"The Song the Zombie Sang"
by Harlan Ellison and Robert Silverberg
Form: Short story
Year: 1970
ID: 1084
Publication history:
- 1970: Cosmopolitan December 1970, Magazine
- 1971: Partners in Wonder, Walker Mass market paperback
- 1973: Earth's Other Shadow, Signet Mass market paperback, 207 pp.
- 1975: Earth's Other Shadow, Signet Mass market paperback
- 1977: Earth's Other Shadow, Millington Hard cover book
- 1978: Earth's Other Shadow, Panther Mass market paperback, 222 pp.
- 1987: The Essential Ellison, Nemo Hard cover book
- 2001: The Essential Ellison: A 50-Year Retrospective, Morpheus Hard cover book
Other resources:
[None on record]
Comments:
The central idea of this story is the reanimation of the dead, but it's a very different scenario from
. In life, Bekh was one of the greatest musicians of all time, and now that he is dead, concert promoters revive him for a few hours at a time to perform for the living.