Publication: Approaching Oblivion: Road Signs on the Treadmill Toward Tomorrow

Publication: Approaching Oblivion: Road Signs on the Treadmill Toward TomorrowPublication Record # 192081
Author: Harlan Ellison
Date: 1974-12-00
Catalog ID: 6400
Publisher: Walker & Co. / SFBC
Price:
$2.49^?$: US dollar
Pages: 184
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: Approaching Oblivion: Road Signs on the Treadmill Toward Tomorrow (1974) • by Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon
Webpages: sciencefictionruminations.com
Notes:
- "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front flap of the dustjacket.
- Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for December 1974.
- No printed price or stated date of publication. Both given here are taken from the SFBC brochure, "Things to Come".
- "6400" printed at the bottom on the back flap of the dustjacket.
- First printing has gutter code "E47" [verified] on page 183, indicates a printing in November 1974.
- Known reprint codes: "41 R" (1976, page 179, PV6 copy) "H31" (Aug.'77); "K20" (May '80); "M24" [verified] (June '82)[SFBC#6400 now on back cover]
- "Jacket illustration by Diane and Leo Dillon" printed on the back flap of the dust jacket.
- Foreword by Michael Crichton; introduction by author.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 3776704

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Collection Title: Approaching Oblivion • collection by Harlan Ellison

Contents (view Concise Listing)

1 • Foreword: Approaching Ellison • essay by Michael Crichton
5 • Introduction: Reaping the Whirlwind • (1974) • essay by Harlan Ellison
19 • Knox • (1974) • short story by Harlan Ellison
37 • Cold Friend • (1973) • short story by Harlan Ellison
50 • Kiss of Fire • (1972) • short story by Harlan Ellison
63 • Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman • (1962) • short story by Harlan Ellison
68 • I'm Looking for Kadak • (1974) • novelette by Harlan Ellison
97 • Silent in Gehenna • (1971) • short story by Harlan Ellison
115 • Erotophobia • (1971) • short story by Harlan Ellison
122 • One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty • (1970) • short story by Harlan Ellison
138 • Ecowareness • (1974) • short story by Harlan Ellison
141 • Catman • (1974) • novelette by Harlan Ellison
178 • Hindsight: 480 Seconds • (1973) • short story by Harlan Ellison

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