--- product_id: 566418884 title: "Greatest Hits (Herald Classics)" price: "AED 115" currency: AED in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.ae/products/566418884-greatest-hits-herald-classics store_origin: AE region: United Arab Emirates --- # Greatest Hits (Herald Classics) **Price:** AED 115 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Greatest Hits (Herald Classics) - **How much does it cost?** AED 115 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ae](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/566418884-greatest-hits-herald-classics) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A collection of award-winning short stories, including the viral “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” by Harlan Ellison, an eight-time Hugo Award winner, five-time Bram Stoker Award winner, and four-time Nebula Award winner. As one of the great writers of speculative fiction of the twentieth century, Harlan Ellison shaped the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. This inventive and provocative collection of his best-known and most-acclaimed stories is a perfect treasury for old Ellison fans as well as readers discovering this zany, polyphonic writer for the first time. Featuring these stories and many more: “‘Repent, Harlequin,’ Said the Ticktockman” — Hugo Award winner “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” — Bram Stoker Award winner “Mefisto in Onyx” — Bram Stoker Award winner “Jeffty Is Five” — British Fantasy Award winner “Shatterday” — Twilight Zone episode “The Whimper of Whipped Dogs” — Edgar Allan Poe Award winner “Paladin of the Lost Hour” — Hugo Award winner, Twilight Zone episode A must-read for sci-fi book lovers and fans of Ray Bradbury, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Isaac Asimov, this career-spanning compilation of classic short stories is also perfect for readers who enjoyed Dangerous Visions , A Boy and His Dog , or other Harlan Ellison books. Review: If you only read one book per (insert personally embarrassing timeframe) , make it this one! - This book saved me. From a lot of things. Things like being beyond tired of movies and television and streaming content. It saved me from brain rot and a feeling of intellectual zombie-fication. It saved me from continuing to follow all the other lemmings off the thought cliff that is modern entertainment. I'm writing this about eighteen months after buying it. Looking back on that I don't know how I never was introduced to Harlan Ellison's writing, but I resent and regret the fact that I wasn't. I'm making up for it now. Since buying and reading this I've gone on to buy a long list of his books which I continue to work thru. As far as this volume goes I can honestly say it made me think, laugh, get angry, think harder and even shed a tear. What more can you ask a writer to do for you? An enthralling, enriching and worthwhile experience. Something our internet connected devices mostly fail to deliver because they seek to drain you; of time, a sense of purpose and individual identity and in doing so, all hope as well. This book does the exact opposite. These stories are best when read over and again. Any one of them can easily be enjoyed in a single sit down, but they invite you to return and challenge you to think on them again. Read one with morning coffee. Go mow the lawn while you mull it over. Then read it again. I can now confidently confirm this is an excellent introduction to anyone who hasn't read him yet. Great job by the editor Michael Straczynski who I feel indebted to for getting this book out in the public and on shelves where it's incredible cover art can grab people's attention and hopefully get them to the checkout. It's very nicely produced, well made and should hold up over time thru the many re-reads it deserves. My copy is a a year and a half old and a 6th printing so it seems to be doing well. A hardcover edition is on the way due in October 2026 so it must be. If this is the only book you buy and read this year, make it this one. Buy a copy for a friend as well, because you're going to be dying to talk to someone "real" about it. If it's your first introduction prepare to be a lot of things, sometimes all at once, and prepare to be angry that you never read him before because for some reason the world is a really dumb place most of the time. Review: Greatest Hits from The Greatest - Harlan Ellison is a legend, not just for his extraordinary body of work, but also for his electric personality. And that power and passion is all over the page in this matchless collection of his work. None of these tales have lost one iota of impact in the decades since they were originally published. Every single one is as fresh as the day it was written, even while giving us a bit of a time machine into the social mores of decades past when Harlan was on the edge of everything. There are the crown jewels of his literary life such as “‘Repent, Harlequin,’ Said the Ticktockman”, a dystopian, terrifying look into a future - well, maybe our present, I'm afraid - and what happens when the clockwork engine of technology rolls right over our humanity, and then there are humorous gems such as "Djinn, No Chaser", a delightful and slightly goofy magical tale of a genie, a bottle, a young couple, and all the Jewish jokes you can cram into a short story. I cannot recommend this enough. It is as close to meeting Harlan Ellison you will ever get, and if anyone deserves literary immortality, it is this man. Enjoy. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #6,938 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #13 in Science Fiction Short Stories #42 in Short Stories Anthologies #68 in Short Stories (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,090 Reviews | ## Images ![Greatest Hits (Herald Classics) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91JOX5khnFL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you only read one book per (insert personally embarrassing timeframe) , make it this one! *by G***0 on May 16, 2026* This book saved me. From a lot of things. Things like being beyond tired of movies and television and streaming content. It saved me from brain rot and a feeling of intellectual zombie-fication. It saved me from continuing to follow all the other lemmings off the thought cliff that is modern entertainment. I'm writing this about eighteen months after buying it. Looking back on that I don't know how I never was introduced to Harlan Ellison's writing, but I resent and regret the fact that I wasn't. I'm making up for it now. Since buying and reading this I've gone on to buy a long list of his books which I continue to work thru. As far as this volume goes I can honestly say it made me think, laugh, get angry, think harder and even shed a tear. What more can you ask a writer to do for you? An enthralling, enriching and worthwhile experience. Something our internet connected devices mostly fail to deliver because they seek to drain you; of time, a sense of purpose and individual identity and in doing so, all hope as well. This book does the exact opposite. These stories are best when read over and again. Any one of them can easily be enjoyed in a single sit down, but they invite you to return and challenge you to think on them again. Read one with morning coffee. Go mow the lawn while you mull it over. Then read it again. I can now confidently confirm this is an excellent introduction to anyone who hasn't read him yet. Great job by the editor Michael Straczynski who I feel indebted to for getting this book out in the public and on shelves where it's incredible cover art can grab people's attention and hopefully get them to the checkout. It's very nicely produced, well made and should hold up over time thru the many re-reads it deserves. My copy is a a year and a half old and a 6th printing so it seems to be doing well. A hardcover edition is on the way due in October 2026 so it must be. If this is the only book you buy and read this year, make it this one. Buy a copy for a friend as well, because you're going to be dying to talk to someone "real" about it. If it's your first introduction prepare to be a lot of things, sometimes all at once, and prepare to be angry that you never read him before because for some reason the world is a really dumb place most of the time. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Greatest Hits from The Greatest *by R***E on February 23, 2026* Harlan Ellison is a legend, not just for his extraordinary body of work, but also for his electric personality. And that power and passion is all over the page in this matchless collection of his work. None of these tales have lost one iota of impact in the decades since they were originally published. Every single one is as fresh as the day it was written, even while giving us a bit of a time machine into the social mores of decades past when Harlan was on the edge of everything. There are the crown jewels of his literary life such as “‘Repent, Harlequin,’ Said the Ticktockman”, a dystopian, terrifying look into a future - well, maybe our present, I'm afraid - and what happens when the clockwork engine of technology rolls right over our humanity, and then there are humorous gems such as "Djinn, No Chaser", a delightful and slightly goofy magical tale of a genie, a bottle, a young couple, and all the Jewish jokes you can cram into a short story. I cannot recommend this enough. It is as close to meeting Harlan Ellison you will ever get, and if anyone deserves literary immortality, it is this man. Enjoy. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I Have No Time And I Must Read. *by K***R on October 13, 2025* A solid compilation of some of the best stories from a man who wrote over 1,700 of them in his lifetime. Yes, they're all short stories, but some of them manage to be heavy enough that you need time to digest and you're not going to be reading all of it in one sitting. I've been trying to read this book for about a month now, on my lunch breaks at work, and I'm still not done. In any case, once you read this, you'll see why so many other writers from various forms of media were so heavily influenced by Harlan Ellison, even if before this point you and everyone you know have never even heard of the man before. Just be aware of going into this, Harlan Ellison was a product of his time, very outspoken about every cause he was involved in, and the characters in his stories reflect that. Some characters can be very sympathetic, while others are very very easy to hate. Just remember that the emotions you feel are the intention of the story. Harlan Ellison had a lot to say about a lot of things, and love him or hate him, you cannot deny the man was a literary force. ## Frequently Bought Together - Greatest Hits (Herald Classics) - Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West - All Tomorrows: The Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ae/products/566418884-greatest-hits-herald-classics](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/566418884-greatest-hits-herald-classics) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Arab Emirates* *Store origin: AE* *Last updated: 2026-05-28*