A Toy for Juliette

A Toy for Juliette
A Toy for Juliette
by 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
Chronology
← Preceded by; —	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

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

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".

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

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[Routledge-1] The Routledge Concise History of Science Fiction, by Mark Bould and Sherryl Vint; published February 28, 2011, by Routledge

[SFF-2] Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison, reviewed at SFFWorld; published February 27, 2012; retrieved October 13, 2017

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v t e Robert Bloch
Novels	Psycho American Gothic Psycho II Night of the Ripper Psycho House
Short story collections	The Opener of the Way Pleasant Dreams: Nightmares The Early Fears Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies
Short stories	"That Hell-Bound Train" "The Shambler from the Stars" "A Toy for Juliette"
Screenplays	The Couch The Cabinet of Caligari Strait-Jacket The Night Walker The Skull The Psychopath Torture Garden The Deadly Bees The House That Dripped Blood Asylum
Teleplays	"What Are Little Girls Made Of?" "Wolf in the Fold" "Catspaw" "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" The Cat Creature The Dead Don't Die The Return of Captain Nemo
Adaptations	Psycho (1960) Psycho (1998) Bates Motel (2013–2017)
Anthologies edited	Robert Bloch's Psychos
Related Articles	De Vermis Mysteriis "Out of the Aeons" The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World Star vampire

A Toy for Juliette

Contents

Plot

Reception

Sequel

See also

References

External links

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