Approaching OblivionRoad Signs on the Treadmill Toward Tomorrow
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Copyright © 1974 by Harlan Ellison. Copyright © 1985 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation. Renewed, 2002 by The Kilimanjaro CorporationAPPROACHING OBLIVION is an Edgeworks Abbey® Offering in association with ereads.com. Published by arrangement with the Author and The Kilimanjaro Corporation. Harlan Ellison and Edgeworks Abbey are registered trademarks of The Kilimanjaro Corporation. This edition is copyright © 2008 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation. All rights reserved. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form. E-Reads, Ltd. Electronic version by Baen Books |
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Foreword: "Approaching Ellison" by Michael Crichton, copyright © 1974 by Michael Crichton. "1984 Introduction to the Introduction," copyright © 1985 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation. "Introduction: "Reaping the Whirlwind," copyright © 1974 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, 2002 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation. "Knox," copyright © 1974 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, 2002 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation. "Cold Friend," copyright © 1973 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, 2001 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation. "Kiss of Fire," copyright © 1972 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, 2000 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation. "Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman," copyright © 1962 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, 1990 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation. "I'm Looking for Kadak," copyright © 1974 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, 2002 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation. "Silent in Gehenna," copyright © 1971 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, 1999 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation. "Erotophobia," copyright © 1971 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, 1999 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation. To the memory of
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The New York Times called him "relentlessly honest" and then used him as the subject of its famous Sunday Acrostic. People Magazine said there was no one like him, then cursed him for preventing easy sleep. But in these stories Harlan Ellison outdoes himself, rampaging like a mad thing through love ("Cold Friend", "Kiss of Fire", "Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman"), hate ("Knox", "Silent in Gehenna"), sex ("Catman", "Erotophobia"), lost childhood ("One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty") and into such bizarre subjects as the problems of blue-skinned, eleven-armed Yiddish aliens, what it's like to witness the end of the world and what happens on the day the planet Earth swallows Barbra Streisand. Oh yeah, this one's a doozy!