This is a list of works by Harlan Ellison (1934–2018). It includes his literary output, screenplays and teleplays, voiceover work, and other fields of endeavor.
The White Wolf Edgeworks Series was originally scheduled to consist of 31 titles reprinted over the course of 20 omnibus volumes. Although an ISBN was created for Edgeworks. 5 (1998), which was to contain both Glass Teat books, this title never appeared. The series is notorious for its numerous typographical errors.[10]
| TV series | Episode | Original aired | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ripcord | "Where Do Elephants Go to Die?" | 1963 | — |
| Burke's Law | "Who Killed Alex Debbs?" | October 25, 1963, on ABC | — |
| "Who Killed Purity Mather?" | December 6, 1963, on ABC | — | |
| "Who Killed Andy Zygmunt?" | March 13, 1964, on ABC | — | |
| "Who Killed 1/2 of Glory Lee?" | May 8, 1964, on ABC | — | |
| The Outer Limits | "Soldier" | September 19, 1964, on ABC | — |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | "The Price of Doom" | October 12, 1964, on ABC | Credited as "Cord Wainer Bird" |
| The Outer Limits | "Demon with a Glass Hand" | October 17, 1964, on ABC | Won the Writers Guild of America Award |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | "Memo from Purgatory" | December 21, 1964, on NBC | Based on his autobiographical story "The Gang" |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | "The Sort of Do-It-Yourself Dreadful Affair" | September 23, 1966, on NBC | — |
| "The Pieces of Fate Affair" | February 24, 1967, on NBC | Wrote the script and co-wrote the story with Yale Udoff | |
| Star Trek | "The City on the Edge of Forever" | April 6, 1967, on NBC | Won the Hugo Award and Writers Guild of America Award for his original script [1] |
| Cimarron Strip | "Knife in the Darkness" | January 25, 1968, on CBS | — |
| The Flying Nun | "You Can't Get There from Here" | April 11, 1968, on ABC | Credited as "Cordwainer Bird" |
| The Young Lawyers | "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs" | March 10, 1971, on ABC | — |
| Circle of Fear | "Earth, Air, Fire and Water" | January 19, 1973, on NBC | Co-wrote the story with D. C. Fontana, who wrote the script |
| The Starlost | "Voyage of Discovery" (Original title "Phoenix Without Ashes") | September 22, 1973 | Credited as "Cordwainer Bird"; won the Writers Guild of America Award for his original script |
| Logan's Run | "Crypt" | November 7, 1977, on CBS | Story only; teleplay by Al Hayes |
| The Twilight Zone | "Paladin of the Lost Hour" | November 8, 1985, on CBS | Based on his short story "Paladin"; won the Writers Guild of America Award |
| "Gramma" | February 14, 1986, on CBS | Based on the short story by Stephen King | |
| "Crazy as a Soup Sandwich" | April 1, 1989, in syndication | — | |
| Cadillacs and Dinosaurs | "Wildfire" | January 28, 1994, on CBS | Story only, teleplay by David Wise |
| Babylon 5 | "A View from the Gallery" | February 11, 1998, on TNT | Co-wrote the story with J. Michael Straczynski, who wrote the script |
| The Hunger | "The Face of Helene Bournouw" | February 27, 1998, on Showtime | Credited as "Cordwainer Bird" |
| "Footsteps" | March 27, 1998, on Showtime | Story only; credited as "Cordwainer Bird"; teleplay by Gerald Wexler | |
| Silver Surfer | "Antibody" | April 11, 1998, on Fox Kids | Story only; teleplay by Larry Brody and Michael Steven Gregory |
| Babylon 5 | "Objects in Motion" | November 11, 1998, on TNT | Co-wrote the story with J. Michael Straczynski, who wrote the script |
| Masters of Science Fiction | "The Discarded" | August 25, 2007, on ABC | Co-wrote the script with Josh Olson; based on Ellison's short story "The Abnormals" |
See also The Starlost #1: Phoenix without Ashes (1975), the novelization by Edward Bryant of the teleplay for the pilot episode of The Starlost, which includes a lengthy afterword by Ellison describing what happened during production of the series.
Stories originally contained in the Dream Corridor series, based on paintings by artists.
In addition to the many adaptations of his work, as well as original Ellison stories for the graphic novel format, Ellison also wrote many comic book scripts for series such as Daredevil, Avengers, Detective Comics, and several stories for various comic book anthology series.
On an edition of Public Radio International's arts and culture series Studio 360 broadcast on May 30, 2008, Ellison announced that he had signed with a "major publisher" to produce his memoirs, under the tentative title Working Without a Net. That title first appeared in the television show Babylon 5, for which Ellison was a creative consultant: in the episode "TKO" (originally broadcast in 1994), the fictional character Susan Ivanova is seen reading and laughing at a book entitled Working Without a Net by Harlan Ellison in 2258.[16] Ultimately, Ellison chose author Nat Segaloff to write his biography and sat down for several hours of interviews, with the understanding that Ellison would have no veto over what would be in the book.[17][18] That book, A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison, was published on July 14, 2017, by NESFA Press.
The print-on-demand publishers Edgeworks Abbey and Open Road publish works by Ellison.
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream was included in American Fantastic Tales, volume II (from the 1940s to now), edited by Peter Straub and published by the Library of America in 2009. The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century edited by Tony Hillerman and Otto Penzler (Houghton Mifflin, 2000) included Ellison's "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs."
In October 2010, a special hardcover collection Unrepentant: A Celebration of the Writings of Harlan Ellison (Garcia Publishing Services, 2010) was issued by MadCon, a convention in Wisconsin at which Ellison was the guest of honor. In addition to including "How Interesting: A Tiny Man" (previously published in "Realms of Fantasy" magazine,) it also included "'Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman", "Some Frightening Films of the Forties" (a never before reprinted essay,) an illustrated bibliography of Ellison's fiction books by Tim Richmond, an article by Robert T. and Frank Garcia on Ellisons television work, an appreciation/essay by Dark Horse Comics publisher Michael Richardson, an article about Deep Shag's audio recordings of Ellison speaking engagements by Michael Reed, a 6-page B&W gallery of covers by Leo and Diane Dillon, a two-page Neil Gaiman-drawn cartoon and an official biography.
In March 2011, Subterranean Press released an expanded edition of Deathbird Stories featuring new introductory material, new afterwords and three additional stories (the never-before-collected "From A to Z, in the Sarsaparilla Alphabet", together with "Scartaris, June 28th", and "The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore").
In November 2011, Edgeworks Abbey (Ellison's personal publishing arm) and Spectrum Fantastic, published a pocket-sized gift book entitled Bugf#ck: The Useless Wit & Wisdom of Harlan Ellison. It contains quotes on writing, sex, politics, love and war, as well as pertinent excerpts from his short stories, and a handful of personal photographs of the author. In December 2011, Edgeworks Abbey began publishing original collections and retrospectives in two different series: the Brain Movies series (which contain teleplays from Ellison's award-winning career as a screenwriter) and the Harlan 101 series (which contain reprints, and original, unpublished stories and essays, and serve as an introduction to Ellison's writings). December 1, 2011 saw the simultaneous publication of four books: Brain Movies: Volume One, Brain Movies: Volume Two, Harlan 101: Encountering Ellison, and The Sound of a Scythe and Three Brilliant Novellas.
In May 2012, Kicks Books published Pulling a Train, the first of two reprints of early writings by Ellison, originally published in pulp magazines and in paperbacks for the crime fiction market. Simultaneously, the publisher of "Deep Shag" Records released "On the Road With Ellison, Volume Six".
In October 2012, Kicks Books published Getting in the Wind, the second half of a reissue of stories originally published as Sex Gang, under Ellison's Paul Merchant pseudonym in the 1950s.
In November 2012, Edgeworks Abbey published None of the Above, an unproduced screenplay adaptation (written for director Costa-Gavras) of Norman Spinrad's novel, Bug Jack Barron, and Rough Beasts, seventeen never-before-collected pulp stories from the 1950s.
In April 2013, Hardcase Crime – publishers of original and reprint paperback crime fiction – published a reprint of Web of the City.
In May 2013, Edgeworks Abbey published Brain Movies: Volume Three and Brain Movies: Volume Four, two further collections of Ellison's teleplays, including two unproduced pilots.
In July 2013, DC Comics published, in hardcover, Harlan Ellison's 7 Against Chaos, illustrated by Paul Chadwick.
In November 2013, Edgeworks Abbey and HarlanEllisonbooks.com published, Brain Movies: Volume Five, including a treatment for an unproduced episode of Batman, an unproduced, original teleplay, "The Dark Forces", and several others. Also published was Honorable Whoredom at a Penny A Word which is another collection – similar to Getting in the Wind, etc. – that collects Ellison's older, earlier fiction, written when he was learning his craft. This book collects stories written for men's magazines, "confessionals" and other digests of the pulp era, such as "The Golden Virgin", "Scum Town" and "They Killed My Kid!".
Edgeworks Abbey released four volumes in 2014: 8 in 80 by Ellison edited by Susan Ellison, Again, Honorable Whoredom at a Penny a Word, Brain Movies: Volume Six, and Harlan Ellison's Endlessly Watching.
In 2014, Subterranean Press published The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison, collecting twenty-three of Ellison's Nebula, Hugo, Bram Stoker, Edgar, Best American Short Story and Locus-Award-winning short fiction.
In December 2015, Subterranean Press published Can & Can'tankerous, containing previously uncollected short stories by Harlan Ellison.[19]
In 2007, Dreams with Sharp Teeth received its first public screening at the Writers Guild Theatre in Los Angeles. The documentary about Ellison and his work was written and directed by Erik Nelson with archival footage of Ellison.[22] It was released on DVD by New Video Group on May 26, 2009.[23] Ellison's last public appearance in his hometown was in September 2007 for the Midwestern debut of the documentary at Cleveland Public Library.[24][25]