Spider Kiss

By: Harlan Ellison

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

From one of the most highly celebrated and dynamic American writers of our time comes Spider Kiss, Harlan Ellison's electrifying novel of the early years of rock and roll.

If you think the only thing Ellison writes is speculative fiction, craziness about giant cockroaches that attack Detroit, or invaders from space who look like pink eggplant and smell like chicken soup, this dynamite novel of the emergent days of rock and roll will turn you around at least three times. No spaceships, no robots, just a nice kid from Louisville named Stag Preston with a voice like an angel, seductive moves like the devil, and an invisible monkey named Success riding him straight to hell.

©2014 Harlan Ellison (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc., and Skyboat Media. Inc.

one word...amazing

phenomenal, never read a book like this. picked the right narrator. this book reaches into your soul

Harlan at his most Analystic

Stefan Rudnicki brings to life a story full of raw edges and conflict; smoothly and with gravitas.

Tug at your heart strings while simultaneously being filled with disgust over the human condition. within us are contained the seeds of our own destruction.

Harlan Ellison speaks in introduction to a work of Truth about humanity, in a story that never happened, but that is based on a true story. The story of human beings clawing for their moment in the sun is a quest for an end to personal suffering.

Excellent work.. Ellison really surprise’s

I don’t always like everything he writes.

Excellent work.. Ellison really surprise’s an excellent journey

This is a fable

If your looking for a story that’s cut and dry aka a Hollywood style story you won’t find it here. It’s dirty it’s nasty it’s ugly and it’s great.

My current favorite line from the book is currently “she had the heart of a popsicle”

I cant listen to this voice

I want to listen but cannot get past the narrator's voice. Too deep, almost scary. He would be a good character voice but not the narrator of an hours-long book. myvrating for the story would better be described as NA because as noted, I can't listen to it.

Not My Favorite of Ellison's Work

Any additional comments?

I'm a big fan of Ellison's speculative fiction, and this ended up disappointing. It's a pretty standard raise to fame/fall from grace story, and I didn't get much out of it.

Mostly, I just wish Audible would get the rights to the Voice from the Edge collections.