Title: Mefisto in Onyx
Title Record # 18612
Author: Harlan Ellison
Date: 1993-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
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Author: Harlan Ellison
Date: 1993-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
Note:
Revised for the December 1993 chapbook edition
--OCLC 29533179
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Win | 1993 Stoker | Superior Achievement in a Novella |
| Nomination | 1993 HOMer | Novella |
| 1 | 1994 Locus | Best Novella |
| 6 | 1994 Hugo | Best Novella |
| Nomination | 1994 World Fantasy | Best Novella |
| Nomination | 1995 Nebula | Novella |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omni, October 1993 | 1993-10-00 | ed. Ellen Datlow | Omni Publications International Ltd. | $3.50?$: US dollar |
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding. |
mag | Rob Day | |||
| Mefisto in Onyx | 1993-12-00 | Harlan Ellison | Mark V. Ziesing | 0-929480-31-7 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
91 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
chap | Frank Miller |  |
| Mefisto in Onyx | 1993-12-00 | Harlan Ellison | Mark V. Ziesing | 0-929480-32-5 | $65.00?$: US dollar |
91 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
chap | Frank Miller | |
| The Best New Horror: Volume Five | 1994-00-00 | ed. Ramsey Campbell, Stephen Jones | Robinson | 1-85487-299-0 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
x+ 514 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Luis Rey | |
| Mefisto in Onyx | 1994-03-00 | Harlan Ellison | Mark V. Ziesing | 0-929480-31-7 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
91 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
chap | Frank Miller | |
| Monolit 9: Almanah fantastike | 1995-00-00 | ed. Oto Oltvanji | Flamarion (Monolit #9) | 600 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth |
D. Bob Živković?D. Bob Zivkovic
D. Bob Zhivkovich |
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| The Best New Horror: Volume Five | 1995-01-00 | ed. Ramsey Campbell, Stephen Jones | Carroll & Graf | 0-7867-0155-2 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 514 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Luis Rey | |
| Mephisto in Onyx | 1996-02-00 | Harlan Ellison | Goldmann (Goldmann-Taschenbuch #8135) | 3-442-081135-1 | DM 9.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
128 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
chap | Frank Miller | |
| Slippage: Precariously Poised, Previously Uncollected Stories | 1997-04-00 | Harlan Ellison | Mark V. Ziesing | 0-929480-75-9 | $75.00?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 361 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Jill Bauman | |
| Slippage: Precariously Poised, Previously Uncollected Stories | 1997-09-00 | Harlan Ellison | Houghton Mifflin | 0-395-35341-6 | $22.00?$: US dollar |
xxix+ 303 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Michaela Sullivan | |
| Slippage: Precariously Poised, Previously Uncollected Stories | 1998-09-00 | Harlan Ellison | Mariner Books / Houghton Mifflin | 0-395-92482-0 | $13.00?$: US dollar |
xii+ 359 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | David Blankenship | |
| The Essential Ellison: A 50-Year Retrospective | 2001-05-00 | Harlan Ellison | Morpheus International | 1-883398-46-0 | $24.95?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 1249 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon | |
Dérapages?Derapages |
2001-09-19 | Harlan Ellison | Flammarion (Imagine) | 2-08-068048-X | 364 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | |||
Dérapages?Derapages |
2003-12-02 | Harlan Ellison | Gallimard (Folio SF #158) | 2-07-042473-1 | 361 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll |
Benjamin Carré?Benjamin Carre
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| The Essential Ellison: A 50-Year Retrospective | 2005-06-00 | Harlan Ellison | Morpheus International | 1-883398-60-6 | $24.95?$: US dollar |
1249 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon | |
| The Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New Horror | 2010-03-25 | ed. Stephen Jones | Robinson | 978-1-84901-304-8 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
560 | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
anth | ||
| The Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New Horror | 2010-04-12 | ed. Stephen Jones | Running Press | 978-0-7624-3841-9 | $13.95?$: US dollar |
xxii+ 745 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | ||
| The Very Best of the Best of New Horror | 2011-00-00 | ed. Stephen Jones | Earthling Publications | 978-0-9795054-8-5 | $60.00?$: US dollar |
640 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Les Edwards | |
| The Sound of a Scythe and 3 Brilliant Novellas | 2013-12-22 | Harlan Ellison | Edgeworks Abbey | 978-0-9836223-4-5 | $39.95?$: US dollar |
336 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Jill Bauman | |
| Ich muss schreien und habe keinen Mund | 2014-09-00 | Harlan Ellison | Heyne | 978-3-453-31557-0 | €18.99?€: Euro |
671 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Das Illustrat | |
| The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison | 2015-01-00 | Harlan Ellison | Subterranean Press | 978-1-59606-634-2 | $45.00?$: US dollar |
vii+ 520 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Michael Whelan | |
| The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison | 2015-01-24 | Harlan Ellison | Subterranean Press | 978-1-59606-635-9 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Michael Whelan | ||
| The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison | 2015-04-00 | Harlan Ellison | Subterranean Press | 978-1-59606-634-2 | $125.00?$: US dollar |
vii+ 520+ [6] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Michael Whelan | |
| Greatest Hits | 2024-03-26 | Harlan Ellison | Union Square & Co. (Herald Classics) | 978-1-4549-5337-1 | $19.99?$: US dollar |
496 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll |
Reviews
- Review by Glen Engel-Cox [as by Glen E. Cox] (1994) in First Impressions, Installment Eleven
- Review by Edward Bryant (1994) in Locus, #397 February 1994
- Review by Moshe Feder (1994) in Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1994
- Review by Stefan Dziemianowicz (1994) in Necrofile, Fall 1994
- Review by Edward Bryant (1994) in Cemetery Dance, Winter 1994, (1994)