The Whimper of Whipped Dogs
| "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs" | |
|---|---|
Harper & Row | |
| Media type | Hardback |
| Publication date | 1973 |
"The Whimper of Whipped Dogs" is a
Kitty Genovese.[1]
Origin of the story's title
The first use of the title "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs" was a teleplay for a 1970 episode of the
TV series The Young Lawyers, which was serialized in Ellison's Los Angeles Free Press television critique column at the time, "The Glass Teat". At the end of the serialization, Ellison wrote two more columns expressing his extreme frustration with what the ABC network, Paramount Pictures, producer, director and cast members (especially co-star Lee J. Cobb) had done to his teleplay during production. The columns, including the complete teleplay, were published in 1975 in the collection The Other Glass Teat
.
As Ellison was particularly proud of creating the title "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs," but the title was not used onscreen in the Young Lawyers episode, the author decided to use the title again for this short story over three years later.
Reception
In reviewing David Hartwell of Locus calls it "one of his best, a dark fantasy about New York and New Yorkers."[3]
Awards
"The Whimper of Whipped Dogs" won the 1974
Edgar Allan Poe Award
for Best Short Story.
References
- ^ Ellison, Harlan (1975). "Introduction". No Doors, No Windows.
- The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, p. 69
- ^ Hartwell, Dave (April 7, 1973), Locus, p. 8
External links
- The Whimper of Whipped Dogs title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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