Order of Harlan Ellison Books
Harlan Ellison was an American author who was best known for writing his brand of New Wave speculative fiction. In his career, he had more than 1700 works published in a variety of forms from short stories to screenplays to comic books.
He may be best known for writing a very popular Star Trek episode called “The City on the Edge of Forever”. He also won eight Hugo awards in his lifetime as well as four Nebula awards, five Bram Stoker awards, and two Edgar Awards. He earned numerous Lifetime Achievement awards and even was nominated for a Grammy award later in his life.
Publication Order of Vic and Blood Books
| Vic and Blood | (1988) |    |
| Blood's a Rover | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Web of the City | (1958) | |
| The Man with 9 Lives | (1959) | |
| A Touch of Infinity | (1959) | |
| Spider Kiss | (1961) | |
| Doomsman | (1972) | |
| Phoenix Without Ashes | (1975) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman | (1965) | |
| Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes | (1967) | |
| A Boy and His Dog | (1969) | |
| The Region Between | (1970) | |
| All the Lies That Are My Life | (1980) | |
| Run for the Stars | (2006) | |
| Harlan Ellison's Movie | (2010) | |
| Li'l Harlan and His Sidekick Carl the Comet in Danger Land | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Deadly Streets | (1958) | |
| Getting in the Wind | (1959) | |
| Sex Gang | (1959) | |
| Children of the Streets / The Juvies | (1961) | |
| Gentleman Junkie | (1961) | |
| Ellison Wonderland | (1962) | |
| Paingod and Other Delusions | (1965) | |
| I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream | (1967) | |
| From the Land of Fear | (1967) | |
| Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled | (1968) | |
| The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World | (1968) | |
| Over the Edge | (1970) | |
| The Time of the Eye | (1971) | |
| Alone Against Tomorrow | (1972) | |
| All the Sounds of Fear | (1973) | |
| Approaching Oblivion | (1974) | |
| No Doors, No Windows | (1975) | |
| Deathbird Stories | (1975) | |
| The Illustrated Harlan Ellison | (1978) | |
| Strange Wine | (1978) | |
| The Fantasies of Harlan Ellison | (1979) | |
| Shatterday | (1980) | |
| Stalking the Nightmare | (1982) | |
| The Essential Ellison | (1985) | |
| Mefisto in Onyx | (1987) | |
| Night and the Enemy | (1987) | |
| Footsteps | (1989) | |
| The Harlan Ellison Hornbook | (1990) | |
| Dream Corridor | (1996) | |
| Slippage | (1997) | |
| Troublemakers | (2001) | |
| Dreams with Sharp Teeth | (2009) | |
| The Phantom Chronicles, Volume 2 | (2009) | |
| Pulling a Train | (2012) | |
| Rough Beasts | (2012) | |
| Honorable Whoredom at a Penny a Word | (2013) | |
| Again, Honorable Whoredom at a Penny a Word | (2014) | |
| The Top of the Volcano | (2014) | |
| Can & Can'tankerous | (2015) | |
| The Ephemeral Ellison | (2019) | |
| Dimensions of Harlan Ellison | (2019) | |
| The Ellison Treatment | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Plays
| The City on the Edge of Forever | (1977) | |
| I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay | (1987) | |
| None of the Above | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
| Harlan Ellison's 7 Against Chaos | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Thinking Machine | (1905) | |
| Memos From Purgatory | (1961) | |
| The Glass Teat | (1970) | |
| The Other Glass Teat | (1975) | |
| Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed | (1984) | |
| An Edge in My Voice | (1985) | |
| Harlan Ellison's Watching | (1988) | |
| Working Without a Net | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Brain Movies Books
| Brain Movies, Volume 2 | (2011) | |
| Brain Movies, Volume 1 | (2011) | |
| Brain Movies, Volume 3 | (2013) | |
| Brain Movies, Volume 4 | (2013) | |
| Brain Movies, Volume 5 | (2013) | |
| Brain Movies, Volume 6 | (2013) | |
| Brain Movies, Volume 7 | (2019) | |
| Brain Movies, Volume 8 | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Dream Corridor Books
| Dream Corridor Special | (1995) | |
| Dream Corridor Quarterly | (1996) | |
| Dream Corridor 1 | (1996) | |
| Dream Corridor 2 | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Books
| Best New Horror 2 | (1991) | |
| Best New Horror 3 | (1992) | |
| Best New Horror 4 | (1993) | |
| Best New Horror 5 | (1994) | |
| Best New Horror 6 | (1995) | |
| Best New Horror #26 | (2015) | |
Publication Order of Oz-Story Magazine Books
| Oz-Story 1 | (1995) | |
| Oz-Story 2 | (1996) | |
| Oz-Story 3 | (1997) | |
| Oz-Story 4 | (1998) | |
| Oz-Story 5 | (1999) | |
| Oz-Story 6 | (2000) | |
Publication Order of Hard Case Crime Books
(with Lawrence Block, Robert Bloch, Max Allan Collins)
| Shooting Star/Spiderweb | (1958) | |
| Shooting Star / Spiderweb | (1958) | |
| Web of the City | (1958) | |
| The Mercenaries | (1960) | |
| Two for the Money | (1973) | |
| Deadly Beloved | (2007) | |
| Gun Work | (2011) | |
| Catch and Release | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Partners in Wonder | (1971) | |
| Again, Dangerous Visions | (1972) | |
| The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 20th Series | (1973) | |
| Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader | (1973) | |
| Again, Dangerous Visions 2 | (1973) | |
| Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology | (1974) | |
| Six Science Fiction Plays | (1975) | |
| Study War No More | (1977) | |
| Nebula Awards 13 | (1980) | |
| The First Omni Book of Science Fiction | (1983) | |
| Medea | (1985) | |
| The Fourth Omni Book of Science Fiction | (1985) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 12 | (1986) | |
| The Dark Void | (1987) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection | (1988) | |
| Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1 | (1988) | |
| Borderlands 1 | (1990) | |
| Alien Sex: 19 Tales by the Masters of Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy | (1990) | |
| The Horror Hall of Fame | (1991) | |
| Best New Horror 5 | (1994) | |
| Cthulhu 2000 | (1995) | |
| The Outer Limits, Volume One | (1996) | |
| Hollywood Fantasies: Ten Surreal Visions of Tinsel Town | (1997) | |
| In the Shadow of the Gargoyle | (1998) | |
| The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology | (1999) | |
| The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century | (2000) | |
| A Century of Great Suspense Stories | (2001) | |
| Son of Retro Pulp Tales | (2009) | |
| The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction | (2010) | |
| Crucified Dreams | (2011) | |
| Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury | (2012) | |
| Season of Wonder | (2012) | |
| Fear the Abyss | (2012) | |
| Again, Honorable Whoredom at a Penny a Word | (2014) | |
| Silent Night, Deadly Night | (2016) | |
| Blood Is Not Enough | (2019) | |
If You Like Harlan Ellison Books, You’ll Love…
One of the best collections of Harlan Ellison stories is Shatterday: Stories. This book features a number of interesting science fiction stories including the Hugo and Nebula award-winning story, Jeffty is Five. That story features a five-year-old boy who never ages, stuck living in a past that no longer exists. Antoehr great story features an alien attack on Earth that puts the planet on the brink of Armageddon, but the humans who remain are unable to resist the sexual allure of the alien invaders. The book is filled with thought provoking stories that will leave you thinking.
Another popular collection is Paingod: And Other Delusions. This book has another eight stories from Ellson including the title story, “Paingod”. In this story, a minor deity has the ob of bringing pain to life forms across the universe. This book also includes “Repent, Harlequin, Said the Ticktockman” which is one of Ellison’s most famous works. That story follows a man disguised the Harlequin who rebels against the Ticktockman and tries to disrupt his perfectly scheduled society. The story is unique as it begins in the middle, then moves to the beginning, and then goes the end.
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