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Blood’s a Rover by Harlan Ellison (Subterranean Press, June 18, 2018, 978-1-59606-868-1, $40.00, 225pp, hc, co, cover by Richard Corben) [edited by Jason Davis]     Limited to 1500 copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($500). Details taken from online listing. 7 · From “A Boy and His Dog” to Blood’s a Rover: Nearly Fifty Years in the Post-Apocalyptic Wastes · Jason Davis · in 12 · Letter for Harlan Ellison, June 2, 1980 · Chad Oliver · lt 15 · From the History of the World as Blood Tells It [Vic & Blood] · Harlan Ellison · vi Vic and Blood by Harlan Ellison & Richard Corben, NBM, 1989 17 · Eggsucker [Vic & Blood] · Harlan Ellison · nv Ariel, The Book of Fantasy v2, 1977 43 · A Boy and His Dog [Vic & Blood] · Harlan Ellison · nv New Worlds #189, April 1969 95 · Run, Spot, Run [Vic & Blood] · Harlan Ellison · ss Mediascene Preview September/October 1980 113 · Blood’s a Rover [Vic & Blood] · Harlan Ellison · pl this is a modified version of the final 2/3rds of the first draft of the unproduced teleplay. 227 · Chronology of Books by Harlan Ellison 1958-2018 · [uncredited] · ms

Blood’s a Rover: The Complete Adventures of a Boy and His Dog (var. 1) by Harlan Ellison (Edgeworks Abbey, January 9, 2021, 978-1-946542-99-1, $20.00, 228pp, tp, co) [edited by Jason Davis]     Revised from the Subterranean Press (2018) edition with an expanded introduction and the addition of some related non-fiction by Ellison. A hardcover edition (-49-6) was announced but not seen. Details supplied by Scott Norris. 9 · Fifty Years in the Post-Apocalyptic Wastes · Jason Davis · in expanded from “From ‘A Boy and His Dog’ to Blood’s a Rover: Nearly Fifty Years in the Post-Apocalyptic Wastes”. 19 · Eggsucker [Vic & Blood] · Harlan Ellison · nv Ariel, The Book of Fantasy v2, 1977 37 · This Is a Conversation That Took Place on a Wednesday Night [Vic & Blood] · Harlan Ellison · vi Vic and Blood by Harlan Ellison & Richard Corben, NBM, 1989, as “From: The History of the World as Blood Tells It” 41 · A Boy and His Dog [Vic & Blood] · Harlan Ellison · nv New Worlds #189, April 1969 89 · Run, Spot, Run [Vic & Blood] · Harlan Ellison · ss Mediascene Preview September/October 1980 103 · Blood’s a Rover [Vic & Blood] · Harlan Ellison · pl Blood’s a Rover by Harlan Ellison, Subterranean Press, 2018 this is a modified version of the final 2/3rds of the first draft of the unproduced teleplay. 209 · Richard Corben · Harlan Ellison · ar Heavy Metal July 1981 211 · Story Commentary (1981-2003) · gp (r) _211 · Why I Wrote This Story · Harlan Ellison · as Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic January 1981 _214 · Author’s Foreword to “A Boy and His Dog” · Harlan Ellison · is The Best of the Nebulas ed. Ben Bova, Tor, 1989 216 · After Vic & Blood, Some Afterthoughts as Afterword · Harlan Ellison · aw Vic and Blood by Harlan Ellison & Richard Corben, NBM, 1989 219 · Latest Breaking News: The Kid and the Pooch · Harlan Ellison · in Vic and Blood (var. 1) by Richard Corben & Harlan Ellison, ibooks, 2003

The Book of Ellison by Harlan Ellison (Algol Press, 1978, 0-916186-07-5, $15.00, 192pp, hc, co) [edited by Andrew Porter]     Reissue (Algol Press 1978) collection of articles on, or about, Harlan Ellison, edited by Andrew Porter. 7 · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in Harlan Ellison: A Bibliographical Checklist by Leslie Kay Swigart, Williams Publishing Co., 1973; slightly revised. 10 · The Book About Ellison 11 · Essence of Ellison · Lee Hoffman · ar Algol #12, March 1967, as “Harlan Ellison” 15 · Harlan Ellison · Ted White · ar Algol #12, March 1967 23 · The Jet-Propelled Birdbath · Robert Silverberg · ar Algol #12, March 1967 29 · 7000 More Words About Harlan Ellison · David Gerrold · ar 45 · Harlan Ellison and the Formula Story · Joseph Patrouch, Jr. · ar 67 · Ellison on Ellison · Harlan Ellison · ar 1973 Lunacon Program Book, Lunacon, 1973 79 · The Book by Ellison 81 · School for Apprentice Sorcerers · Harlan Ellison · ar 1969 World Science Fiction Convention Programme Book, 1969 89 · Getting Stiffed · Harlan Ellison · ar Los Angeles Free Press November 30 1972 101 · A Time for Daring · Harlan Ellison; edited by Ted White · ar Algol #12, March 1967 speech given by Ellison at Westercon XIX on 4 July 1966. 117 · A Voice from the Styx · Harlan Ellison · cl Psychotic #23, January 1968 126 · A Voice from the Styx · Harlan Ellison · cl Psychotic #27, September 1968 141 · The Whore with a Heart of Iron Pyrites: or, Where Does a Writer Go to Find a Maggie? · Harlan Ellison · ar Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Mentor, 1973 155 · Voe Doe Dee Oh Doe · Harlan Ellison · ar 1977 World Science Fiction Convention Programme Book, 1977 167 · Hardcover · Harlan Ellison · ar Inside #9, May 1955 171 · A Walk Around the Block · Harlan Ellison · ar Abstract May 1955 177 · Harlan Ellison: A Nonfiction Checklist · Leslie Kay Swigart · bi

Brain Movies by Harlan Ellison (Edgeworks Abbey, 2011, 978-0-9836223-1-4, $39.99, 438pp, tp, oc, cover by Iain McCaig)     Also available as a “Babylonian Limited Edition” signed by Harlan Ellison and J. Michael Straczynski and containing 17 pages of additional material (voiceover scripts and a writer’s guide) written by Ellison as conceptual consultant on Babylon 5. Details supplied by Scott Norris. 1 · Touching Magic · J. Michael Straczynski · in 7 · Memos from Purgatory · Harlan Ellison · pl first broadcast as an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour on December 21, 1964. 157 · Soldier · Harlan Ellison · pl From the Land of Fear by Harlan Ellison, Belmont, 1967 first broadcast as an episode of The Outer Limits on September 19, 1964. 225 · Demon with a Glass Hand [Kyben] · Harlan Ellison · pl first broadcast as an episode of The Outer Limits on October 17, 1964. 293 · Paladin of the Lost Hour: Original Outline · Harlan Ellison · uw 301 · Paladin of the Lost Hour · Harlan Ellison · pl first broadcast as an episode of The Twilight Zone on November 8, 1985. 341 · Crazy as a Soup Sandwich · Harlan Ellison · pl Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #3, Spring 1989 first broadcast as an episode of The Twilight Zone on April 1, 1989. 385 · The Face of Helene Bournouw · Harlan Ellison · pl first broadcast as an episode of The Hunger on February 27, 1998.

Brain Movies Two by Harlan Ellison (Edgeworks Abbey, 2011, 978-0-9836223-2-1, $39.99, 476pp, tp, oc, cover by Jill Bauman)     Details supplied by Scott Norris. 1 · Introduction · Patton Oswalt · in 5 · Killing Bernstein · Harlan Ellison · pl Screamplays ed. Richard Chizmar & Martin H. Greenberg, Del Rey, 1997 unproduced teleplay originally intended for the short-lived ABC anthology series Darkroom. adapted from the story of the same name (Mystery Monthly, June 1976). 55 · Deeper Than the Darkness · Harlan Ellison · pl first broadcast as “Knife in the Darkness” as an episode of Cimarron Strip on January 25, 1968. 165 · Mealtime · Harlan Ellison · pl first broadcast as “The Price of Doom” as an episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea on October 12, 1964. 249 · The Sort of Do-It-Yourself Affair [U.N.C.L.E.] · Harlan Ellison · pl first broadcast as an episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. on September 23, 1966. 321 · The Pieces of Fate Affair [U.N.C.L.E.] · Harlan Ellison · pl first broadcast as an episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. on February 24, 1967. 399 · Phoenix Without Ashes · Harlan Ellison · pl Faster Than Light ed. Jack M. Dann & George Zebrowski, Harper & Row, 1976 first broadcast as “Voyage of Discovery” as the pilot episode of The Starlost on September 22, 1973.

Brain Movies Three by Harlan Ellison (Edgeworks Abbey, November 14, 2013, 978-0-9895257-0-1, $39.99, 330pp, tp, oc, cover by Michael Whelan)     Details supplied by Scott Norris. 1 · Who Killed Alex Debbs? · Harlan Ellison · pl first broadcast as an episode of Burke’s Law on October 25, 1963. 83 · The Queer File · Harlan Ellison · uw abandoned short story and preliminary outline that Ellison adapted into “The Demon with a Glass Hand”. 91 · Obituary for an Instant · Harlan Ellison · uw first three chapters of a novel expanded from “The Queer File”. 115 · Demon with a Glass Hand [Kyben] · Harlan Ellison · uw treatment for the teleplay. 125 · The Ship That Kills · Harlan Ellison · uw original storyline for The Manhunter that was extensively re-written by another writer. 149 · Cutter’s World [Kyben] · Harlan Ellison · pl unproduced two-hour 1987 pilot for a Western-tinged science fiction series for CBS.

Brain Movies Four by Harlan Ellison (Edgeworks Abbey, November 14, 2013, 978-0-9895257-1-8, $39.99, 348pp, tp, oc, cover by Jason Davis & Bo Nash, after Leo Dillo & /A>, Diane Dillon)     Details supplied by Scott Norris. 1 · Who Killed Purity Mather? · Harlan Ellison · pl first broadcast as an episode of Burke’s Law on December 6, 1963. 86 · Jeffrey’s Being Quiet · Harlan Ellison · pl unproduced teleplay for The Sixth Sense. 139 · Something You Should Know About Mike Polchik · Harlan Ellison · ar; supplementary characterization for “Brillo”. 145 · Brillo (first draft) · Harlan Ellison · uw 277 · [concept art for the Brillo robot] · Frank Kelly Freas · il 301 · Brillo (final draft) · Harlan Ellison · uw unproduced teleplay for a two-hour ABC pilot based on Ellison and Ben Bova’s short story of the same name. 413 · Funny Money · Harlan Ellison · pl a further adventure for Brillo and his human partner, Mike Polchik, plotted by Ellison and Bova.

Brain Movies Five by Harlan Ellison (Edgeworks Abbey, November 14, 2013, 978-0-9836223-9-0, $49.99, 400pp, tp, oc)     Details supplied by Scott Norris. 1 · Where Do the Elephants Go to Die? · Harlan Ellison · pl first broadcast as an episode of Ripcord in 1963. 53 · Who Killed Andy Zygmunt? · Harlan Ellison · pl first broadcast as an episode of Burke’s Law on March 13, 1964. 159 · The Duel to the Death Raid · Harlan Ellison · pl unproduced teleplay for World War II action series The Rat Patrol. 193 · The Salamander Enchantment · Harlan Ellison · pl; contains both the first draft (pp. 193-289) and the revised first draft (pp. 290-356). unfilmed pilot for The Dark Forces, an unproduced fantasy series for NBC. 245 · The Two-Way Crimes of Two-Face · Harlan Ellison · uw treatment for an unproduced teleplay for ABC’s Batman series. 357 · Crypt · Harlan Ellison · uw outline for an episode of Logan’s Run broadcast on November 7, 1977.

Brain Movies Six by Harlan Ellison (Edgeworks Abbey, September 27, 2014, 978-0-9895257-6-3, $49.99, 252pp, tp, oc)     Details supplied by Scott Norris. 1 · Who Killed ½ of Glory Lee? · Harlan Ellison · pl first broadcast as an episode of Burke’s Law on May 8, 1964. 91 · Honey Goes Ape! · Harlan Ellison · pl unproduced teleplay for Honey West. 133 · You Can’t Get There from Here · Harlan Ellison · pl first broadcast as an episode of The Flying Nun on April 11, 1968. 187 · Two from Nowhere · Harlan Ellison · uw an unproduced network television treatment from the late 1970s. 227 · Gnomebody · Harlan Ellison · pl unproduced teleplay for The Twilight Zone. 237 · Love Amid the Ruins · Harlan Ellison · uw premise for an unproduced teleplay for The Twilight Zone.

Brain Movies Seven by Harlan Ellison (Edgeworks Abbey, June 1, 2016, 978-1-946542-01-4, $49.99, 185pp, tp, oc)     Details supplied by Scott Norris. 1 · Esper · Harlan Ellison · pl a detailed treatment written in 1968 for a TV movie intended to spawn a series. 73 · The Tigers Are Loose · Harlan Ellison · pl teleplay for an unproduced 1975 movie-of-the-week. 221 · Rumble · Harlan Ellison · uw; only available in the first edition of the book. unfinished screenplay adaptation of Web of the City written for American-International Pictures in 1963 as a Frankie Avalon/Annette Funicello vehicle.

Brain Movies Eight by Harlan Ellison (Edgeworks Abbey, February 4, 2019, 978-1-946542-06-9, $49.99, 256pp, tp, oc)     Details supplied by Scott Norris. 1 · Man Without Time · Harlan Ellison · pl unproduced teleplay sold to NBC in 1969, and to have starred Leonard Nimoy as a time traveler sent from a war-ravaged future to alter the present day. 67 · Striking Flintlock · Harlan Ellison · is 69 · Flintlock · Harlan Ellison · pl The Essential Ellison by Harlan Ellison, Nemo Press, 1987 153 · Dark Destroyer · Harlan Ellison · pl unproduced supernatural thriller for producer-director Dan Curtis.

Brain Movies Presents Blood’s a Rover by Harlan Ellison (Edgeworks Abbey, February 4, 2019, 978-1-946542-07-6, $40.00, 289pp, tp, oc, cover by Bo Nash)     Details supplied by Scott Norris. 1 · Huck and Tom: The Bizarre Liaison of Ellison and Jones · Harlan Ellison · ar 9 · A Boy and His Dog · Harlan Ellison · pl aborted screenplay adaptation of “A Boy and His Dog”. 27 · Blood’s a Rover: First Draft · Harlan Ellison · pl; a modified version of the final 2/3rds of this draft were previously published in Blood’s a Rover (Subterranean Press, June 2018). 147 · Blood’s a Rover: Final Draft · Harlan Ellison · pl

Bugf#ck: The Useless Wit & Wisdom of Harlan Ellison by Harlan Ellison (Spectrum Fantastic Art, November 2011, 978-1-59929-061-4, $10.00, 128pp, hc, nf, cover by Christer Akerberg) [edited by Arnie Fenner]     Non-fiction, a mini-hardcover collection of pithy remarks and quotes from Ellison’s work, interspersed with b&w photos of Ellison. Edited and with an introduction by Arnie Fenner. Includes a bibliography of Ellison’s works. 7 · H Is for Harlan · Arnie Fenner · in

Can & Can’tankerous by Harlan Ellison (Subterranean Press, December 2015, 978-1-59606-751-6, $45.00, 236pp, hc, co)     Collection of ten previously uncollected stories, with comments by Ellison. Also available in a signed edition, limited to 324 numbered, slipcased and 24 numbered, traycased, copies, bound in leather, with over 100 pages of bonus material including written-decades-earlier versions of two stories, and alternate takes of two others. 13 · How Interesting: A Tiny Man · Harlan Ellison · ss Realms of Fantasy February 2010 27 · Never Send to Know for Whom the Lettuce Wilts · Harlan Ellison · nv Troublemakers by Harlan Ellison, ibooks, 2001 53 · Objects of Desire in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1999 73 · Introduction to “Loose Cannon” · Neil Gaiman · is Amazing Stories September 2004, as “Harlan Ellison’s Loose Cannon: An Introduction” 77 · Loose Cannon, or Rubber Duckies from Space · Harlan Ellison · vi Amazing Stories September 2004 85 · From A to Z in the Sarsaparilla Alphabet · Harlan Ellison · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2001 119 · Weariness · Harlan Ellison · ss Shadow Show ed. Sam Weller & Mort Castle, Morrow, 2012 137 · The Toad Prince or, Sex Queen of the Martian Pleasure-Domes · Harlan Ellison · nv Amazing Stories #600, 2000 185 · Incognita, Inc. · Harlan Ellison · ss Hemispheres January 2001 201 · Goodbye to All That · Harlan Ellison · nv McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books, 2003 223 · He Who Grew Up Reading Sherlock Holmes · Harlan Ellison · ss Subterranean (online) Summer 2014 239 · Who Wilts the Lettuce? · Harlan Ellison · nv Amazing Stories September 1956, as “But Who Wilts the Lettuce?” by Ellis Hart; the original 1957 typescript; only in limited edition. 263 · Blonde Cargo · Harlan Ellison · nv Amazing Stories #600, 2000, as “The Toad Prince or, Sex Queen of the Martian Pleasure-Domes”; the original 1958 typescript; only in limited edition. 325 · Weariness · Harlan Ellison · ss Shadow Show ed. Sam Weller & Mort Castle, Morrow, 2012; the original 2005 typescript; only in limited edition. 327 · Sensible City · Harlan Ellison · ss The Dead That Walk ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2009; the 2009 revised version; only in limited edition. revised from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Oct/Nov ’94.