The Glass Teat
The Glass Teat: Essays of Opinion on Television is a 1970 compilation of television reviews and essays written by Harlan Ellison as a regular weekly column for the Los Angeles Free Press from late 1968 to early 1970, discussing the effects of television upon society.[1][2][3]
Summary
The title implies that TV viewers are analogous with unweaned children. Discussion of television is frequently interspersed in the essays with lengthy asides about Ellison's personal life, experiences and opinions in general.
Reception and legacy
Modern critics have noted that his criticisms remain relevant.[4] The book's topics were dictated by the trends and fashions of the day.
Ellison later collected a second volume of criticism entitled The Other Glass Teat, which was published in 1975.[5]
References
- ^ Ellison, Harlan (1983) [1970]. The Glass Teat. Ace Books. ISBN 9780441289882. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ Bodroghkozy, Aniko (2001). Groove Tube: Sixties Television and the Youth Rebellion. Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-8223-8008-5.
- ^ Spigel, Lynn; Curtin, Michael (2013) [1997]. The Revolution Wasn't Televised: Sixties Television and Social Conflict. New York and London: Routledge. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-135-20540-9.
- ^ Stephen King, "Danse Macabre": Chapter VII, Page 132
- ^ Title: The Other Glass Teat Retrieved 25 December 2022.
External links
- The Other Glass Teat
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- Bibliography
- Web of the City
- Spider Kiss
- A Boy and His Dog
- Mefisto in Onyx
collections
- The Deadly Streets
- Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation
- Ellison Wonderland
- Paingod and Other Delusions
- Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled
- The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
- Alone Against Tomorrow
- Approaching Oblivion
- Deathbird Stories
- No Doors, No Windows
- Strange Wine
- Shatterday
- Stalking the Nightmare
- Angry Candy
- Slippage
- Can & Can'tankerous
- ”Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans”
- “The Beast that Shouted Love at The Heart of the World”
- “Croatoan”
- “The Deathbird”
- “The Discarded”
- “The Dragon on the Bookshelf”
- “From A to Z, in the Chocolate Alphabet”
- “The Function of Dream Sleep”
- “How Interesting: A Tiny Man”
- “How's the Night Life on Cissalda?”
- “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream”
- “Jeffty Is Five”
- “Paladin of the Lost Hour”
- “The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World”
- “"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman”
- “Soldier from Tomorrow”
- “The Whimper of Whipped Dogs”
- Phoenix Without Ashes
- Mind Fields
- "Soldier"
- "Demon with a Glass Hand"
- "The City on the Edge of Forever"
- "Paladin of the Lost Hour"
- "Gramma"
- "Crazy as a Soup Sandwich"
- "A View from the Gallery"
- "Objects in Motion"
- Babylon 5
- The Gathering
- In the Beginning
- Thirdspace
- The River of Souls
- A Call to Arms
- I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
- "The Human Operators"
- "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty"
- "Shatterday"
- A Boy and His Dog (1975 film)
- "Djinn, No Chaser"
- Dangerous Visions
- Again, Dangerous Visions
- Medea: Harlan's World
- Memos from Purgatory
- The Glass Teat & The Other Glass Teat
- Harlan Ellison's Watching
- The Harlan Ellison Hornbook