A Toy for Juliette
"A Toy for Juliette" | |
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Author | Robert Bloch |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Science fiction, horror fiction |
Published in | Dangerous Visions |
Publication type | anthology |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
Publication date | 1967 |
Followed by | "The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World" |
"A Toy for Juliette" is a 1967 science fiction and horror short story by American writer Robert Bloch, appearing for the first time in Harlan Ellison's anthology Dangerous Visions.
Plot[]
A time traveler randomly abducts people from throughout history for his granddaughter Juliette (named for the Marquis de Sade's novel Juliette)[1] to torture and kill in her sexual games. The last "toy" he gives her, however, turns out to be Jack the Ripper.
Reception[]
SFF World has called it "unsettling".[2]
Sequel[]
Ellison wrote a sequel for the same anthology called "The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World".
See also[]
References[]
- ^ The Routledge Concise History of Science Fiction, by Mark Bould and Sherryl Vint; published February 28, 2011, by Routledge
- ^ Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison, reviewed at SFFWorld; published February 27, 2012; retrieved October 13, 2017
External links[]
- A Toy for Juliette title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Categories:
- 1967 short stories
- Horror short stories
- Literature about time travel
- Science fiction short stories
- Cultural depictions of Jack the Ripper
- Dangerous Visions short stories
- Short stories by Robert Bloch
- 1960s science fiction short story stubs
- Horror short story stubs
- 1960s short story stubs