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Honorable Whoredom at a Penny a Word by Harlan Ellison (Edgeworks Abbey, November 13, 2013, 978-0-9895257-2-5, $49.99, 222pp, tp, co)     Collection of fourteen Harlan Ellison tales from the first dozen years of his career, all previously uncollected and 2 previously unpublished. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Is a Purveyor of Literary Whoredom a Publishing Pimp? · Jason Davis · in 7 · Burn My Killers · Harlan Ellison · nv Trapped Detective Story Magazine February 1957 33 · Death Climb · Harlan Ellison · ss True Men Stories February 1957 43 · The Golden Virgin [Jerry Killian] · Harlan Ellison · nv Crime and Justice Detective Story Magazine #3, January 1957 57 · Thrill Kill · Harlan Ellison · ss Trapped Detective Story Magazine October 1956, as “Homicidal Maniac” 65 · Saddle Tramp · Harlan Ellison · ss Adam Bedside Reader #24, 1966, as “Tramp” by Cordwainer Bird 75 · Riff · Harlan Ellison · ss Suspect Detective Stories June 1956, as “Riff Tune” 87 · Scum Town [Jerry Killian] · Harlan Ellison · nv Fast Action Detective and Mystery Stories August 1957 111 · Kill Joy · Harlan Ellison · ss Sure-Fire Detective Stories December 1957, as “Murder Makes a Pick Up!” by Jay Charby 119 · Girl at Gunpoint · Harlan Ellison · ss Adam Yearbook 1968, as by Jay Solo 127 · Can Opener · Harlan Ellison · nv Trapped Detective Story Magazine August 1956, as “Killer in the Can” 143 · Knife/Death · Harlan Ellison · ss Adam Bedside Reader #33, February 1968, as by Jay Solo 151 · They Killed My Kid! [Jerry Killian] · Harlan Ellison · ss Tightrope! April 1960 167 · The Final Movement · Harlan Ellison · ss 177 · Honor in the Dying (original version) · Harlan Ellison · ss 193 · The Honor in the Dying · Harlan Ellison · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine April 1960 203 · Mac’s Girl · Harlan Ellison · ss Nightcap v3 #1, 1963, as “The Big Needle” by Jay Solo

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison (Pyramid, April 1967, X-1611, 60¢, 175pp, pb, co, cover by Leo & Diane Dillon) 9 · The Mover, the Shaker · Theodore Sturgeon · in [Ref. Harlan Ellison] 13 · How Science Fiction Saved Me from a Life of Crime · Harlan Ellison · in 22 · I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream · Harlan Ellison · ss If March 1967 43 · Big Sam Was My Friend · Harlan Ellison · ss Science Fiction Adventures March 1958 64 · Eyes of Dust · Harlan Ellison · ss Rogue December 1959 75 · World of the Myth · Harlan Ellison · nv Knight August 1964 101 · Lonelyache · Harlan Ellison · ss Knight July 1964 127 · Delusion for a Dragon Slayer · Harlan Ellison · ss Knight September 1966 149 · Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes · Harlan Ellison · nv Knight May 1967

I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay by Harlan Ellison & Isaac Asimov (Warner Aspect, December 1994, 0-446-67062-6, $14.99, 275pp, tp, pl, cover by Mark Zug) [edited by Howard Zimmerman]     Screenplay for “the greatest science fiction movie never made,” with illustrations by Mark Zug. Packaged but not copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

The Illustrated Harlan Ellison by Harlan Ellison (Baronet Publishing Co., December 1978, 0-89437-038-3, $8.95, 96pp, lp, co, cover by Michael Whelan) [edited by Byron Preiss] · A Word from Harlan Ellison · Harlan Ellison · fw · Introduction · Byron Preiss · in · Deeper Than the Darkness [Kyben] · Harlan Ellison · nv Infinity Science Fiction April 1957; illustrated by Wayne McLouglin · Croatoan · Harlan Ellison · cs; illustrated by Alfredo Alcala · “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · Harlan Ellison · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1965; illustrated by Jim Steranko · The Discarded · Harlan Ellison · cs; illustrated by Tom Sutton · An Ellison Tapestry: Ellison on the Dillons · Harlan Ellison · pi; illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon · Glass Goblin · Harlan Ellison · cs; illustrated by William Stout; given as “Shattered Like a Glass Goblin” in the Table of Contents. · Riding the Dark Train Out · Harlan Ellison · ss Rogue May 1961; illustrated by Ralph Reese · I’m Looking for Kadak · Harlan Ellison · nv Wandering Stars ed. Jack M. Dann, Harper & Row, 1974; illustrated by Overton Loyd · Harlan Ellison’s Afterword · Harlan Ellison · aw

The Illustrated Harlan Ellison (var. 1) by Harlan Ellison (Ace Books, June 1980, 978-0-441-36516-6, $2.50, 192pp, pb, co, cover by Michael Whelan)     Abridged from the Baronet (1978) edition by the removal of one story (“Croatoan”). In addition, all the illustrations have been reproduced only in black & white. Details taken from online listing. 4 · “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · Harlan Ellison · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1965; illustrated by Jim Steranko 24 · Riding the Dark Train Out · Harlan Ellison · ss Rogue May 1961; illustrated by Ralph Reese 40 · The Discarded · Harlan Ellison · cs The Illustrated Harlan Ellison by Harlan Ellison, Baronet, 1978; illustrated by Tom Sutton 80 · Deeper Than the Darkness [Kyben] · Harlan Ellison · nv Infinity Science Fiction April 1957; illustrated by Wayne McLoughlin 112 · Glass Goblin · Harlan Ellison · cs The Illustrated Harlan Ellison by Harlan Ellison, Baronet, 1978; illustrated by William Stout; given as “Shattered Like a Glass Goblin” in the Table of Contents. 145 · An Ellison Tapestry: Ellison on the Dillons · Harlan Ellison · pi The Illustrated Harlan Ellison by Harlan Ellison, Baronet, 1978; illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon 160 · I’m Looking for Kadak · Harlan Ellison · nv Wandering Stars ed. Jack M. Dann, Harper & Row, 1974; illustrated by Overton Loyd 186 · A Word from Harlan Ellison · Harlan Ellison · fw The Illustrated Harlan Ellison by Harlan Ellison, Baronet, 1978

Jokes Without Punchlines by Harlan Ellison (White Wolf, June 3, 1995, ph, co)     Limited-edition chapbook published for the 1995 American Booksellers Association convention in Chicago to promote White Wolf’s upcoming Edgeworks series. Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Harlan Ellison · in · Sensible City · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1994 · The Cheese Stands Alone · Harlan Ellison · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic March 1982 · How to Make Life Interesting · Harlan Ellison · ar L.A. Weekly February 19/February 25 1982

The Juvies by Harlan Ellison (Ace, 1961, D-513, 35¢, 189pp, pb, co) 7 · Ten Weeks in Hell · Harlan Ellison · in 27 · No Way Out · Harlan Ellison · nv Guilty Detective Story Magazine September 1957, as “Gutter Gang” 51 · Matinee Idyll · Harlan Ellison · ss Trapped Detective Story Magazine December 1958, as “Rock and Roll—and Murder” 63 · No Game for Children · Harlan Ellison · ss Rogue May 1959 79 · The Rough Boys · Harlan Ellison · ss Guilty Detective Story Magazine November 1956 91 · A Tiger at Nightfall · Harlan Ellison · ss Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine September 1961, as “A Corpse Can Hate” 104 · School for Killers · Harlan Ellison · nv Guilty Detective Story Magazine January 1957, as “High School Kid Gang” 129 · Memory of a Muted Trumpet · Harlan Ellison · ss Rogue March 1960 138 · Stand Still and Die! · Harlan Ellison · nv Guilty Detective Story Magazine September 1956 166 · Gang Girl · Harlan Ellison · ss Terror Detective Story Magazine #3, February 1957

The Last Person to Marry a Duck Lived 300 Years Ago by Harlan Ellison (Edgeworks Abbey, June 1, 2016, 978-0-9895257-8-7, 250pp, tp, co, cover: [photo of Harlan Ellison] by Steven Barber) [edited by Jason Davis]     Collection of four complete columns (“Ask Uncle Harlan”, “The Streets”, “The Pitch”, and “I Had a Thought Today…)” plus 21 one-off essays, two previously unpublished. Details taken from publisher website. · Infamy, Infamy, They’ve All Got It in Fa Me · Harlan Ellison · ar · Ask Uncle Harlan _ · Ask Uncle Harlan: 1991 Introduction to Installment 1 · Harlan Ellison · is Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine October 25 1991, as “New Introduction to “Ask Uncle Harlan”” _ · Ask Uncle Harlan: Installment 1: 5 August 1989 · Harlan Ellison · ar Short Form v2 #2, August 1989 _ · Ask Uncle Harlan: 1991 Introduction to Installment 2 · Harlan Ellison · is Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine June 1992, as “New Introduction to “Ask Uncle Harlan”” _ · Ask Uncle Harlan: Installment 2: 27 September 1989 · Harlan Ellison · ar Short Form v2 #3, October 1989 _ · Ask Uncle Harlan: 1991 Introduction to Installment 3 · Harlan Ellison · is Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine August 1992, as “New Introduction to “Ask Uncle Harlan”” _ · Ask Uncle Harlan: Installment 3: 19 December 1989 · Harlan Ellison · ar Short Form v2 #4, February 1990 _ · Ask Uncle Harlan: Installment 4: 28 June 1990 · Harlan Ellison · ar Short Form v2 #5, September 1990 · An Accomplice of Liars & Forgers · Harlan Ellison · ar Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine October 25 1991 · Strangers in a Strange Land · Harlan Ellison · ar Newsweek April 7 1997 · Struggling for Interior Logic · Harlan Ellison · ar Variety (online) November 2 1997, as “Millennial Madness Makes Paranoia Palatable” · The Brides of Sheckenstein · Harlan Ellison · in The Collected Short Stories of Robert Sheckley Book Three by Robert Sheckley, Pulphouse, 1991 · I, Felon · Harlan Ellison · in Pulp Fiction: The Villains ed. Otto Penzler, Quercus, 2007 · Out of Space and Time · Harlan Ellison · ar Horror: 100 Best Books ed. Stephen Jones & Kim Newman, Xanadu, 1988 [Ref. Clark Ashton Smith] · Tolerable Terror or, To Read Him Is to Fear Him · Harlan Ellison · in Shadows of Death by H. P. Lovecraft, Del Rey, 2005 · The Streets _ · The Road You Walk Is Thorny, My Son · Harlan Ellison · ar; unused original debut column. _ · The Streets: Installment 1: 19 July 1990 · Harlan Ellison · ar Buzz v1 #1, October/November 1990, as “He’s Back” _ · The Streets: Installment 2: 25 September 1990 · Harlan Ellison · ar Buzz 1991 _ · The Streets: Installment 3: 23 July 1991 · Harlan Ellison · ar Buzz v2 #2, September/October 1991, as “Getting Rid of Gates” · T’anks but No Tokes · Harlan Ellison · ar (r) · Abiding with Sturgeon: Mistral in the Bijou · Harlan Ellison · ar Interzone #210, June 2007 [Ref. Theodore Sturgeon] · An Untitled, yet Antagonistic, Essay of Approximately 2700 Contumelious but Logical Words · Harlan Ellison · ar · Arthur ’n’ Me · Harlan Ellison · ar The Skeptical Inquirer v32 #4, July/August 2008 · The Pitch _ · The Pitch: Installment 1: It Goes in Neat, but It Comes Out… · Harlan Ellison · ar (r) _ · The Pitch: Installment 2: …but It Comes Out Spinning, Like a Flying Saucer · Harlan Ellison · ar (r) · The Queen of Guilty Pleasures · Harlan Ellison · in The Betty Pages Annual, Black Cat Books, 1991 · An Open Letter to Outré and Its Editors: J’Accuse · Harlan Ellison · ar (r) · He Speaks, and the Angels Sing · Harlan Ellison · ar (r) · But I Digress… · Harlan Ellison · in But I Digress by Peter David, Krause Publications, 1994 · The Misty Forward · Harlan Ellison · ar · Ellison’s Folly or, Horrors of the House of Glass · Harlan Ellison · ar (r) · The Soul of Solomon: What Is, Is; Sometimes, Perhaps, What Ain’t, Shouldn’t Be · Harlan Ellison · ar The Green Hornet Chronicles ed. Joe Gentile & Win Scott Eckert, Moonstone, 2010; partly an except from an unfinished story and partly an essay on crossover fiction. · I Had a Thought Today… _ · I Had a Thought Today…: Installment 1: 14 November 2013 · Harlan Ellison · cl Jamais Vu #1, Winter 2014 _ · I Had a Thought Today…: Installment 2: 18 March 2009 · Harlan Ellison · cl Jamais Vu #2, Spring 2014 _ · I Had a Thought Today…: Installment 3: 2 May 2009/12 March 2012 · Harlan Ellison · cl Jamais Vu #3, Summer/Autumn 2014 _ · I Had a Thought Today…: Substitute Installment: 29 March 2009 · Harlan Ellison · cl (r) · The Captain of Fate · Harlan Ellison · ar 2003 first published to promote The Butterfly Effect on www.butterflyeffectmovie.com. · Terrorists · Harlan Ellison · ar Free Inquiry Fall 2002

The Last Person to Marry a Duck Lived 300 Years Ago (var. 1) by Harlan Ellison (Edgeworks Abbey, July 6, 2020, 978-1-946542-00-7, $20.00, 152pp, tp, co, cover: [photo of Harlan Ellison] by Steven Barber) [edited by Jason Davis]     Abridged from the 2016 edition to include only the standalone essays; the four columns (“Ask Uncle Harlan”, “The Streets”, “The Pitch”, and “I Had a Thought Today…)” having been moved to Ask Uncle Harlan. Details taken from publisher website. · Infamy, Infamy, They’ve All Got It in Fa Me · Harlan Ellison · ar The Last Person to Marry a Duck Lived 300 Years Ago by Harlan Ellison, Edgeworks Abbey, 2016 · An Accomplice of Liars & Forgers · Harlan Ellison · ar Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine October 25 1991 · Strangers in a Strange Land · Harlan Ellison · ar Newsweek April 7 1997 · Struggling for Interior Logic · Harlan Ellison · ar Variety (online) November 2 1997, as “Millennial Madness Makes Paranoia Palatable” · The Brides of Sheckenstein · Harlan Ellison · in The Collected Short Stories of Robert Sheckley Book Three by Robert Sheckley, Pulphouse, 1991 · I, Felon · Harlan Ellison · in Pulp Fiction: The Villains ed. Otto Penzler, Quercus, 2007 · Out of Space and Time · Harlan Ellison · ar Horror: 100 Best Books ed. Stephen Jones & Kim Newman, Xanadu, 1988 [Ref. Clark Ashton Smith] · Tolerable Terror or, To Read Him Is to Fear Him · Harlan Ellison · in Shadows of Death by H. P. Lovecraft, Del Rey, 2005 · T’anks but No Tokes · Harlan Ellison · ar (r) · Abiding with Sturgeon: Mistral in the Bijou · Harlan Ellison · ar Interzone #210, June 2007 [Ref. Theodore Sturgeon] · An Untitled, yet Antagonistic, Essay of Approximately 2700 Contumelious but Logical Words · Harlan Ellison · ar The Last Person to Marry a Duck Lived 300 Years Ago by Harlan Ellison, Edgeworks Abbey, 2016 · Arthur ’n’ Me · Harlan Ellison · ar The Skeptical Inquirer July/August 2008 · The Queen of Guilty Pleasures · Harlan Ellison · in The Betty Pages Annual, Black Cat Books, 1991 · An Open Letter to Outré and Its Editors: J’Accuse · Harlan Ellison · ar (r) · He Speaks, and the Angels Sing · Harlan Ellison · ar (r) · The Misty Forward · Harlan Ellison · ar The Last Person to Marry a Duck Lived 300 Years Ago by Harlan Ellison, Edgeworks Abbey, 2016 · Ellison’s Folly or, Horrors of the House of Glass · Harlan Ellison · ar (r) · The Soul of Solomon: What Is, Is; Sometimes, Perhaps, What Ain’t, Shouldn’t Be · Harlan Ellison · ar The Green Hornet Chronicles ed. Joe Gentile & Win Scott Eckert, Moonstone, 2010 · The Captain of Fate · Harlan Ellison · ar 2003 first published to promote The Butterfly Effect on www.butterflyeffectmovie.com. · Terrorists · Harlan Ellison · ar Free Inquiry Fall 2002

Li’l Harlan and His Sidekick Carl the Comet in Danger Land by Harlan Ellison (Subterranean Press, December 2013, 978-1-59606-530-7, $15.00, 22pp, ph, nf, cover by Gahan Wilson)     Chapbook autobiographical story of an adventure Ellison had with Carl Sagan at a convention. Illustrated by Gahan Wilson. This is a limited edition of 750; a hardcover signed lettered edition of 52 is also available.

Love Ain’t Nothing but Sex Misspelled by Harlan Ellison (Trident, 1968, $5.95, 382pp, hc, co, cover by Leo & Diane Dillon) · Motherhood, Apple Pie and the American Way · Harlan Ellison · in 13 · Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes · Harlan Ellison · nv Knight May 1967 32 · The Night of Delicate Terrors · Harlan Ellison · ss The Paper: A Chicago Weekly April 8 1961 40 · What I Did on My Vacation This Summer by Little Bobby Hirschhorn, Age 27 · Harlan Ellison · ss Knight November 1964 56 · Neither Your Jenny nor Mine · Harlan Ellison · nv Knight April 1964 93 · Final Shtick · Harlan Ellison · ss Rogue August 1960 103 · O Ye of Little Faith · Harlan Ellison · ss Knight September 1968 111 · Blind Bird, Blind Bird, Go Away from Me! · Harlan Ellison · ss Knight July 1963 130 · Riding the Dark Train Out · Harlan Ellison · ss Rogue May 1961 139 · Delusion for a Dragon Slayer · Harlan Ellison · ss Knight September 1966 152 · Daniel White for the Greater Good · Harlan Ellison · ss Rogue March 1961 163 · Lonelyache · Harlan Ellison · ss Knight July 1964 181 · The Universe of Robert Blake · Harlan Ellison · ss Rogue June 1962, as “Robert Blake’s Universe” 186 · Mona at Her Windows · Harlan Ellison · ss Rogue June 1962 190 · G.B.K.—A Many Flavored Bird · Harlan Ellison · ss Rogue June 1962 199 · The Face of Helene Bournouw · Harlan Ellison · ss Collage October 1960 208 · The Resurgence of Miss Ankle-Strap Wedgie · Harlan Ellison · na 287 · Ernest and the Machine God · Harlan Ellison · nv Knight January 1968 304 · Battle Without Banners · Harlan Ellison · ss Taboo, New Classics House, 1964 316 · Punky & the Yale Men · Harlan Ellison · nv Knight January 1966 342 · A Path Through the Darkness · Harlan Ellison · nv Fling January 1963 354 · A Prayer for No One’s Enemy · Harlan Ellison · nv Cad March 1966 373 · All the Sounds of Fear · Harlan Ellison · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine (UK) July 1962