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• xv • Introduction: "... And Now, Batting in the DBS Slot ..." • (1997) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• i • The Harlan Ellison Hornbook • (1990) • nonfiction by Harlan Ellison
• vi • Author's Note (The Harlan Ellison Hornbook) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• ix • Foreword: The Cricket Beneath the Hammer • (1990) • essay by Robert Crais
• xvii • Introduction: The Lost Secret of East Atlantis • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• xix •  The Harlan Ellison Hornbook • (1990) • interior artwork by Gahan Wilson
• 1 • Everything I Know About My Father • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 7 • Valerie, Part One • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 14 • Valerie, Part Two • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 21 • Valerie, Part Three • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 28 • Interim Memo (Getting Stiffed) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 29 • Getting Stiffed • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 35 • Interim Memo (The Tyranny of the Weak, and Some Foreshadowing) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 37 • Café Ellison Diabolique • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 39 • The Tyranny of the Weak, and Some Foreshadowing • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 45 • Harlan's Linen ... • (1990) • essay by Carl Michael Vrooman
• 46 • Harlan Ellison Replies • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 47 • Interim Memo (With Bloch and Bormann in Brazil) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 48 • With Bloch and Bormann in Brazil • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 53 • Interim Memo (The First of Three Culinary Comments) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 54 • The First of Three Culinary Comments • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 60 • Interim Memo (No Offense Intended, But Fuck Xmas!) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 61 • No Offense Intended, But Fuck Xmas! • (1972) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 66 • Interim Memo (The Day I Died) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 67 • The Day I Died • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 74 • Interim Memo (Fair Weather Friends, Summer Soldiers, and Sunshine Patriots) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 75 • Fair Weather Friends, Summer Soldiers, and Sunshine Patriots • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 81 • Interim Memo (Troubling Thoughts About Godhood, Part One) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 83 • Troubling Thoughts About Godhood, Part One • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 94 • Bless That Pesky Wabbit • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 101 • Interim Memo (Troubling Thoughts About Godhood, Part Two) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 102 • Troubling Thoughts About Godhood, Part Two • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 113 • Interim Memo (Where Shadow Collides with Reality: A Preamble) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 114 • Where Shadow Collides with Reality: A Preamble • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 119 • When I Was a Hired Gun, Part One • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 125 • Interim Memo (When I Was a Hired Gun, Part Two) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 127 • When I Was a Hired Gun, Part Two • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 133 • A Rare, Kindly Thought • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 138 • Interim Memo (3 Small Pleasures for a More Endurable Existence [The Second of 3 Culinary Comments]) • (1997) • essay by Harlan Ellison (variant of Interim Memo (3 Small Pleasures for a More Endurable Existence) 1990)
• 139 • 3 Small Pleasures for a More Endurable Existence [The Second of 3 Culinary Comments] • (1997) • essay by Harlan Ellison (variant of 3 Small Pleasures for a More Endurable Existence 1973)
• 146 • Interim Memo (Varieties of Venue) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 147 • Varieties of Venue • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 148 •  The Harlan Ellison Hornbook • (1990) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 154 • Interim Memo (Why I Fantasize About Using an AK-47 on Teenagers) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 155 • Why I Fantasize About Using an AK-47 on Teenagers • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 165 • Interim Memo (In Which the Imp of Delight Tries to Make the World Smile) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 167 • In Which the Imp of Delight Tries to Make the World Smile • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 171 • Interim Memo (I Go to Bed Angry Every Night, and Wake Up Angrier the Next Morning) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 172 • I Go to Bed Angry Every Night, and Wake Up Anrier the Next Morning • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 175 • Interim Memo (Ahbhu) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 176 • Ahbhu • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 182 • Interim Memo (Death Row, San Quentin, Part One) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 183 • Death Row, San Quentin, Part One • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 189 • Interim Memo (Death Row, San Quentin, Part Two) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 192 • Death Row, San Quentin, Part Two • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 199 • Interim Memo (College Days, Part One) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 200 • College Days, Part One • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 207 • Interim Memo (The Death-Wish of a Golden Idea) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 208 • The Death-Wish of a Golden Idea • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 218 • College Days, Part Two • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 225 • Interim Memo (College Days, Part Three) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 226 • College Days, Part Three • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 231 • Interim Memo (The Last of Three Culinary Comments, Gonzo-Style) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 232 • The Last of Three Culinary Comments, Gonzo-Style • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 237 • Interim Memo (Out of the Mail Bag) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 238 • Out of the Mail Bag • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 241 • Interim Memo (Oh, Dear, He's Not Going to Do Xmas Again, Is He?) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 243 • Oh, Dear, He's Not Going to Do Xmas Again, Is He? • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 250 • Interim Memo (The Death of My Mother, Serita R. Ellison) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 252 • The Death of My Mother, Serita R. Ellison • (1976) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 262 • Interim Memo (Enormous Dumb) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 264 • Enormous Dumb • (1977) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 270 • Interim Memo (Revealed at Last! What Killed the Dinosaurs! And You Don't Look So Terrific Yourself.) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 272 • Revealed at Last! What Killed the Dinosaurs! And You Don't Look So Terrific Yourself. • (1977) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 287 • Interim Memo to Appendixes (The Harlan Ellison Hornbook) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 288 • Interim Memo (Comic of the Absurd) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 291 • Comic of the Absurd • (1970) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 300 • The Extra Salty Sailor and the Flat-Footed Dragon • (1990) • short fiction by George Carlson
• 300 •  The Extra Salty Sailor and the Flat-Footed Dragon • (1990) • interior artwork by George Carlson
• 308 • Interim Memo (Dogging It in the Great American Heartland) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 311 • Dogging It in the Great American Heartland • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 322 • Darkness Falls in the City of Angels • (1988) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 333 • Lenny Bruce Is Dead • (1986) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 337 • Did Your Mother Throw Yours Out? • (1988) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 357 • The Song the Sixties Sang • (1988) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 375 • The Dingbat Appendix • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 386 • Index to The Harlan Ellison Hornbook • (1997) • essay by Gil Lamont (variant of Index (The Harlan Ellison Hornbook) 1990)
• 1 • Interim Memo (Harlan Ellison's Movie) • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 2 • Harlan Ellison's Movie (introduction) • (1973) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 5 • Harlan Ellison's Movie • (1990) • short fiction by Harlan Ellison
• 155 • Interim Memo (Harlan Ellison's Movie) [2] • (1990) • essay by Harlan Ellison