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Foreword by Stephen King, copyright © 1982 by Stephen King.
Introduction: "Quiet Lies the Locust Tells," copyright © 1982 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Grail," copyright © 1981 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"The Outpost Undiscovered by Tourists," copyright © 1981 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Blank. . .," copyright © 1957 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, 1985 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"The 3 Most Important Things in Life," copyright © 1978 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Visionary" (written with Joe L. Hensley), copyright © 1957 by Harlan Ellison and Joe. L. Hensley. Renewed, 1985 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation and (The Estate of) Joe L. Hensley.
"Djinn, No Chaser," copyright © 1982 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Invasion Footnote" (by "Cordwainer Bird"), copyright © 1957 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, 1985 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Saturn, November 11th," copyright © 1981 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Night of Black Glass," copyright © 1981 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Final Trophy," copyright © 1957 by Harlan Ellison. Revised version, copyright © 1982 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation. Renewed, 1985 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"! !!The! !Teddy!Crazy! !Show! !!," copyright © 1968 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, 1996 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"The Cheese Stands Alone," copyright © 1981 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Somehow, I Don't Think We're in Kansas, Toto," copyright ©1974 by
Harlan Ellison. Revised and expanded version, copyright © 1982 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation. Renewed, 2002 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Transcending Destiny" (under the title "School for Assassins" and the pseudonym "Ellis Hart"), copyright © 1957 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, 1985 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"The Hour That Stretches," copyright © 1982 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"The Day I Died," copyright © 1973 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, 2001 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Tracking Level," copyright © 1956 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, 1984 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Tiny Ally," copyright © 1957 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, 1985 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"The Goddess in the Ice" (by "Ellis Hart"), copyright © 1967 by Harlan Ellison. Revised version, copyright © 1982 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation. Renewed, 1995 by the Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Gopher in the Gilly," copyright © 1982 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
THIS BOOK IS FOR
(MS.) MARTY CLARK,
WHO DID THE
WORK, SMILING
I don't have much patience with the facts, and any writer is a congenital liar to begin with or he wouldn't take up writing . . . I write to say No to death . . . an artist is a creature driven by demons. He don't usually know why they chose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why . . .
—WILLIAM FAULKNER
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Author, besotted with humility, would like to take this opportunity to thank all the little people whose support and assistance made his climb to the top possible: Lemuel Gulliver; the girl in the Golden Atom; Billy Barty; General Tom Thumb; the Ty-D-Bol man; Barbie &Ken; Manners the Butler; Dr. Miguelito Loveless; Poppin' Fresh, the Pillsbury Dough Boy; the representatives of the Lollipop Guild; Speedy Alka-Seltzer; Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; Snap, Crackle & Pop; Scott Carey, the Incredible Shrinking Man; Chip'n'Dale; Tattoo; and all the gang over at Dr. Cyclops's.
But seriously, folks.
I couldn't'a done it widdout'cha, friends:
Diana Adkins, Sid Altus, Isaac Asimov; Richard Fontaine, Dale Hardman, Bobbie J. Kroman and Willie Wilson of B. Dalton Bookstores; Greg Bear, Alex Berman, Arthur Bernhard, Ben Bova, Mayer Alan Brenner, Jeff Bridges, Edward W. Bryant, Jr.; Sharon Buck, Mark Carlton, Alan Chudnow, (Ms.) Marty Clark, Jon Clarke, Ed Coffey, Catherine Crowell; Arthur Byron Cover, Lydia Marano and Linda Mayfield of the Dangerous Visions Bookstore in Sherman Oaks, California; Buzz Dixon, Clint Eastwood, Audrey and Edward L. Ferman, Charles Garcia, Mel Gilden, Joanne Gutreimen, Burt Handelsman, C.E.; James Haralson, Joe L. Hensley, Walter Hill, Richard Hoagland, Michael Hodel, Nancy Hodel, Terry Hodel, Stephen King, Steve Kirk, T.E.D. Klein, Cele Goldsmith Lalli, Gil Lamont, Shelley Levinson, Barry R. Levin, Tim Lewis; Jane Mackenzie in a class by herself; Elinor Mavor, Jon R. McKenzie, Larry McMurtry, Joyce Muskat, Sharon O'Hara, Frank Olynyk, Jerry Pournelle, Eric Protter, John Ratner, Mary Riordon, Jeff Rubenstein, Bonnie Sue Russell, Jared Rutter; John Sack, W.W. Scott, Larry T. Shaw, Robert Silverberg, Judith Sims, Tad Stones, William Stout, Genadie Sverlow, Leslie Kay Swigart, the impossible-to-locate Mike Taylor; Emily Boxer and Tom Brokaw and the late Jessica Savitch of the NBC Today Show; Dan Turner, (Ms.) Randall Warner, and my former editor at Future Life, the long suffering Bob Woods.
For each and all of you, a blessing of the 18th Egyptian dynasty: "God be between you and harm in all the empty places you walk."
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Pure, 100-proof distillation of Ellison. A righteous verbal high! Here you'll find twenty of his very best stories and essays (including the four-part "Scenes from the Real World"), an anecdotal history of the doomed TV series, The Starlost, he created for NBC; Tales from the Mountains of Madness; and his hilariously brutal reportage on the three most important things in life: sex, violence, and labor relations.