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- Legal Name: Ellison, Harlan Jay
- Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Birthdate: 27 May 1934
- Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_Ellison
- IMDB Entry: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0255196/
- Webpage: http://www.harlanellison.com/bibliography.htm
- Used These Alternate Names: Cordwainer Bird , E. K. Jarvis , Ellis Hart , Sley Harson , Ivar Jorgensen , Jay Solo , Lee Archer , Paul Merchant , Wallace Edmondson , Clyde Mitchell , Pat Roeder , Cortwainer Bird , H. Ellison , C. Bird , Price Curtis , Derry Tiger
- Interviews: Ellison on Ellison , The Event That Is His Life , An Interview with Harlan Ellison , Vertex Interviews Harlan Ellison , Harlan Ellison: Interview , Harlan Ellison: Interview , Ellison's Rules , Harlan Ellison: Life on the Edgeworks , Authorgraphs: An Interview with Harlan Ellison , Harlan Ellison , An Interview with Harlan Ellison , Amazing Interview: Harlan Ellison: Interview/Profile , Harlan Ellison - Back from the Depths , Soapbox: Ellison at Mid-career , An Interview with Harlan Ellison
- Biography: Bio:Harlan Ellison
- Bibliographic Comments: Author:Harlan Ellison
- Author Tags: Merril04 (2) , Merril05 (1) , Merril10 (1) , Merril02 (1) , Merril07 (1)
- Dream Corridor
- 1 Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor Volume 1 (1996) [C]
- 2 Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor Volume 2 (2007) [C]
- Edgeworks
- 1 Edgeworks 1 (1996) [O]
- 2 Edgeworks 2 (1996) [O]
- 3 Edgeworks 3 (1997) [O]
- 4 Edgeworks 4 (1997) [O]
- 5 Edgeworks 5 (unpublished) [O]
- Vic and Blood
- Vic and Blood: The Continuing Story of a Boy and His Dog (1989) [C] with Richard Corben
- 1 Eggsucker (1977) [SF]
- 2 A Boy and His Dog (1969) [SF]
- 3 Run, Spot, Run (1981) [SF]
- The Man with Nine Lives (1959)
- Doomsman (1967)
- Phoenix Without Ashes (1975) with Edward Bryant
- Night and the Enemy (1987) with Ken Steacy
- The Deadly Streets (1958)
- A Touch of Infinity (1959)
-
Ellison Wonderland (1962)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Earthman, Go Home! (1968)
- Paingod and Other Delusions (1965)
- I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1967)
- From the Land of Fear (1967)
- Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled (1968)
- The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (1969)
- Over the Edge (1970)
- Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction (1971)
- De Delden Van De Highway (1973)
- All the Sounds of Fear (1973)
- Approaching Oblivion (1974)
- The Time of the Eye (1974)
- Deathbird Stories (1975)
- Hoe Kan Ik Schreeuwen Zonder Mond (1977)
- Strange Wine (1978)
- The Illustrated Harlan Ellison (1978)
- Shatterday (1980)
- Stalking the Nightmare (1982)
- Angry Candy (1987)
-
The Essential Ellison (1987)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Essential Ellison: A 50-Year Retrospective: Revised and Expanded (2001)
- Ensamvark (1992)
- Mind Fields : The Art of Jacek Yerka, the Fiction of Harlan Ellison (1994) with Jacek Yerka
- Jokes Without Punchlines (1995)
- Slippage (1997)
- Troublemakers (2001)
- The Man With Nine Lives / A Touch of Infinity (1959) [O/1N,1C]
- Doomsman / Telepower (1967) [O] with Lee Hoffman
- Doomsman / The Thief of Thoth (1972) [O/2N] with Lin Carter
- The Fantasies of Harlan Ellison (1979) [O/2C]
- Dreams With Sharp Teeth (1991) [O]
- I, Robot: The Movie (Part 1 of 3) (1987)
- I, Robot: The Movie (Part 2 of 3) (1987)
- I, Robot: The Movie (Part 3 of 3) (1987)
- Dangerous Visions
- 1 Dangerous Visions (1967)
- 2 Again, Dangerous Visions (1972)
- 3 The Last Dangerous Visions (unpublished)
- Partners in Wonder (1971)
- Medea: Harlan's World (1985)
- Best of the New Wave (1986) with Martin H. Greenberg and Arthur Byron Cover [only as by Arthur Byron Cover and Harlan Ellison and Martin Harry Greenberg ]
- Run for the Stars / Echoes of Thunder (1991) with Jack C. Haldeman, II and Jack Dann
- The Science Fiction Box: Eye for Eye, Run for the Stars, And Tales of the Grand Tour (2006) with Orson Scott Card and Ben Bova
- On The Road
- 1 On The Road With Ellison: Volume One (1983)
- 2 On The Road With Ellison: Volume Two (2004)
- 3 On The Road With Ellison: Volume Three (2008)
- All the Lies That Are My Life (1989)
- Mefisto in Onyx (1993)
- "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman (1997)
- Memos from Purgatory (1961)
- The Glass Teat (1970)
- The Other Glass Teat (1975)
- The Book of Ellison (1978)
- Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed (1984)
- An Edge in My Voice (1985)
- Harlan Ellison's Watching (1989)
- The Harlan Ellison Hornbook (1990)
-
Rumble (1958)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Web of the City (1975)
-
Sex Gang (1959)
only appeared as:
- Variant Title: Sex Gang (1959) [as by Paul Merchant ]
- Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation (1961)
-
The Juvies (1961)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Children of the Streets (2004)
-
Rockabilly (1961)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Spider Kiss (1975)
- No Doors, No Windows (1975)
- Rough Beasts (unpublished)
- Cover: Angry Candy (1988)
- Cartoon: "My plates are killing me!" (1952) with Gibson [only as by H. Ellison and Gibson ]
- The Kong Papers (1969) with William Rotsler
- The Sword of Parmagon (1949)
- The Gloconda (1949)
- The Wilder One (1955)
- The Saga of Machine Gun Joe (1955)
-
White Trash Don't Exist (1956)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Murder Bait (1956)
- Peter Merton's Private Mint (1956) [only as by Lee Archer ]
- But Who Wilts the Lettuce? (1956) [only as by Ellis Hart ]
- Stand Still and Die (1956)
- The Rough Boys (1956)
- No Fourth Commandment (1956)
- Students of the Assassin (1956)
- Made in Heaven (1956) [also as by Ellis Hart ]
- Johnny Slice's Stoolie (1956)
- I'll Bet You a Death (1956)
- Rat Hater (1956)
- Girl With the Bedroom Eyes (1956) [only as by Paul Merchant ]
- "I'll Bet You a Death" (1956)
-
Glow Worm (1956)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Glowworm (1956)
- Life Hutch (1956)
- Blind Lightning (1956)
- The Crackpots (1956)
- Trojan Hearse (1956)
- The Silver Corridor (1956)
- Gnomebody (1956)
- Tracking Level (1956)
- Hadj (1956)
- Rain, Rain, Go Away (1956)
- Psycho at Mid-Point (1956)
- Shadow Play (1957)
- Transcending Destiny (1957)
- Deeper Than the Darkness (1957)
- Ormond Always Pays His Bills (1957)
- Toe the Line (1957)
-
Opposites Attract (1957)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Mad Bomber (1957)
- Nedra at f:5.6 (1957)
-
Soldier (1957)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Soldier from Tomorrow (1957)
- Soldier (1957)
- Farewell to Glory (1957) [only as by Ellis Hart ]
- S.R.O. (1957) [also as by Ellis Hart ]
- Biddy and the Silver Man (1957) [only as by E. K. Jarvis ]
- If This Be Utopia (1957) [only as by E. K. Jarvis ]
- Pot-Luck Genii (1957) [only as by Ellis Hart ]
- Escape Route (1957) [only as by Lee Archer ]
- Children of Chaos (1957) [only as by Ivar Jorgensen ]
- Gang Girl (1957)
- School for Killers (1957)
- No Way Out (1957)
- RFD #2 (1957) with Henry Slesar
-
The Silence of Infidelity (1957)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Sin Time (1957) [as by Paul Merchant ]
- Ship-Shape Pay-Off (1957) with Robert Silverberg
- The Dead Shot (1957)
- Look Me in the Eye, Boy! (1957) [also as by Ellis Hart ]
- Sob Story (1957) with Henry Slesar [also as by Sley Harson ]
- Kid Killer (1957)
- Buy Me That Blade (1957) [also as by Ellis Hart ]
- We Take Care of Our Dead (1957)
- Bohemia for Christie (1957) [only as by Paul Merchant ]
-
The Wind Beyond the Mountains (1957)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Savage Wind (1957)
- The Lustful One (1957) [only as by Paul Merchant ]
- The Ugly Virgin (1957) [only as by Paul Merchant ]
- Mission: Hypnosis (1957)
- World of Women (1957)
- Assassin! (1957)
- Invasion (1957)
- A Bucketful of Diamonds (1957)
- The Untouchable Adolescents (1957) [only as by Ellis Hart ]
- The Savage Swarm (1957)
- Invulnerable (1957)
-
Night Vigil (1957)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Yellow Streak Hero (1957)
- Satan Is My Ally (1957)
-
"We Mourn for Anyone . . ." (1957)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Mourners for Hire (1957) [as by Ellis Hart ]
- Final Trophy (1957)
- Run for the Stars (1957)
- Commuter's Problem (1957)
- Blank . . . (1957)
- The Steel Napoleon (1957)
- Song of Death (1957) [only as by C. Bird ]
- Invasion Footnote (1957) [also as by Cortwainer Bird ]
- Wanted in Surgery (1957)
- The Plague Bearers (1957)
- Forbidden Cargo (1957)
- The Big Trance (1957)
- Phoenix Treatment (1957)
- Wonderbird (1957) with Algis Budrys
- The Glass Brain (1957)
- The Cave of Miracles (1957)
- Damn the Metal Moon (1957) [only as by Ellis Hart ]
- Tiny Ally (1957)
- The Moon Stealers (1957) [only as by E. K. Jarvis ]
- March of the Yellow Death (1957) [only as by Ellis Hart ]
- The Wife Factory (1957) [only as by Clyde Mitchell ]
- Revolt of the Shadows (1957)
-
The Very Last Day of a Good Woman (1958)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Last Day (1958)
- Free With This Box! (1958)
- Thicker Than Blood (1958)
-
The Children's Hour (1958)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Children's Hour (1958) [as by Wallace Edmondson ]
- Status Quo at Troyden's (1958)
-
Battlefield (1958)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: His First Day at War (1958)
-
Mealtime (1958)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: A Case of Ptomaine (1958)
- School for Assassins (1958) [only as by Ellis Hart ]
- Cosmic Striptease (1958) [only as by E. K. Jarvis ]
- A Furnace for Your Foe (1958) [only as by Ellis Hart ]
-
Matinee Idyll (1958)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Matinee Idyll [“Rock and Roll—and Murder”] (2005)
- With a Knife in Her Hand (1958)
- Joy Ride (1958)
-
Bayou Sex Cat (1958)
only appeared as:
- Variant Title: A Blue Note for Bayou Betty (1958) [as by Derry Tiger ]
- Variant Title: Bayou Sex Cat (1958) [as by Paul Merchant ]
-
The Girl With the Horizontal Mind (1958)
only appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Gal With the Horizontal Mind (1958) [as by Price Curtis ]
- Variant Title: The Girl With the Horizontal Mind (1958) [as by Paul Merchant ]
- The Vengeance of Galaxy 5 (1958)
- Big Sam Was My Friend (1958)
- The End of the Time of Leinard (1958)
- The Situation on Sapella Six (1958)
- Nothing for My Noon Meal (1958)
- No Planet is Safe (1958)
- Back to the Drawing Boards (1958)
- The Sky Is Burning (1958)
- Glug (1958)
- The Assassin (1958)
- Blood by Transit (1958)
- Suicide World (1958)
- Creature From Space (1958)
-
Are You Listening? (1958)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Forces That Crush (1958)
- My Brother Paulie (1958)
- Eyes of Dust (1959)
- The Time of the Eye (1959)
- No Game for Children (1959)
- Have Coolth (1959)
- Sally in Our Alley (1959)
- This Is Jackie Spinning (1959)
- There's One on Every Campus (1959)
- The Lady Had Zilch (1959) [only as by Paul Merchant ]
- The Pied Piper of Sex (1959) [only as by Paul Merchant ]
- Wanted: Two Trollops (1959) [only as by Paul Merchant ]
- Sex Gang (1959) [only as by Paul Merchant ]
- In Lonely Lands (1959)
-
The Discarded (1959)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Abnormals (1959)
- Visionary (1959) with Joe L. Hensley [also as by Harlan Ellison and J. L. Hensley ]
-
Survivor No. 1 (1959)
with
Henry Slesar
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Survivor #1 (1959) [as by Henry Slesar and Harlan Ellison ]
- Variant Title: The Man with the Green Nose (1959)
- Sound of the Scythe (1959)
-
Friend to Man (1959)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: A Friend to Man (1959)
- Deal from the Bottom (1960)
- Memory of a Muted Trumpet (1960)
- Someone Is Hungrier (1960) [also as by Pat Roeder ]
- Final Shtick (1960)
- The Face of Helene Bournouw (1960)
- Daniel White for the Greater Good (1961)
- The Night of Delicate Terrors (1961)
- Enter the Fanatic, Stage Center (1961)
- Do-It-Yourself (1961) with Joe L. Hensley
- Riding the Dark Train Out (1961)
- A Tiger at Nightfall (1961)
- Turnpike (1961)
- High Dice (1961)
- The Late, Great Arnie Draper (1961)
- At the Mountains of Blindness (1961)
- Lady Bug, Lady Bug (1961)
- Gentleman Junkie (1961)
- The Man With the Golden Tongue (1961)
- The Tombs (1961)
- Rodney Parish for Hire (1962) with Joe L. Hensley
- Mona at Her Windows (1962)
- G. B. K. - A Many-Flavored Bird (1962)
-
The Universe of Robert Blake (1962)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Robert Blake's Universe (1962)
- All the Sounds of Fear (1962)
- Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman (1962)
- The Man on the Juice Wagon (1963) [also as by Cordwainer Bird ]
- A Path Through the Darkness (1963)
- Blind Bird, Blind Bird, Go Away from Me! (1963)
- Walk the High Steel (1964) [also as by Cordwainer Bird ]
- Battle Without Banners (1964)
- Lonelyache (1964)
- Neither Your Jenny nor Mine (1964)
- What I Did on My Vacation This Summer by Little Bobby Hirschhorn, Age 27 (1964)
- World of the Myth (1964)
- Paingod (1964)
- Up Christopher to Madness (1965) with Avram Davidson
- Two Inches in Tomorrow's Column (1965) [also as by Ellis Hart ]
- Bright Eyes (1965)
- "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman (1965)
- Delusion for a Dragon Slayer (1966)
- Punky & the Yale Men (1966)
- Pride in the Profession (1966)
- A Prayer for No One's Enemy (1966)
- The Voice in the Garden (1967)
- Down in the Dark (1967) [also as by Ellis Hart ]
- The City on the Edge of Forever (1967)
- The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World (1967)
- I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1967)
- Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes (1967)
- Would You Do It for a Penny? (1967) with Haskell Barkin
- The Goddess in the Ice (1967)
- !!!The!!!Teddy!!!Crazy!!!Show!!! (1968)
- Ernest and the Machine God (1968)
- O Ye of Little Faith (1968)
-
The Power of the Nail (1968)
with
Samuel R. Delany
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Power of the Nail (1968)
- Shattered Like a Glass Goblin (1968)
- White on White (1968)
- The Resurgence of Miss Ankle-Strap Wedgie (1968)
- !!!The!!Teddy!Crazy!!Show!!! (1968)
- The Hippie-Slayer (1968) [also as by Jay Solo ]
- I See a Man Sitting on a Chair, and the Chair Is Biting His Leg (1968) with Robert Sheckley
- Worlds to Kill (1968)
-
The Beast that Shouted Love (1968)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (1968)
-
Asleep: With Still Hands (1968)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Sleeper with Still Hands (1968)
- Try a Dull Knife (1968)
-
The Pitll Pawob Division (1968)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Pawob Division (1968)
- The Kong Papers (1969) with William Rotsler
- Promises of Laughter (1969)
- Santa Claus vs. S.P.I.D.E.R. (1969)
-
Dunderbird (1969)
with
Keith Laumer
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Street Scene (1969)
-
Phoenix (1969)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Phoenix Land (1969)
- The Place with No Name (1969)
-
Along the Scenic Route (1969)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Dogfight on 101 (1969)
- Come to Me Not in Winter's White (1969) with Roger Zelazny
- Pennies, Off a Dead Man's Eyes (1969)
- Rock God (1969)
- One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty (1970)
- The Song the Zombie Sang (1970) with Robert Silverberg
- Runesmith (1970) with Theodore Sturgeon
- Brillo (1970) with Ben Bova
- At the Mouse Circus (1971)
- Erotophobia (1971)
- Silent in Gehenna (1971)
- The Human Operators (1971) with A. E. van Vogt
- On the Downhill Side (1972)
- Flintlock: An Unproduced Teleplay (1972)
- Corpse (1972)
- Basilisk (1972)
- The Deathbird (1973)
- The Whimper of Whipped Dogs (1973)
- Bleeding Stones (1973)
- Neon (1973)
- Hindsight: 480 Seconds (1973)
- Cold Friend (1973)
- Kiss of Fire (1973)
- Catman (1974)
- Ecowareness (1974)
- Knox (1974)
- I'm Looking for Kadak (1974)
- Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W (1974)
- Sleeping Dogs (1974)
- The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1975)
- The New York Review of Bird (1975)
- Shatterday (1975)
- Tired Old Man (1975)
- Eddie, You're My Friend (1975)
- The City on the Edge of Forever - Teleplay 3 June 1966 (1975)
- Croatoan (1975)
- Survivor #1 (1975) with Henry Slezar
- In Fear of K (1975)
- "The New York Review of Bird" (1975)
- Killing Bernstein (1976)
- Lonely Women Are the Vessels of Time (1976)
- Mom (1976)
- The Wine Has Been Left Open Too Long and the Memory Has Gone Flat (1976)
- I Curse the Lesson and Bless the Knowledge (1976)
- Phoenix Without Ashes (1976)
- Strange Wine (1976)
- From A to Z, In the Chocolate Alphabet (1976)
- Seeing (1976)
- The Diagnosis of Dr. D'arqueAngel (1977)
- Hitler Painted Roses (1977)
- Emissary from Hamelin (1977)
- Jeffty Is Five (1977)
- Alive and Well and on a Friendless Voyage (1977)
- Working With the Little People (1977)
- How's the Night Life on Cissalda? (1977)
- Shoppe Keeper (1977)
- The Other Eye of Polyphemus (1977)
- The Executioner of the Malformed Children (1978)
- Django (1978)
- Along the Scenic Route (comic) (1978) with Al Williamson
- Opium (1978)
- The Man Who Was Heavily into Revenge (1978)
- Count the Clock That Tells the Time (1978)
- Flop Sweat (1979)
- In the Fourth Year of the War (1979)
- All the Birds Come Home to Roost (1979)
- All the Lies That Are My Life (1980)
- Footsteps (1980)
- Night of Black Glass (1981)
- Grail (1981)
- Broken Glass (1981)
- On the Slab (1981)
- Prince Myshkin, and Hold the Relish (1982)
- The Outpost Undiscovered by Tourists (1982)
- The Cheese Stands Alone (1982)
- Djinn, No Chaser (1982)
- When Auld's Acquaintance Is Forgot (1982)
- Stuffing (1982)
- The Hour That Stretches (1982)
- Chained to the Fast Lane in the Red Queen's Race (1983)
- Escapegoat (1983)
- Laugh Track (1984)
- With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole (1985)
- Paladin of the Lost Hour (1985)
- Quicktime (1985)
- Demon With a Glass Hand (1986) with Marshall Rogers
- Soft Monkey (1987)
- The Tombs (Excerpt) (1987)
- Nackles (1987)
- She's a Young Thing and Cannot Leave Her Mother (1988)
- The Avenger of Death (1988)
- The Function of Dream Sleep (1988)
- Eidolons (1988)
- Crazy as a Soup Sandwich (1989)
- The Few, the Proud (1989)
- Baron Munchausen (1989)
- Scartaris, June 28th (1990)
- Jane Doe #112 (1990)
- Harlan Ellison's Movie (1991)
- Darkness Upon the Face of the Deep (1991)
- Where I Shall Dwell in the Next World (1992)
- The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore (1992)
- Eruption (1993)
- Mefisto in Onyx (1993)
- Z is for Zombie (1993)
- Susan (1993)
- Fever (1994)
- The Pale Silver Dollar of the Moon Pays Its Way and Makes Change (1994)
- Attack at Dawn (1994)
- Sensible City (1994)
- City on the Edge of Forever - Treatment 21 March 1966 (1995) [only as by Cordwainer Bird ]
- City on the Edge of Forever - Treatment 13 May 1966 (1995)
- The City on the Edge of Forever - Second Revised Draft 1 December 1966 (1995)
- The Dragon on the Bookshelf (1995) with Robert Silverberg
- Keyboard (1995)
- Midnight in the Sunken Cathedral (1995)
- Pulling Hard Time (1995)
- Chatting With Anubis (1995)
- The Museum on Cyclops Avenue (1995)
- From a Great Height (1996)
- Spider Kiss (Chapter One Excerpt) (1996)
- Go Toward the Light (1996)
- Anywhere but Here, with Anybody but You (1996)
- The Lingering Scent of Woodsmoke (1997)
- The Dreams a Nightmare Dreams (1997)
- Moonlighting (1997)
- The Pale Silver Dollar of the Moon Pays Its Way and Makes Change (version 1) (1998)
- The Pale Silver Dollar of the Moon Pays Its Way and Makes Change (version 2) (1998)
- Objects of Desire in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear (1999)
- The Toad Prince or, Sex Queen of the Martian Pleasure-Domes (2000)
- From A to Z in the Sarsaparilla Alphabet (2000)
- A Lot of Saucers (2000)
- The Toad Prince or, Sex Queen of the Martian Pleasure-Domes (afterword) (2000)
- Never Send to Know for Whom the Lettuce Wilts (2001)
- Incognita, Inc. (2001)
- Goodbye to All That (2003)
- Loose Cannon, or Rubber Duckies from Space (2004)
- The Toad Prince (2009)
- Harlan Ellison's Watching
- In Which We Begin Our Journey (1984)
- In Which Sublime and Ridiculous Pass Like Ships in the Night (1984)
- In Which We Scuffle Through the Embers (1984)
- In Which We Discover Why Children Don't Look Like Their Parents (1984)
- In Which the Left Hand Giveth Praise and the Right Hand Sprayeth for Worms of Evil (1985)
- In Which We Learn What is Worse than Finding a Worm of Evil in the Apple (1985)
- In Which an Attempt is Made to Have One's Cake and Eat it Too (1985)
- In Which Some Shrift is Given Shortly, Some Longly, and the Critic's Laundry is Reluctantly Aired (1985)
- In Which the Fortunate Reader Gets to Peek Inside the Fabled Black Tower (1985)
- In Which the Fabled Black Tower Meets Dune With as Much Affection as Godzilla Met Ghidra (1985)
- In Which Nothing Terribly Profound Occurs (1985)
- In Which Several Things are Held Up to the Light . . . Not a Brain in Sight (1985)
- In Which Numerous Ends (Loose) are Tied Up; Some in the Configuration of a Noose (Hangman's) (1985)
- In Which We Sail to the Edge of the World and Confront the Abyss, Having Run Out of Steam (1986)
- In Which the Unheard-Of is Heard, Kind Of (1986)
- In Which a Gourmet Feast is Prepared of Words a Mere Two Months Old (1986)
- In Which a Forest is Analyzed Without Recourse to Any Description of a Tree (1986)
- In Which We Unflinchingly Look a Gift Horse in the Choppers (1986)
- In Which Youth Goeth Before a Fall (1986)
- In Which We Long for the Stillness of the Lake, the Smooth Swell of the Sea (1986)
- In Which Manifestations of Arrested Adolescence are Shown to be Symptoms of a Non-Communicable Dopiness, Thank Goodness (1986)
- In Which You and a Large Group of Total Strangers are Flipped the Finger by the Mad Master of Anthropomorphism (1987)
- In Which the Land Echoes to the Sound of an Ox of a Different Color Being Gored (1987)
- In Which Flora and Fauna Come to a Last Minute Rescue, Thereby Preventing the Forlorn From Handing it All Over to the Cockroaches (1987)
- In Which the Specter at the Banquet Takes a Healthy Swig from the Flagon with the Dragon, or Maybe the Chalice from the Palace (1987)
- In Which a Good Time Was Had by All and an Irrelevant Name-Dropping of Fritz Leiber Occurs for no Better Reason than to Remind Him How Much We Love and Admire Him (1987)
- In Which the Fur is Picked Clean of Nits, Gnats, Nuts, Naggers and Nuhdzes (1988)
- Harlan Ellison's Watching (F&SF, Feb. 1988) (1988)
- Harlan Ellison's Watching: Installment #29 (1988)
- In Which 3 Cinematic Variations on "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs" are Presented (1988)
- In Which the Li'l White Lies Thesis (Part Two) Takes Us by the Snout and Drags Us Unwillingly Toward a Door We Fear to Open (1988)
- In Which the Li'l White Lies Thesis (Part 3) Reaches a Nascent State, Approaches the Dreadful Door, and En Route Questions Meat Idolatry (1988)
- Apologia 31˝: In Which Mea Culpas Fall Like Gentle Rain Upon the Place Beneath (1988)
- In Which the Switch is Thrown (1989)
- Harlan Ellison's Watching: Installment 33 (1989)
- In Which We Praise Those Whose Pants're on Fire, Noses Long as a Telephone Wire (1989)
- In Which the Phantasmagorical Pales Before the Joys of the Mimetic (1989)
- In Which, Darkly and Deliciously, We Travel from Metropolis to Metropolis, Two Different Cities, Both Ominous (1989)
- Harlan Ellison's Watching: Installment 37 (1989)
- Harlan Ellison's Watching: Installment 38 (1990)
- Harlan Ellison's Watching: Installment 39 (1990)
- In Which We Scrutinize the Sedulousness to Their Hippocratic Oath of Troglodytic, Blue, Alien Proctologists (1990)
- In Which an Extremely Nervous Fool with His Credentials Taped to His Forehead Tacks Trepidatiously Between Scylla and Charybdis, Knowing that Angels and Wise Men Would Fear to Even Dog-Paddle this Route (1990)
- Harlan Ellison's Watching: Installment 42 (1990)
- Harlan Ellison's Watching: Installment 43 (1990)
- In Which the Good Ship Coat-Tail-Ride Sinks, Abandoning Hundreds in Treacherous Waters (1991)
- In Which Tempus Fidgets, Fugits, and Inevitably Omnia Revelats (1991)
- In Which We Bend Over So Far Backwards to be Unbiased That You Can See the Nose Hairs Quiver With Righteousness (1991)
- In Which Artful Vamping Saves the Publisher $94.98 (1992)
- In Which the Wee Child's Icons are Demeaned (1994)
- In Which the Old Man of the Sea Bites the Head Off Yet Another Chicken (1995)
- Books (F&SF)
- Books (F&SF, June 1971) (1971)
- Books (F&SF, January 1974) (1974)
- Books (F&SF, May 1974) (1974)
- Viewpoint
- Theodore Sturgeon 1918-1985 (1986) with Isaac Asimov and Damon Knight and Brian W. Aldiss and S. P. Somtow and Stephen King [only as by Isaac Asimov and Damon Knight and Brian W. Aldiss and Somtow Sucharitkul and Harlan Ellison and Stephen King ]
- Letter (Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1952) (1952)
- Introduction: Some Sketches of the Damned (1958)
- Introduction to the First Edition: Some Sketches of the Damned (1958)
- Introduction (A Touch of Infinity) (1959)
- Introduction: Ten Weeks in Hell (1961)
- May We Also Speak? (1961)
- Preface (Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation) (1961)
- From Alabamy, with Hate (1965)
- Original Intro: Spero Meliora (1965)
- Scherzo for Schizoids: Notes on a Collaboration (1965)
- Spero Meliora (1965)
- Introduction: Spero Meliora: From the Vicinity of Alienation (1965)
- 3 Faces of Fear (1966)
- Foreword: How Science Fiction Saved Me from a Life of Crime (1967)
- Where the Stray Dreams Go (1967)
- Introduction: The Universe, According to Laumer (1967)
-
Thirty-Two Soothsayers (1967)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Introduction: Thirty-Two Soothsayers (1967)
- Down the Rabbit-Hole to TV-Land (1967)
- The Words in Spock's Mouth (1968)
- Motherhood, Apple Pie and the American Way (1968)
- Kersh, the Demon Prince (1968)
- Afterword (Season of the Witch) (1968)
- Letter (Locus #5) (1968)
- Memo '69 (Memos fom Purgatory) (1969)
- Introduction: The Waves in Rio (1969)
- That Moon Plaque (Men on the Moon) (1969)
- In Memoriam - Gerald Kersh (1969)
- New Introduction (Dangerous Visions 2) (1969)
- New Introduction (Dangerous Visions 3) (1969)
- Centerpunching (1969)
- Introduction (The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World) (1969)
- 23" Worth of Introduction (1969)
- Letter (Locus #22) (1969)
- Introduction: Brinksmanship (1970)
- "Our Little Miss" (1970)
- Brinkmanship (1970)
- Comic of the Absurd (1970)
- Afterword: Back of the Book (Over the Edge) (1970)
- Afterword: The Back of the Book (1970)
- Introduction: The Song of the Soul (1970)
- The Glass Teat (1970)
- Sons of Janus (1971)
- Last Dangerous Visions (1971)
- Dreamers on the Barricades (1971)
- Valerie: A True Memoir (1972)
- My Father (1972)
- An Assault of New Dreamers (1972)
- You Are What You Write (1972)
- The Day I Died (1973)
- When I Was a Hired Gun (1973)
- Whore with a Heart of Iron Pyrites: or, Where Does a Writer Go to Find a Maggie? (1973)
- When Dreams Become Nightmares: Some Cautionary Notes on the Clarion Experience (1973)
- Letter (The Alien Critic #7) (1973)
- Introduction: Reaping the Whirlwind (Approaching Oblivion) (1974)
- The Man on the Mushroom (1974)
- Dept. of "What Was the Question?" Dept. (1974)
- Introduction, in Brief (The Time of the Eye) (1974)
- Afterword (Catman) (1974)
- Stealing Tomorrow (1974)
- Science Fiction: Turning Reality Inside-Out (1974)
- Untitled Introduction to "Are You Listening" (1974)
- Ellison's Grammatical Guide and Glossary for Goyim (1974)
- Gale Warning an introduction (Stormtrack) (1974)
- Letter (The Alien Critic #8) (1974)
- Letter (The Alien Critic #9) (1974)
- The Terminal Man (1974)
- Somehow, I Don't Think We're in Kansas, Toto (1974)
- A Few (Hopefully Final) Words About "The New Wave" (1974)
- New Introduction: Your Basic Crown of Thorns (1975)
- Blood/Thoughts (1975)
- Introduction: Oblations at Alien Altars (1975)
- New Introduction: Avoiding Dark Places (1975)
- New Introduction: Memo '75 (Memos from Purgatory) (1975)
- Introduction: The Children of Nights (1975)
- Hans Stefan Santesson: 1914 - 1975 (1975)
-
The Φ Ψ Ω of A B C (1975)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Phi Psi Omega of A B C (1975)
- Introduction (The Glass Teat) (1975)
- Author's Note (Spider Kiss) (1975)
- My Mother (1976)
- Introduction to the First Edition (Love Ain't Nothing but Sex Misspelled) (1976)
- New Introduction: Having an Affair with a Troll (1976)
- Introduction to the City on the Edge of Forever (1976)
- In Exorcising Texas: An Introduction (1976)
- Nice Guys Finish Somewhere in the Middle (1976)
- Defeating the Green Slime (1976)
- Serita Rosenthal Ellison: A Eulogy (1976)
- Letter (Science Fiction Review #17) (1976)
- Review of Tales of Mystery and Imagination (audio recording) by the Alan Parsons Project (1976)
- From A to Z, In the Chocolate Alphabet: a Note on how this Story Came to be Written (1976)
- Letter (Science Fiction Review #19) (1976)
- A Fineness of 0.995 (1977)
- Telltale Tics and Tremors (1977)
- Writing: First, There Was the Title (1977)
- Voe Doe Dee Oh Doe (1977)
- You Don't Know Me, I Don't Know You (1977)
- Introduction (Space War Blues) (1977)
- Harlan Ellison's Watching (Cosmos #4) (1977)
- Reply (to Alan R. Bechtold) (1977)
- A Statement of Ethical Position (1977)
- The 3 Most Important Things in Life (1978)
- True Love: Groping for the Holy Grail (1978)
- Face-Down in Gloria Swanson's Swimming Pool (1978)
- Ellison on the Dillons (1978)
- A Word from Harlan Ellison (1978)
- Introduction: Revealed at Last! What Killed the Dinosaurs! And You Don't Look So Terrific Yourself (1978)
- An Open Letter to Charles Sheffield (1978)
- Response to Mr. Sheffield's Response (1978)
- Revealed at Last! What Killed the Dinosaurs! And You Don't Look So Terrific Yourself! (1978)
- How You Stupidly Blew $15 Million a Week... (1978)
- Introduction (Angels of Darkness) (1978)
- Robert Bloch: A Few Words of Friendship (1978)
- Walk the Walk (1978)
- Review of I, Robot (audio recording) by the Alan Parsons Project (1978)
- Letter (Science Fiction Review #25) (1978)
- Sailing the Dark with the Bentfin Boomer Bappa Zappa Kid (1978)
- Ellison on Ellison (1978)
- School for Apprentice Sorcerors (1978)
- Getting Stiffed (1978)
- A Time for Daring (1978)
- A Voice from the Styx (1978)
- The Whore with a Heart of Iron Pyrites; or, Where Does a Writer Go to Find a Maggie? (1978)
- Hardcover (1978)
- A Walk Around the Block (1978)
- Letter (Science Fiction Review #27) (1978)
- Letter (Locus #215) (1978)
- Introduction to First Edition: Spero Meliora: From the Vicinity of Alienation (1979)
- Introducing Doctor Who (Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora) (1979)
- Leiber: A Few Too Few Words (1979)
- Introduction (Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks) (1979)
- Introduction (Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster) (1979)
- Introduction (Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen) (1979)
- Introducing Doctor Who (Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks) (1979)
- Introducing Doctor Who (Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon) (1979)
- Introduction (Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion) (1979)
- Introduction: Linch Pins and Turning Points (1979)
- Introducing Doctor Who (Jesus on Mars) (1979)
- Introduction (The Adventures of Doctor Who) (1979)
- Embrace the Departing Shadow (1979)
- Introduction: Mortal Dreads (Shatterday) (1980)
- From Competition 23: Unwieldy SF Titles (1980)
- Memoir: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1980)
- Jeffty Is Five: Introduction (1980)
- How's The Night Life On Cissalda: Introduction (1980)
- Flop Sweat: Introduction (1980)
- Would You Do It For A Penny: Introduction (1980)
- The Man Who Was Heavily Into Revenge: Introduction (1980)
- Shoppe Keeper: Introduction (1980)
- All The Lies That Are My Life: Introduction (1980)
- Django: Introduction (1980)
- Count The Clock That Tells The Time: Introduction (1980)
- In The Fourth Year Of The War: Introduction (1980)
- Alive And Well And On A Friendless Voyage: Introduction (1980)
- All The Birds Come Home To Roost: Introduction (1980)
- Opium: Introduction (1980)
- The Other Eye Of Polyphemus: Introduction (1980)
- The Executioner Of The Malformed Children: Introduction (1980)
- Shatterday: Introduction (1980)
- Memoir (Cold Friend) (1980)
- Saturn, November 11th (1981)
- Fear Not Your Enemies (1981)
- Memoir: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (1981)
- Letter (Science Fiction Review #38) (1981)
- Introduction (Doctor Who and the Android Invasion) (1981)
- The Orycon 80 Convention Four-Way Telephone Conversation (1981) with Arthur C. Clarke and Fritz Leiber and Mark Wells
- Letter (Science Fiction Review #40) (1981)
- The Discarded: Introduction (1981)
- Introduction (The Art of Leo & Diane Dillon) (1981)
- Gopher in the Gilly (1982)
- The Thick Red Moment (1982)
- Introduction: Quiet Lies the Locust Tells (1982)
- Epiphany (1982)
- Rolling Dat Ole Debbil Electronic Stone (1982)
- Cheap Thrills on the Road to Hell (1982)
- How to Make Life Interesting (1982)
- Letter (Science Fiction Review #42) (1982)
- Letter (Locus #256) (1982)
- Commentary (on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy) (1982)
- Driving in the Spikes (1983)
- Robert Silverberg: An Appreciation (1983)
- Echoes of Screams, 1983 (1983)
- New Introduction: The Glass Teat Revisited: A Supplementary Introduction / 1983 (1983)
- Intro: Caveat Ellison (1983)
- You're Short (1983)
- Selected Quickies (1983)
- Did You Really Mail A Dead Gopher To An Editor? (1983)
- Bugfuck Is A Way Of Life (1983)
- Carl Sagan Is A Nifty Guy (1983)
- Cosmic Nuhdges (1983)
- Gee, Gang, Kids Say The Darndest Things (1983)
- An Edge In My Voice: Installment #54 (December 19, 1982) (1983)
- On Philip K. Dick (letter) (1983)
- Introduction: Unnecessary Words (1983)
- Letter (Locus #268) (1983)
- Letter (Science Fiction Review #48) (1983)
- Memo '83 (1983)
- Memo '75 (1983)
- Memo '69 (1983)
- A Message From the Sponsor (1983)
- Prologue (Memos From Purgatory) (1983)
- The Last Dangerous Visions (contents as of September, 1973) (1984)
- The Last Dangerous Visions (contents as of May, 1979) (1984)
- (Introduction) Omni's Screen Flights/Screen Fantasies (1984)
- Outland: Out of its Mind But, Sadly, Not Out of Sight (1984)
- A Love Song to Jerry Falwell (1984)
- Introduction: The Man On the Mushroom (1984)
- Introduction [An Edge in My Voice]: Ominous Remarks for Late in the Evening (1985)
- The Concept Seminar (Medea: Harlan's World) (1985) with Robert Silverberg and Frank Herbert and Thomas M. Disch and Theodore Sturgeon
- The Contributors (Medea: Harlan's World) (1985)
- Introduction: The Specs (Medea: Harlan's World) (1985)
- Cosmic Hod-Carriers (1985)
- Theodore Sturgeon: 1918-1985 (1985)
- Dept. of "Trivial Pursuit" Dept. (1986)
- Manly (1986)
- Obituary: Mike Hodel (1986)
- Remembering Mike Hodel (1986)
- Letter (Locus #308) (1986)
- The Deadly "Nackles" Affair (1987)
- Afterword (The Essential Ellison) (1987)
- Remembrances (Dune) (1987)
- Me 'N' Isaac at the Movies (1987)
- Introduction: The Wind Took Your Answer Away (Angry Candy) (1988)
- Introduction to ``The Howling Man'' (1988)
- Wave (1988)
- Last Words about Terry (1988)
- Introduction (The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 40th Anniversary Anthology) (1989)
- Letter (Science Fiction Eye #5) (1989)
- Ask Uncle Harlan: Installment 1: 5 August 89 (1989)
- From Harlan Ellison (Richard Matheson:Collected Stories) (1989)
- Ask Uncle Harlan: Installment 2: 27 September 89 (1989)
- Author's Foreword Concludes (1990)
- Author's Foreword Continues (1990)
- Author's Foreword (1990)
- Introduction (The Shrinking Man) (1990)
- Ask Uncle Harlan: Installment 3: 19 December 89 (1990)
- Xenogenesis (1990)
- Introduction (Wormwood) (1991)
- Ask Uncle Harlan (Pulphouse, October 1991) (1991)
- An Accomplice of Liars & Forgers (1991)
- Introduction (Prayers to Broken Stones) (1991)
- Crying "Wolf!" (1991)
- Ask Uncle Harlan (Pulphouse, June 1992) (1992)
- An Editorial Footnote from Harlan Ellison (1992)
- Isaac Asimov: 1920 - 1992 (1992)
- Ask Uncle Harlan (Pulphouse Aug 1992) (1992)
- In Memoriam: Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) (Obit) (1992) with Arthur C. Clarke and L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine Crook de Camp and Frederik Pohl and Poul Anderson and Karen Anderson and Robert Silverberg and Ben Bova and Carl Sagan and Martin H. Greenberg and Connie Willis and Joel Davis and Norman Spinrad and Shawna McCarthy and Stanley Schmidt and Sheila Williams and Stanley Asimov and Isaac Asimov and Jane Yolen and Janet Asimov
- Toiling in the Dreamtime (1993)
- Introduction (Strange Science) (1993)
- . . . And Last Words (1993)
- A Few Too Few Words (1993)
- Untitled Epitaph for Isaac Asimov (1993)
- Introduction (But I Digress) (1994)
- Perils of the "City" (1995)
- Introduction (Jokes Without Punchlines) (1995)
- Me 'n' Isaac at the Movies: A Brief Memoir of Citizen Calvin (1995)
- Introduction: Let's Pretend (1996)
- Gallery: Trimalchio in West Egg (1996)
- Introduction: Good Morning, Folks; I am not Kathie Lee Gifford (1996)
- A. E. van Vogt: Prefatory Remarks (1997)
- A. E. van Vogt: An Appreciation (1997)
- Introduction: The Fault in My Lines (1997)
- Foreword: Stealing Tomorrow (1997)
- Foreword: Stealing Tomorrow (1997)
- Introduction to "Glowworm" (1998)
- What Passes for a Preface (Preface to: Dreaming Down-Under) (1998)
- What Stands for a Preface (Preface to: Dreaming Down-Under) (1998)
- What Stands for a Preface (Dreaming Down-Under) (1998)
- (Non)-Introduction (1998)
- Turn Out the Lights (1998)
- "And Now, Ladies and Gentlemen, a Man Who Needs No Introduction" (1999)
- Van is Here, but Van is Gone (1999)
- 3 Explicit Essays (2000)
- Introduction (The Computer Connection) (2000)
- Introduction: Working Beyond My Limits (2000)
- The Human Chair (introduction) (2000)
- Introduction: "That Kid's Gonna Wind Up in Jail!" (2001)
- Introduction: Year 2002 (Dangerous Visions 35th Anniversary Edition (2002)
- Introduction (Jacques Futrelle's "The Thinking Machine") (2003)
- Foreword (The Return of the Black Widowers) (2003)
- You Have Been Warned (2004)
- The Player In The Bogus Blue Blazer (2004)
- The "I, Robot" Tragedy (2004)
- Demented SF Movie Harangue (2004)
- Quickies Redux (2004)
- Mailing Labels, Or, How Corporate America Goes Sticky All Over You (2004)
- Diabetes & The Anti-Christ (2004)
- Why We Will Never Enjoy The Pleasures Of Atomic Holocaust: A Theory (2004)
- Reagan's "Enemies" List (2004)
- How Steve McQueen Saved My Life (2004)
- Deductive Logic (2004)
- The Dick (2004)
- Where There's Smoke (2004)
- And Now, The Sermon & Soup (2004)
- Introduction (Fantastic Imaginings: An Anthology of Discovery) (2004)
- 2004: Looking Down the Street (2004)
- The Letters of Dune (2005) with Sterling E. Lanier and Frank Herbert and Lurton Blassingame and Damon Knight and John W. Campbell, Jr. [only as by Sterling Lanier and Harlan Ellison and Frank Herbert and Lurton Blassingame and Damon Knight and John W. Campbell, Jr. ]
- Introduction (Jupiter) (2005)
- Introduction (Shadows of Death) (2005)
- Prologue to the Endeavor: Luck Be a Lady Tonight (2006)
- Mixed Blessings: An Exordium (2006)
- Abiding with Sturgeon: Mistral in the Bijou (2007)
- Foreword (The Nail and the Oracle: Volume XI: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon) (2007)
- Opening Shots (2008)
- Down The Escalator W/ Camera In Arizona (2008)
- The Egg & I (2008)
- Watching Me, Myself & Four Ellisons (2008)
- A Cultural Amnesia Nightmare (2008)
- QVC Ya On The Couch (2008)
- A Harlan Chandelier Evening (2008)
- Again With The Quickies (2008)
- A Leprechaun None? (2008)
- Disney Drive-Thru With Pink Slip (2008)
- Mate Expectations (2008)
- Bogart, Books & Bargains (2008)
- Deep Philosophy About The Middle East (2008)
- Him: About Her (2008)
- Observations On The Abyss (2008)
- A Word from Harlan Ellison® (Come to Me Not in Winter's White) (2009)
- Introduction: Snowfall (2009)
- A Pride of Monsters (1971) by James H. Schmitz
- Mutants (1971) by Gordon R. Dickson
- Anywhen (1971) by James Blish
- Breakfast of Champions (1974) by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
- The Doomsday Gene (1974) by John Boyd
- Mister Justice (1974) by Doris Piserchia
- Stonehenge (1974) by Harry Harrison and Leon E. Stover
- Herovit's World (1974) by Barry N. Malzberg
- Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Second Annual Collection (1974) by Lester del Rey
- Guernica Night (1975) by Barry N. Malzberg
- Foundation read by William Shatner (1976) by William Shatner
- The Illustrated Man read by Leonard Nimoy (1976) by Leonard Nimoy
- A Hornbook for Witches read by Vincent Price (1976) by Vincent Price
- 2001: A Space Odyssey read by Arthur C. Clarke (1976) by Arthur C. Clarke
- The Roots of Evil (1977) by Michel Parry
- Eyes (1977) by Felice Picano
- Smart As the Devil (1977) by Felice Picano
- Michaelmas (1978) by Algis Budrys
- Out of Space and Time (1988) by Clark Ashton Smith
- Shine of the Times (1979) with Stephen King
- Can We Talk? (1994) with uncredited