Synopsis
A group of scientists head into the Congo in search of a prehistoric snake, larger than any anaconda.
History
First publication: The Cleveland News, 1949
Review
This was written when Ellison was 15 years old. It reads like it. Actually it seems very similar to the stories I wrote as a teenager. If I had kept writing maybe I could have been as good as Ellison? Probably not, b ut this story really doesn’t show you where he would be as a mature writer. It’s of interest only to somebody who wants an insight into the author when he was still just a kid.
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective, hardcover, The Nemo Press / SFBC, 1988-10-00
The Essential Ellison: A 50-Year Retrospective, trade paperback, Morpheus International, 2001-05-00
