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Here's a brief sordid history of toys-of-the-year: Fisticuffs have erupted over Cabbage Patch Kids; Tickle-Me-Elmos have been stockpiled and scalped for bank-breaking prices; Beanie Baby counterfeiters have taken rubes to the cleaners; and this year's toy-of-the-year--Furby--is already sold out of several chains and is being auctioned off on eBay for up to $200 apiece
The two most successful stories here, "That I Had the Wings" and "Flying Home," are less self-conscious than "A Coupla Scalped Indians."
Among other things, I learned that what a middle-aged college professor thinks of as down-to-earth examples of economics in action might not always sound quite so down to earth to the ordinary college freshman, and that I had to have more examples the clientele could relate to--which means, in particular, sports . One focus group member suggested that the market for "scalped" sports tickets was a good example of supply and demand in action.
Of the notable stories in this collection, "A Coupla Scalped Indians," published in 1956 and possibly a fragment for a new novel, is the biggest disappointment, since it is the latest Ellison work here.