Browsing the library app (Libby) for an interesting audiobook to listen to, I stumbled across Again, Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison. And once I realized he was going to write an introduction for every single piece in the anthology, I was struck by how this made me feel, it was unexpected and I didn't know it was something that happened.
I love short stories. Got turned onto them through Kurt Vonnegut's Welcome to the Monkey House, my all-time favorite book and author, but I digress. I've read not a lot by Reddit standards, but more than a few anthologies and short story collections over the years (science fiction mega packs and the like mostly, but also several general "50 great short stories" types). But I've never read one with an editor so involved.
I'm making this post for a couple of reasons: first, just to promote it because it's great, and also to ask if this editorial style is something more common, because I really kind of like the meta 8)
Happy reading!
by Often-Inebreated
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ellison was such a character man, his introductions are half the reason to read those dangerous visions books. he’d roast authors he didn’t like and give you the behind-the-scenes drama on how each story came together
not super common to see editors get that involved anymore, most anthologies just throw in a basic intro and call it a day. maybe check out some of the older weird tales stuff or those judith merril collections from the 60s if you want more of that editorial personality coming through