"On the Edge"
| Title | "On the Edge" |
| Year for Search | 2011 |
| Authors | Benford, Gregory [Albert](b. 1941) |
| Secondary Authors | Resnick, Mike [Michael Diamond](1942-2020), and Ian, Janis(b. 1951) |
| Secondary Title | Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian |
| Pagination | 46-64 |
| Date Published | 2011 |
| Publisher | DAW Books |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Satire in which major figures from the past, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Washington, Emma Goldman, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin are living in Los Angeles and interact, with Jefferson accompanied by Sally Hemings. They all believe that the revolution is about to begin. The story is based on a verse from Ian’s “Guess You Had to be There.” |
| Info Notes | The story is based on a verse from Ian’s “Guess You Had to be There.” |
| Holding Institutions | Public |
| Author Note | (b. 1941) |
| Full Text | 2011 Benford, Gregory [Albert] (b. 1941). “On the Edge.” Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian. Ed. Janis Ian and Mike [Michael Diamond] Resnick (New York: DAW Books, 2001), 46-64. Public Satire in which major figures from the past, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Washington, Emma Goldman, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin are living in Los Angeles and interact, with Jefferson accompanied by Sally Hemings. They all believe that the revolution is about to begin. The story is based on a verse from Ian’s “Guess You Had to be There.” |
