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Ariel, The Book of Fantasy (v3, 1978) ed. Thomas Durwood (Ariel Books/Ballantine; Kansas City, MO 0-345-27617-5, Apr ’78, $6.95, 96pp+, large tp, cover by Barry Windsor-Smith)

6 · The Last Enchantment [Elric] · Michael Moorcock · ss *
16 · Jim Crocker, Prince of Atlantis · Peter Jackson · ar *
18 · Musings · Robert E. Howard · pm Witchcraft & Sorcery Jan/Feb ’71
20 · A Visit with Frank Herbert · Paul Williams · ar *
24 · The Halls of the Frost Giants · Alexander Heart · ss *
36 · Barry Windsor-Smith · Misc. · iv * [Barry Windsor-Smith]
46 · East of the Sun · David James · ss *
54 · The Awakening · John James Praetorius · ss *
62 · The Maiden and the Dragon · Bruce Jones · vi *
64 · Dark Horse Shadow · Roger Zelazny · pm Creatures of Light and Darkness, Roger Zelazny, 1969
67 · Thundershoon · Roger Zelazny · pm Creatures of Light and Darkness, Roger Zelazny, 1969
68 · Along the Scenic Route [adapted from “Dogfight on 101” by Harlan Ellison, Adam Aug ’69] · Harlan Ellison & Al Williamson · gs *
76 · The Night of Mozatlan · Michael Sollars & Peter Jackson · nv *
90 · Transfer of Power · Larry Niven · ss *
Ariel, The Book of Fantasy (v4, 1978) ed. Thomas Durwood (Ariel Books/Ballantine; Kansas City, MO 0-345-27829-1, Oct ’78, $7.95, 96pp+, large tp)

10 · Fathom 242 · Jerry Joseph · nv *
24 · Eggs of Hann · Chester Sullivan · ss *
28 · A Visit with Isaac Asimov · Charles Platt · ar *
32 · Rekindlement: Long Thoughts at Halloween · Ray Bradbury · pm Los Angeles Times Book Review Oct 30 ’77
34 · Surprise Visit · John Pocsik · vi *
36 · The Last Days of Arthur · Bob Shacochis · ss *
50 · John Berkey · Misc. · iv * [John Berkey]
64 · The Tower Bird · Jane Yolen · vi *
66 · The Night of the Niffelheim Dwarves · Alexander Theroux · pm *
68 · MRI · Geneva Zarr · ar *
70 · A Man and His Car · David James · vi *
74 · Michael Hague · Misc. · iv * [Michael Hague]
82 · The Amulet of AnkhRa · Wayne Stubbs · ss *
Masterpieces of Science Fiction ed. Thomas Durwood & Armand Eisen (Ariel, May ’78, large tp); Voyages Through Time and Space (illustrated).

· Introductions · Charles Platt · si
· Sunjammer · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Boys’ Life Mar ’64
· A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Colliers Jun 28 ’52
· I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream · Harlan Ellison · ss If Mar ’67
· Report on the Barnhouse Effect · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss Colliers Feb 11 ’50
· Misfit · Robert A. Heinlein · nv Astounding Nov ’39
· Seed Stock · Frank Herbert · ss Analog Apr ’70
· And the Sea Like Mirrors · Gregory Benford · ss Again, Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972
· Robbie [“Strange Playfellow”] · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Stories Sep ’40
Constellations ed. Malcolm Edwards (Gollancz, 1980, hc); Also in pb (Penguin 1983).

7 · Introduction · Malcolm Edwards · in
11 · Light of Other Days [Slow Glass] · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Aug ’66
20 · A Pail of Air · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Dec ’51
34 · Beyond Lies the Wub · Philip K. Dick · ss Planet Stories Jul ’52
42 · Let’s Go to Golgotha! · Garry Kilworth · ss Sunday Times Weekly Review Dec 15 ’74
54 · Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand [Snake] · Vonda N. McIntyre · nv Analog Oct ’73
75 · Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss F&SF Oct ’61
82 · Rescue Operation · Harry Harrison · ss Analog Dec ’64
97 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #2, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
116 · Mister Da V. · Kit Reed · ss Seventeen May ’62
129 · Billenium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Nov ’61
145 · The Store of the Worlds [“The World of Heart’s Desire”] · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy Sep ’59
152 · The Wind from the Sun [“Sunjammer”] · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Boys’ Life Mar ’64
172 · About the Authors · Misc. · bg
Dirty Tricks George Alec Effinger (Doubleday, 1978, hc)

· New New York New Orleans · ss The New Mind, Frontiers 2, ed. Roger Elwood, Macmillan, 1973
· Contentment, Satisfaction, Cheer, Well-Being, Gladness, Joy, Comfort, and Not Having to Get Up Early Any More · nv Future Power, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Random, 1976
· Strange Ragged Saintliness · ss *
· Heartstop · nv The Haunt of Horror May ’74
· Timmy Was Eight [as by Susan Doenim] · ss Fantastic Feb ’72
· Live, from Berchtesgaden · ss Orbit 10, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1972
· The Mothers’ March on Ecstasy · ss New Dimensions 5, ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1975
· B.K.A. The Master · ss F&SF Jul ’76
· Sand and Stones · ss Clarion II, ed. Robert Scott Wilson, Signet, 1972
· Chase Our Blues Away · ss New Dimensions 6, ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1976
· Contest Results · ms
Idle Pleasures George Alec Effinger (Berkley 0-425-05744-5, Jan ’83, $2.25, 197pp, pb)

· Naked to the Invisible Eye · nv Analog May ’73
· From Downtown at the Buzzer · nv F&SF Nov ’77
· The Exempt · nv Ascents of Wonder, ed. David Gerrold, Popular Library, 1977
· 25 Crunch Split Right on Two · nv F&SF Apr ’75
· The Pinch-Hitters · ss IASFM May ’79
· Breakaway · nv F&SF Jan ’81
· The Horse with One Leg · ss Worlds Far and Near, ed. Terry Carr, Nelson, 1974
· Heartstop · nv The Haunt of Horror May ’74
Communipath Worlds Suzette Haden Elgin (Pocket, Aug ’80, pb)

· The Communipaths [Coyote Jones] · n. New York: Ace, 1970
· Furthest [Coyote Jones] · n. New York: Ace, 1971
· At the Seventh Level [Coyote Jones] · n. New York: DAW, 1972
· For the Sake of Grace · nv F&SF May ’69
The Ozark Trilogy Suzette Haden Elgin (SFBC, Jan ’82, hc) [Ozark]

· Twelve Fair Kingdoms · n. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981
· The Grand Jubilee · n. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981
· And Then There’ll Be Fireworks · n. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981
The Deadly Streets Harlan Ellison (Ace, 1958, pb)

· Introduction: Some Sketches of the Damned · in
· I’ll Bet You a Death · ss Trapped Detective Story Magazine Dec ’56
· We Take Care of Our Dead · ss Guilty Detective Story Magazine May ’57
· Johnny Slice’s Stoolie [“I Never Squealed!”] · ss Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jul ’56
· Joy Ride · ss
· Buy Me That Blade [“Buy Me That Knife!”, as by Ellis Hart] · ss Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Dec ’57
· Kid Killer · ss Guilty Detective Story Magazine Mar ’57
· With a Knife in Her Hand · nv Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jan ’58
· Look Me in the Eye, Boy! [as by Ellis Hart] · ss Guilty Detective Story Magazine May ’57
· The Dead Shot · ss Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr ’57
· Made in Heaven [“The Big Rumble”, as by Ellis Hart] · ss Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug ’56
· Students of the Assassin · ss Hunted Detective Story Magazine Oct ’56
The Deadly Streets Harlan Ellison (Pyramid V3931, Sep ’75, $1.25, pb); Adds five stories to the Ace 1958 edition.

· New Introduction: Avoiding Dark Places · in
· Introduction: Some Sketches of the Damned · in
· Rat Hater · ss Manhunt Aug ’56
· I’ll Bet You a Death · ss Trapped Detective Story Magazine Dec ’56
· We Take Care of Our Dead · ss Guilty Detective Story Magazine May ’57
· The Man with the Golden Tongue · ss The Saint Detective Magazine (UK) Jun ’61
· Johnny Slice’s Stoolie [“I Never Squealed!”] · ss Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jul ’56
· Joy Ride · ss
· Buy Me That Blade [“Buy Me That Knife!”, as by Ellis Hart] · ss Sure-Fire Detective Magazine Dec ’57
· The Hippie-Slayer [as by Jay Solo] · ss Adam Bedside Reader Sep ’68
· Kid Killer · ss Guilty Detective Story Magazine Mar ’57
· With a Knife in Her Hand · nv Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jan ’58
· Sob Story [“He Disappeared!”, as by Sley Harson] · Harlan Ellison & Henry Slesar · ss Guilty Detective Story Magazine Mar ’57
· Look Me in the Eye, Boy! [as by Ellis Hart] · ss Guilty Detective Story Magazine May ’57
· The Dead Shot · ss Trapped Detective Story Magazine Apr ’57
· Ship-Shape Pay-Off [“Pay Up or Else”, as by Harlan Ellison] · Harlan Ellison & Robert Silverberg · ss Murder! Mar ’57
· Made in Heaven [“The Big Rumble”, as by Ellis Hart] · ss Trapped Detective Story Magazine Aug ’56
· Students of the Assassin · ss Hunted Detective Story Magazine Oct ’56
The Fantasies of Harlan Ellison Harlan Ellison (Gregg, Jun ’79, hc); Contains the revised contents of the following collections: Paingod and Other Delusions, 1975 edition and I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream.

· Foreword · Michael Moorcock · fw
· Introduction: Linch Pins and Turning Points · in
· Paingod and Other Delusions · co New York: Pyramid Mar ’75
· New Introduction: Your Basic Crown of Thorns · in
· Introduction to First Edition: Spero Meliora: From the Vicinity of Alienation · in
· Paingod · ss Fantastic Jun ’64
· “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · ss Galaxy Dec ’65
· The Crackpots [Kyben] · nv If Jun ’56
· Sleeping Dogs · ss Analog Oct ’74
· Bright Eyes · ss Fantastic Apr ’65
· The Discarded [“The Abnormals”] · ss Fantastic Apr ’59
· Wanted in Surgery · nv If Aug ’57
· Deeper Than the Darkness · nv Infinity Science Fiction Apr ’57
· I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream · co New York: Pyramid Apr ’67
· Introduction: The Mover, the Shaker · Theodore Sturgeon · in
· Foreword: How Science Fiction Saved Me from a Life of Crime · fw
· I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream · ss If Mar ’67
· Big Sam Was My Friend · ss Science Fiction Adventures Mar ’58
· Eyes of Dust · ss Rogue Dec ’59
· World of the Myth · nv Knight Aug ’64
· Lonelyache · ss Knight Jul ’64
· Delusion for a Dragon Slayer · ss Knight Sep ’66
· Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes · nv Knight May ’67
· Afterword · Robert Thurston · aw
Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation Harlan Ellison (Regency, Jun ’61, 50¢, 160pp, pb)

· Introduction · Frank M. Robinson · in
· Preface · pr
· Final Shtick · ss Rogue Aug ’60
· Gentleman Junkie · ss
· May We Also Speak? · gp Rogue Sep ’59; Now You’re In the Box!, ss; The Rocks of Gogroth, ss; Payment Returned, Unopened, ss; The Truth, ss
· Daniel White for the Greater Good · ss Rogue Mar ’61
· Lady Bug, Lady Bug · ss Rogue Jun ’61
· Free with This Box! · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Mar ’58
· There’s One on Every Campus · ss Rogue Nov ’59
· At the Mountains of Blindness · ss The Saint Detective Magazine (UK) Mar ’61
· This Is Jackie Spinning · ss Rogue Aug ’59
· No Game for Children · ss Rogue May ’59
· The Late, Great Arnie Draper · ss Adam Feb ’67
· High Dice · ss *
· Enter the Fanatic, Stage Center · ss *
· Someone Is Hungrier [as by Pat Roeder] · ss Rogue Mar ’60
· Memory of a Muted Trumpet · ss Rogue Mar ’60
· The Time of the Eye · ss The Saint Detective Magazine May ’59
· Sally in Our Alley · ss Knave Dec ’59
· The Silence of Infidelity · ss Caper May ’57
· Have Coolth · ss Rogue Jun ’59
· RFD #2 [“For Services Rendered”] · Harlan Ellison & Henry Slesar · ss AHMM May ’57
· No Fourth Commandment [“Wandering Killer”] · ss Murder! Dec ’56
· The Night of Delicate Terrors · ss The Paper: A Chicago Weekly Apr 8 ’61
Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation Harlan Ellison (Pyramid 0-515-03933-0, Aug ’75, $1.25, 255pp, pb, cover by Leo & Diane Dillon); Reprint (Regency 1961) collection, adds new introduction, replaces story “The Time of the Eye” with “Turnpike”.

ix · Foreword · Frank M. Robinson · fw
11 · The Children of Nights · in
23 · Final Shtick · ss Rogue Aug ’60
35 · Gentleman Junkie · ss
45 · May We Also Speak? · gp Rogue Sep ’59; Now You’re In the Box!, ss; The Rocks of Gogroth, ss; Payment Returned, Unopened, ss; The Truth, ss
60 · Daniel White for the Greater Good · ss Rogue Mar ’61
72 · Lady Bug, Lady Bug · ss Rogue Jun ’61
85 · Free with This Box! · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Mar ’58
94 · There’s One on Every Campus · ss Rogue Nov ’59
101 · At the Mountains of Blindness · ss The Saint Detective Magazine (UK) Mar ’61
111 · This Is Jackie Spinning · ss Rogue Aug ’59
122 · No Game for Children · ss Rogue May ’59
137 · The Late, Great Arnie Draper · ss Adam Feb ’67
141 · High Dice · ss Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation, Regency, 1961
153 · Enter the Fanatic, Stage Center · ss Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation, Regency, 1961
164 · Someone Is Hungrier [as by Pat Roeder] · ss Rogue Mar ’60
171 · Memory of a Muted Trumpet · ss Rogue Mar ’60
179 · Turnpike · ss Adam Bedside Reader Dec ’66
186 · Sally in Our Alley · ss Knave Dec ’59
197 · The Silence of Infidelity · ss Caper May ’57
204 · Have Coolth · ss Rogue Jun ’59
218 · RFD #2 [“For Services Rendered”] · Harlan Ellison & Henry Slesar · ss AHMM May ’57
232 · No Fourth Commandment [“Wandering Killer”] · ss Murder! Dec ’56
247 · The Night of Delicate Terrors · ss The Paper: A Chicago Weekly Apr 8 ’61
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream Harlan Ellison (Ace 0-441-36394-6, Aug ’83, $2.95, 152pp, pb); Reprint (Pyramid 1967) collection. All stories revised for this edition.

· Echoes of Screams, 1983 · pr
· Introduction: The Mover, the Shaker · Theodore Sturgeon · in
· Foreword: How Science Fiction Saved Me from a Life of Crime · fw
· I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream · ss If Mar ’67
· Big Sam Was My Friend · ss Science Fiction Adventures Mar ’58
· Eyes of Dust · ss Rogue Dec ’59
· World of the Myth · nv Knight Aug ’64
· Lonelyache · ss Knight Jul ’64
· Delusion for a Dragon Slayer · ss Knight Sep ’66
· Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes · nv Knight May ’67
The Illustrated Harlan Ellison Harlan Ellison (Baronet, Dec ’78, lp); Edited by Byron Preiss.

· A Word from Harlan Ellison · fw
· Introduction · Byron Preiss · in
· Deeper Than the Darkness · nv Infinity Science Fiction Apr ’57
· Croatoan · ss F&SF May ’75
· “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · ss Galaxy Dec ’65
· The Discarded [“The Abnormals”] · ss Fantastic Apr ’59
· An Ellison Tapestry · Leo & Diane Dillon · il
· Ellison on the Dillons · ar
· Shattered Like a Glass Goblin · ss Orbit 4, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1968
· Riding the Dark Train Out · ss Rogue May ’61
· I’m Looking for Kadak · nv Wandering Stars, ed. Jack M. Dann, Harper, 1974
The Juvies Harlan Ellison (Ace, 1961, pb)

· Introduction: Ten Weeks in Hell · in
· No Way Out [“Gutter Gang”] · ss Guilty Detective Story Magazine Sep ’57
· Matinee Idyll [“Rock and Roll—and Murder”] · ss Trapped Detective Story Magazine Dec ’58
· No Game for Children · ss Rogue May ’59
· The Rough Boys · ss Guilty Detective Story Magazine Nov ’56
· A Tiger at Nightfall [“A Corpse Can Hate”] · ss Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine Sep ’61
· School for Killers [“High School Kid Gang”] · ss Guilty Detective Story Magazine Jan ’57
· Memory of a Muted Trumpet · ss Rogue Mar ’60
· Stand Still and Die · ss Guilty Detective Story Magazine Sep ’56
· Gang Girl · ss Terror Detective Story Magazine Feb ’57
Sex Gang Paul Merchant (Nightstand NB 1503, 1959, 50¢, 191pp, pb)

5 · Sex Gang · na
68 · The Girl with the Horizontal Mind [“The Gal with the Horizontal Mind”, as by Price Curtis] · ss Mermaid v1 #6 ’58
77 · Wanted: Two Trollops · ss
87 · The Ugly Virgin [“God Bless the Ugly Virgin”] · ss Dude Mar ’57
103 · Sin Time [“The Silence of Infidelity”] · ss Caper May ’57
112 · The Pied Piper of Sex [“The Pied Piper of Love”] · ss Knave Mar ’59
122 · Bayou Sex Cat [“A Blue Note for Bayou Betty”, as by Derry Tiger] · ss Mermaid v1 #6 ’58
132 · The Lady Had Zilch · ss
147 · Girl with the Bedroom Eyes [“Jeanie with the Bedroom Eyes”] · ss Rogue Dec ’56
163 · The Lustful One [“The Hungry One”] · ss Gent Feb ’57
176 · Bohemia for Christie [“The Bohemia of Arthur Archer”] · ss Dude Jan ’57
Shatterday Harlan Ellison (Houghton Mifflin, 1980, hc)

· Introduction: Mortal Dreads · in
· Jeffty Is Five · ss F&SF Jul ’77
· How’s the Night Life on Cissalda? · ss Chrysalis, ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1977; Heavy Metal Nov ’77
· Flop Sweat · ss Heavy Metal Mar ’79
· Would You Do It For a Penny? · Harlan Ellison & Haskell Barkin · ss Playboy Oct ’67
· The Man Who Was Heavily into Revenge · ss Analog Aug ’78
· Shoppe Keeper · ss The Arts and Beyond, ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1977
· All the Lies That Are My Life · na Underwood-Miller; Columbia, PA Oct ’80
· Django · ss Galileo #6 ’78
· Count the Clock That Tells the Time · ss Omni Dec ’78
· In the Fourth Year of the War · ss Midnight Sun #5 ’79
· Alive and Well and on a Friendless Voyage · ss F&SF Jul ’77
· All the Birds Come Home to Roost · ss Playboy Mar ’79
· Opium · ss Shayol #2 ’78
· The Other Eye of Polyphemus · ss Cosmos SF&F Magazine Nov ’77
· The Executioner of the Malformed Children · ss Iguanacon Program Book, 1978
· Shatterday · ss Gallery Sep ’75; Science Fiction Monthly v2 #8 ’75
Stalking the Nightmare Harlan Ellison (Phantasia 0-932096-16-6, 1982, hc)

1 · Foreword · Stephen King · fw
15 · Introduction: Quiet Lies the Locust Tells · in
25 · Grail · nv Twilight Zone Apr ’81
55 · The Outpost Undiscovered By Tourists · ss F&SF Jan ’82
63 · Blank... · ss Infinity Science Fiction Jun ’57
75 · The 3 Most Important Things in Life · ar Oui Nov ’78
95 · Visionary · Harlan Ellison & Joe L. Hensley · ss Amazing May ’59
111 · Djinn, No Chaser · nv Twilight Zone Apr ’82
135 · Invasion Footnote [as by Cordwainer Bird] · ss Super Science Fiction Aug ’57
145 · Saturn, November 11th [installment 6 of An Edge in My Voice] · ar Future Life Mar ’81
159 · Night of Black Glass · ss Beyond #1 ’81
171 · Final Trophy · ss Super Science Fiction Jun ’57
187 · !!!The!!Teddy!Crazy!!Show!!! · ss Adam Oct ’68
199 · The Cheese Stands Alone · ss Amazing Mar ’82
217 · Somehow, I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas, Toto · ar Genesis Jun ’74; revised
237 · Transcending Destiny [revised from “School for Assassins”, as Ellis Hart] · nv Amazing Jan ’58
265 · The Hour That Stretches · ss F&SF Oct ’82
289 · The Day I Died [inst. 10 of The Harlan Ellison Horn Book] · ar Los Angeles Free Press Jan 5 ’73
301 · Tracking Level · ss Amazing Dec ’56
313 · Tiny Ally · ss Saturn Oct ’57
319 · The Goddess in the Ice · ss Adam Bedside Reader Dec ’67
327 · Gopher in the Gilly · ss *
Strange Wine Harlan Ellison (Harper & Row, 1978, hc); Also in pb (Warner Jun ’79), includes author’s introduction to each story.

· Introduction: Revealed at Last! What Killed the Dinosaurs! And You Don’t Look So Terrific Yourself · in
· Croatoan · ss F&SF May ’75
· Working with the Little People · ss F&SF Jul ’77
· Killing Bernstein · ss Mystery Monthly Jun ’76
· Mom · nv Silver Foxes Aug ’76
· In Fear of K · ss Vertex Jun ’75
· Hitler Painted Roses · ss Penthouse Apr ’77
· The Wine Has Been Left Open Too Long and the Memory Has Gone Flat · ss Universe 6, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1976
· From A to Z, In the Chocolate Alphabet · ss F&SF Oct ’76
· Lonely Women Are the Vessels of Time · ss MidAmeriCon Program Book, Kansas City, MO., 1976
· Emissary from Hamelin · ss 2076: The American Tricentennial, ed. Edward Bryant, Pyramid, 1977
· The New York Review of Bird [original version] · nv *
· Seeing · nv Andromeda 1, ed. Peter Weston, London: Futura, 1976
· The Boulevard of Broken Dreams · vi Los Angeles Review #1 ’75
· Strange Wine · ss Amazing Jun ’76
· The Diagnosis of Dr. D’arqueAngel [“Doctor D’arqueAngel”] · ss Viva Jan ’77

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