Publication: Approaching Oblivion

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Publication: Approaching OblivionPublication Record # 397077
Author: Harlan Ellison
Date: 1981-00-00
ISBN: 0-451-09683-5 [978-0-451-09683-8]
Publisher: Signet / New American Library of Canada
Price:
C$2.25^?C$: Canadian dollar
Pages: 164
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: Approaching Oblivion: Road Signs on the Treadmill Toward Tomorrow (1974) • by Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon
Notes: • "First Printing, January, 1976" • In PV1 copy the '1976' part of the above line is a completely different font than the rest of the line and quite off-set • Fifth printing by number line 5—13. • No printing date in book [price and catalogue # place the date in 1981]. • Copyright © 1974 by Harlan Ellison. • Cover printed in the US, book in Canada • Cover artists not credited, the artwork is clearly signed • Interior art attributed in Ellison's Grammatical Guide and Glossary for the Goyim
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 750525122

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Collection Title: Approaching Oblivion • (1974) • collection by Harlan Ellison

Contents (view Concise Listing)

1 • Foreword: Approaching Ellison • (1974) • essay by Michael Crichton
5 • Introduction: Reaping the Whirlwind • (1974) • essay by Harlan Ellison
17 • Knox • (1974) • short story by Harlan Ellison
32 • Cold Friend • (1973) • short story by Harlan Ellison
43 • Kiss of Fire • (1972) • short story by Harlan Ellison
54 • Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman • (1962) • short story by Harlan Ellison
58 • I'm Looking for Kadak • (1974) • novelette by Harlan Ellison
80 • Ellison's Grammatical Guide and Glossary for the Goyin • (1976) • essay by Harlan Ellison (variant of Ellison's Grammatical Guide and Glossary for Goyim 1974)
81 • Evsise • interior artwork by Tim Kirk (variant of Evsise, the Zsouchmoid 1974)
85 • Silent in Gehenna • (1971) • short story by Harlan Ellison
101 • Erotophobia • (1971) • short story by Harlan Ellison
108 • One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty • (1970) • short story by Harlan Ellison
122 • Ecowareness • (1974) • short story by Harlan Ellison
124 • Catman • (1974) • novelette by Harlan Ellison
158 • Hindsight: 480 Seconds • (1973) • short story by Harlan Ellison

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