan Collection
January 2006 Deathbird Stories Science Fiction Book Club Collection 128
May 2009 Deathbird Stories e-reads.com Collection
August 2009 I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream e-reads.com Collection
March 2011 Deathbird Stories Subterranean Press Collection 233
March 2011 Deathbird Stories Subterranean Press Collection 233
May 2011 Shatterday & Other Stories Audible Frontiers Collection |0.01
March 2012 Deathbird Stories Gateway / Orion Collection
March 2012 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Gateway / Orion Collection |9
April 2014 Deathbird Stories Open Road Integrated Media Collection |134
April 2014 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Open Road Integrated Media Collection |9
June 2014 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Open Road Integrated Media Collection |9
June 2014 Deathbird Stories Open Road Integrated Media Collection |134
July 2020 Deathbird Stories Recorded Books Collection
July 2021 I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream and Other Works Recorded Books Omnibus |1104
2022 I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream and Other Works Recorded Books Omnibus |1104