Contents (view Concise Listing)

• xv • Author's Note (The Harlan Ellison Hornbook) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• xvii • Foreword: The Cricket Beneath the Hammer • (1990) • essay by Robert Crais
• xxv • Introduction: The Lost Secret of East Atlantis • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• xxvii •  The Harlan Ellison Hornbook • (1990) • 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) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 30 • Getting Stiffed • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 37 • Interim Memo (The Tyranny of the Weak, and Some Foreshadowing) • (1990) • 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 ... • (1990) • essay by Carl Michael Vrooman
• 49 • Harlan Ellison Replies • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 50 • Interim Memo (With Bloch and Bormann in Brazil) • (1990) • 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) • (1990) • 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!) • (1990) • 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) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 79 • Interim Memo (Fair Weather Friends, Summer Soldiers, and Sunshine Patriots) • (1990) • 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) • (1990) • 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) • (1990) • 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) • (1990) • 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) • (1990) • 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) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 146 • 3 Small Pleasures for a More Endurable Existence • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 153 • Interim Memo (Varieties of Venue) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 154 • Varieties of Venue • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 155 •  The Harlan Ellison Hornbook • (1990) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 161 • Interim Memo (Why I Fantasize About Using an AK-47 on Teenagers) • (1990) • 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) • (1990) • 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) • (1990) • 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) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 184 • Ahbhu • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 191 • Interim Memo (Death Row, San Quentin, Part One) • (1990) • 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) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 200 • Death Row, San Quentin, Part Two • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 207 • Interim Memo (College Days, Part One) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 208 • College Days, Part One • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 215 • Interim Memo (The Death-Wish of a Golden Idea) • (1990) • 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) • (1990) • 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) • (1990) • 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) • (1990) • 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?) • (1990) • 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) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 260 • The Death of My Mother, Serita R. Ellison • (1976) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 270 • Interim Memo (Enormous Dumb) • (1990) • 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.) • (1990) • 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) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 299 • Interim Memo (Comic of the Absurd) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 302 • Comic of the Absurd • (1970) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 311 • The Extra Salty Sailor and the Flat-Footed Dragon • (1990) • short fiction by George Carlson
• 311 •  The Extra Salty Sailor and the Flat-Footed Dragon • (1990) • interior artwork by George Carlson
• 319 • Interim Memo (Dogging It in the Great American Heartland) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 319 • Dogging It in the Great American Heartland • (1990) • 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 • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 395 • Index (The Harlan Ellison Hornbook) • (1990) • essay by Gil Lamont