Fingerprints in the Sky; The Authorized Harlan Ellison® Bibliography

Burton, MI: Edgeworks Abby in association with Subterranean Press, 2017. Stated First Edition and also stated Limited edition, number 439 of 500 numbered copies (and an additional 26 lettered copies). Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Robert Culp (author photograph on certificate), Ar. Format is approximately 10.75 inches by 12.25 inches. 374, [2] pages. Illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. The Certificate for this special signed limited edition is signed at the top by Tim Richmond and at the bottom by Harlan Ellison. It is bound in before the half-title page. This is the most complete bibliographic collectors guide to the work of Harlan Ellison, including citations for short stories, novels, comics, periodicals, foreign language, audio visual and published/unpublished movies and teleplays. Fully illustrated with hundreds of color and black & white illustrations and photographs. Probably the final word on Ellison bibliography some 20+ years in the making. Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 - June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. Robert Bloch, the author of Psycho, described Ellison as "the only living organism I know whose natural habitat is hot water." His published works include more than 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, comic book scripts, teleplays, essays, and a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media. Some of his best-known works include the 1967 Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever" (he subsequently wrote a book about the experience that includes his original screenplay), his A Boy and His Dog cycle, and his short stories "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" and "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman". Ellison won numerous awards, including multiple Hugos, Nebulas, and Edgars. "This compendium is not of my making: it is seventeen years of labor by Tim Richmond—standing high on the ladder of the most multi-talented people I have ever twined with. In company with his wife Andrea. He is an internationally-lauded string musician—at least ten different axes including 5-string bass, guitar and mandolin...we were once trapped between-floors at a giant convention (with the BritPak) for more than three hours, and all that time—nearly everyone in claustrophobic fear or panic—Tim sat cross-legged like the Ancient Ant of Atlantis, inscribing meticulously...page after page of this book. So, yes, it measures out all the work I've created in 80+ years...but this is Tim's (and Andrea's) labors. I am merely the shadow Tim has worked so long and hard to personify. It is my hunch that if Posterity gives me a backwards-nod, it will be because this monumental tome exists." —Harlan Ellison®. During his sixty-five year career as a writer, Harlan Ellison has amassed a canon of work like no other. Harlan Ellison's work has appeared in nearly every literary genre from horror to mystery to science fiction to fantasy across every popular medium. His work has been translated into over twenty-six languages and is available all over the world. Over the last twenty years, it has been Tim Richmond's endeavor to archive Harlan's work and preserve the legacy of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. In an attempt to compile a complete collection of all of Harlan's work, Richmond's initial manuscript began with an extensive want list. It became clear that despite an earlier bibliography by Leslie Kay Swigart published in 1973, there was no up-to-date resource for the serious collector. After approaching Harlan with the notion that it was high time for a bibliography/comprehensive collector's guide, Tim was given Harlan's blessing with full access to his personal files.
The result is a unique oversize presentation which not only contains standard bibliographical information, but also specific points of reference, radio broadcasts, unpublished scripts, artists, annotations and other ephemera. Fully illustrated with commentary from Tim Richmond, and a new, never before published foreword by Harlan Ellison. Fingerprints is not only a reference guide but a one of a kind celebration of our greatest living author.