The Harlan Ellison Hornbook

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name = The Harlan Ellison Hornbook
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author = Harlan Ellison
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country = USA
language = English
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subject = essays
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publisher = Warner Books Inc.
release_date = November 1990 (1st edition)
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media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 417 pp "(first edition)"
isbn = 978-0892962396
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"The Harlan Ellison Hornbook" (ISBN 978-0892962396) is a 1990 compilation of columns written by Harlan Ellison for several counterculture newspapers in Los Angeles, mostly for the "Los Angeles Free Press" and the "L.A. Weekly News" in 1972 and 1973.

Many of the essays are of an autobiographical nature as Ellison writes about particularly colorful moments from his past, including a love affair gone bad with a woman who he identifies only as "Valerie," an infamous diatribe about his hatred of Christmas entitled, "No Offense Intended, But Fuck Xmas!", a touching tribute to his departed dog Ahbhu and a chilling account of his journey to San Quentin State Prison to visit a man on death row. Also included is an article about Lenny Bruce that originally appeared in "Los Angeles" magazine and an essay defending comic books as a legitimate art form entitled, "Did "Your" Mother Throw "Yours" Out?" that appeared in "Playboy" magazine.

In 1990, Mirage Press published an edition of the "Hornbook" with the screenplay for "Harlan Ellison's Movie". Both were reprinted yet again in "Edgeworks 3", published by White Wolf Publishing in 1997.

External links

* [http://www.islets.net/essays/hornbook.html "Harlan Ellison's Hornbook"]
* [http://harlanellison.com/review/hornbook.htm Webderland review]