A Toy for Juliette
Appearance
"A Toy for Juliette" | |||
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Short story by Robert Bloch | |||
Language | English | ||
Genre(s) | Science fiction, horror fiction | ||
Publication | |||
Published in | Dangerous Visions | ||
Publication type | anthology | ||
Publisher | Doubleday | ||
Media type | Print (Hardcover) | ||
Publication date | 1967 | ||
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"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[edit]
In a post-apocalyptic world, 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[edit]
SFF World has called it "unsettling".[2]
Sequel[edit]
Ellison wrote a sequel for the same anthology called "The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World".
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- A Toy for Juliette title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database