"Shadrach Jones and the Elves"
Manuscript received at SMLA Aug 4, 1952
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(1953 SEP) BEYOND {ill. by Barth}
(1980) THE GOLDEN MAN {Ed.: Hurst} Berkley, pb, 04288
(1987) BEYOND LIES THE WUB/THE SHORT HAPPY LIFE OF THE BROWN OXFORD
(1988) MASTERPIECES OF FANTASY AND ENCHANTMENT {Ed.: Hartwell} SFBC, hb,
(1991) FAERIES {Ed.: Asimov, Greenberg, Waugh} Roc,
(1991) SPELLS OF ENCHANTMENT {Ed.: Zipes} Viking,
(1993) THE OXFORD BOOK OF MODERN FAIRY TALES {Ed.: Lurie} Oxford University Press, hb,
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""Joker" series "Ripol" Publishing House, Moscow, hb, ?, 1992, ?, ? (?) {tr. into Russian as "King of the Elves", a collection of short stories} |
THE GOLDEN MAN story notes by PKD
"The King of The Elves"
This story, of course, is fantasy, not sf. Originally it had a downbeat ending on it, but Horace Gold, the editor who bought it, carefully explained to me that prophecy always came true; if it didn't ipso facto it wasn't prophecy. I guess, then, there can be no such thing as a false prophet; "false prophet" is an oxymoron. (PKD>1978)
TTHC 210: {...} The title of Goethe's ballad "Erlkonig" is echoed in Dick's short story "The King of The Elves."