• Publication: The Harlan Ellison HornbookPublication Record # 427397
• Author: Harlan Ellison
• Date: 1990-10-00
• Publisher: Mirage Press
• Price:
  $225.00^?$: US dollar
• Pages: xxix+418
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: NONFICTION
• Notes: A limited edition of 40 leather bound copies, slipcased with Harlan Ellison's Movie per Chalker/Owings. Of these, 26 were lettered A-Z and the remainder were presentation copies not offered for sale. Date from copyright page of the cloth edition. The printing history in the Penzler Books edition lists the date of this edition as September. However, Chalker/Owings states that the Penzler and Mirage editions are from the same print run, differing only in the title, copyright and limitation pages as well as the binding. Despite the dates listed in the Penzler edition, Chalker/Owings states that the Penzler binding preceded the Mirage bindings by 3 weeks.

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• xv • Author's Note (The Harlan Ellison Hornbook) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• xvii • Foreword: The Cricket Beneath the Hammer • essay by Robert Crais
• xxv • Introduction: The Lost Secret of East Atlantis • essay by Harlan Ellison
• xxvii •  The Harlan Ellison Hornbook • interior artwork by Gahan Wilson
• 1 • Everything I Know About My Father • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 8 • Valerie, Part One • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 15 • Valerie, Part Two • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 22 • Valerie, Part Three • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 29 • Interim Memo (Getting Stiffed) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 30 • Getting Stiffed • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 37 • Interim Memo (The Tyranny of the Weak, and Some Foreshadowing) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 40 • Café Ellison Diabolique • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 41 • The Tyranny of the Weak, and Some Foreshadowing • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 48 • Harlan's Linen ... • essay by Carl Michael Vrooman
• 49 • Harlan Ellison Replies • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 50 • Interim Memo (With Bloch and Bormann in Brazil) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 51 • With Bloch and Bormann in Brazil • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 57 • Interim Memo (The First of Three Culinary Comments) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 58 • The First of Three Culinary Comments • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 64 • Interim Memo (No Offense Intended, But Fuck Xmas!) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 65 • No Offense Intended, But Fuck Xmas! • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 71 • The Day I Died • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 71 • Interim Memo (The Day I Died) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 79 • Interim Memo (Fair Weather Friends, Summer Soldiers, and Sunshine Patriots) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 79 • Fair Weather Friends, Summer Soldiers, and Sunshine Patriots • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 86 • Interim Memo (Troubling Thoughts About Godhood, Part One) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 88 • Troubling Thoughts About Godhood, Part One • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 99 • Bless That Pesky Wabbit • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 106 • Interim Memo (Troubling Thoughts About Godhood, Part Two) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 107 • Troubling Thoughts About Godhood, Part Two • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 118 • Interim Memo (Where Shadow Collides with Reality: A Preamble) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 119 • Where Shadow Collides with Reality: A Preamble • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 125 • When I Was a Hired Gun, Part One • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 132 • Interim Memo (When I Was a Hired Gun, Part Two) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 134 • When I Was a Hired Gun, Part Two • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 140 • A Rare, Kindly Thought • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 145 • Interim Memo (3 Small Pleasures for a More Endurable Existence) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 146 • 3 Small Pleasures for a More Endurable Existence • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 153 • Interim Memo (Varieties of Venue) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 154 • Varieties of Venue • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 155 •  The Harlan Ellison Hornbook • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 161 • Interim Memo (Why I Fantasize About Using an AK-47 on Teenagers) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 162 • Why I Fantasize About Using an AK-47 on Teenagers • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 173 • Interim Memo (In Which the Imp of Delight Tries to Make the World Smile) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 174 • In Which the Imp of Delight Tries to Make the World Smile • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 180 • Interim Memo (I Go to Bed Angry Every Night, and Wake Up Angrier the Next Morning) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 180 • I Go to Bed Angry Every Night, and Wake Up Anrier the Next Morning • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 184 • Interim Memo (Ahbhu) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 184 • Ahbhu • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 191 • Interim Memo (Death Row, San Quentin, Part One) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 191 • Death Row, San Quentin, Part One • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 197 • Interim Memo (Death Row, San Quentin, Part Two) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 200 • Death Row, San Quentin, Part Two • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 207 • Interim Memo (College Days, Part One) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 208 • College Days, Part One • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 215 • Interim Memo (The Death-Wish of a Golden Idea) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 216 • The Death-Wish of a Golden Idea • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 226 • College Days, Part Two • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 233 • Interim Memo (College Days, Part Three) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 234 • College Days, Part Three • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 239 • Interim Memo (The Last of Three Culinary Comments, Gonzo-Style) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 239 • The Last of Three Culinary Comments, Gonzo-Style • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 245 • Interim Memo (Out of the Mail Bag) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 245 • Out of the Mail Bag • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 249 • Interim Memo (Oh, Dear, He's Not Going to Do Xmas Again, Is He?) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 251 • Oh, Dear, He's Not Going to Do Xmas Again, Is He? • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 258 • Interim Memo (The Death of My Mother, Serita R. Ellison) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 260 • The Death of My Mother, Serita R. Ellison • (1976) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 270 • Interim Memo (Enormous Dumb) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 272 • Enormous Dumb • (1977) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 278 • Interim Memo (Revealed at Last! What Killed the Dinosaurs! And You Don't Look So Terrific Yourself.) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 280 • Revealed at Last! What Killed the Dinosaurs! And You Don't Look So Terrific Yourself. • (1977) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 297 • Interim Memo to Appendixes (The Harlan Ellison Hornbook) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 299 • Interim Memo (Comic of the Absurd) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 302 • Comic of the Absurd • (1970) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 311 • The Extra Salty Sailor and the Flat-Footed Dragon • short fiction by George Carlson
• 311 •  The Extra Salty Sailor and the Flat-Footed Dragon • interior artwork by George Carlson
• 319 • Interim Memo (Dogging It in the Great American Heartland) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 319 • Dogging It in the Great American Heartland • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 334 • Darkness Falls in the City of Angels • (1988) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 345 • Lenny Bruce Is Dead • (1986) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 349 • Did Your Mother Throw Yours Out? • (1988) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 368 • The Song the Sixties Sang • (1988) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 386 • The Dingbat Appendix • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 395 • Index (The Harlan Ellison Hornbook) • essay by Gil Lamont