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Copyright © 1966 by Leo & Diane Dillon.
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Foreword by Frank M. Robinson; copyright © 1961 by Frank M. Robinson. Renewed, © 1989 by Frank M. Robinson.
Introduction: "The Children of Nights" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1975 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 2003 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Final Shtick" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1960 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1988 by Harlan Ellison."Gentleman Junkie" (originally published as "Night Fix") by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1960 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1988 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"May We Also Speak?" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1959 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1987 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Daniel White for the Greater Good" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1961 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1989 by Harlan Ellison.
"Lady Bug, Lady Bug" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1961 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1989 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation."Free with This Box!" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1958 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1986 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"There's One on Every Campus" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1959 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1987 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"At the Mountains of Blindness" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1961 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1989 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"This Is Jackie Spinning" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1959 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1987 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"No Game for Children" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1959 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1987 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"The Late, Great Arnie Draper" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1961 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1989 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"High Dice" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1961 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1989 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation."Enter the Fanatic, Stage Center" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1966 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1994 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Someone Is Hungrier" (published under the pseudonym "Pat Roeder") by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1960 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1988 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Memory of a Muted Trumpet" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1960 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1988 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Turnpike" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1966 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1994 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Sally in Our Alley" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1966 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1994 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"The Silence of Infidelity" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1957 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1985 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"Have Coolth" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1959 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1987 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"RFD #2" (originally published as "For Services Rendered") by Harlan Ellison and Henry Slesar; copyright © 1957 by Harlan Ellison and Henry Slesar. Renewed, © 1985 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation and Henry Slesar.
"No Fourth Commandment" (originally published as "Wandering Killer") by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1956 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1984 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation.
"The Night of Delicate Terrors" by Harlan Ellison; copyright © 1961 by Harlan Ellison. Renewed, © 1989 by Harlan Ellison.
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7592-2988-4
ISBN-10: 0-7592-2988-0
Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation
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Aside from naming a child after someone, dedicating a book is the purest way of saying thank you and you've been important in my life. I never do it lightly. The first edition of this book was dedicated:
For FRANK M. ROBINSON, who
has helped, rescued, and even cried
sad, dark tears; in friendship.
But years pass, and while the debt a dedication pays does not diminish in value, time separates friends; and the time machine that is a book permits the correction of oversights and omissions. So this new edition refurbishes the thank you to Frank and adds:
For RACHEL, with love.
"There is no use writing anything that has been written before unless you can beat it. What a writer in our time has to do is write what hasn't been written before or beat dead men at what they have done."
ERNEST HEMINGWAY, 1936
"Society and man are mutually dependent enemies and the writer's job [is] to go on forever defining and defending the paradox—lest, God forbid, it be resolved."
ARTHUR MILLER, 1974
"The purpose of fiction is the creation of a small furry object that will break your heart."
DONALD BARTHELME
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The original 50 cent paperback edition of this book now goes for $100 in rare book auctions. Why? Because it contains 25 of the best, hardest-to-find stories of the writer the Washington Post calls “one of the great living American short story writers,” the unpredictable Harlan Ellison.