A LIT FUSE: THE PROVOCATIVE LIFE OF HARLAN ELLISON By Nat Segaloff

Description: A LIT FUSE: THE PROVOCATIVE LIFE OF HARLAN ELLISON By Nat Segaloff, First Edition, NESFA Press 2017, Boxed Limited Edition Hardcover, 500 copies, signed by the author Nat Segaloff BRAND NEW - Excellent Condition Handling time is 5 days because I *may* be traveling; I normally ship in 1-2 business days. Please see my 100% positive feedback. An unguarded, uncensored, unquiet tour of the life of Harlan Ellison.In late 2011 Harlan Ellison—the multi-award-winning writer of speculative fiction and famously litigious personality—did two uncharacteristic things. First, he asked biographer Nat Segaloff if he’d be interested in writing his life story. Second, he gave Segaloff full control. The result is the long-anticipated A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison. The expansive biography, which is the first such project in which Ellison has permitted large portions of his varied works to appear.Segaloff conducted exhaustive interviews with Ellison over the course of five years and also spoke with many of his friends and enemies in an effort to get inside the man and pin down the best-known “Harlan stories.” Their wide-ranging discussions cover his bullied boyhood, his storied marriages, his fabled lawsuits, and his compulsive writing process with more depth and detail than has ever before appeared in print. But it also delves into the man’s deeply held principles, his fears, and the demons that drove him for all of his 84 years. Friends, colleagues, and admirers such as Neil Gaiman, Patton Oswalt, Peter David, Robert Sawyer, Michael Scott, Edward Asner, Leonard Nimoy, Ed Bryant, Alan Brennert, Robert Silverberg, and many other notables add their voices.Along the way the reader is treated to an analysis of the Connie Willis controversy, the infamous dead gopher story, allegedly pushing a fan down an elevator shaft, and the final word on The Last Dangerous Visions. What emerges is a rich portrait of a man who has spent his life doing battle with his times and himself, always challenging his readers to reach for a higher plane and goading himself to get them there. It’s funny, wise, shocking, and—well, it’s Harlan. TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE 1ST EDITIONForewordPreface and AcknowledgmentsPrologueChapter 1: Morning in the Sunken CathedralChapter 2: First ContactChapter 3: Harlan in WonderlandChapter 4: Marriage Ain’t Nothin’ But Love Misspelled32 pages of photosChapter 5: Science FrictionChapter 6: Teats for TwoChapter 7: All the Lies That Are His LifeChapter 8: The Cordwainer ChroniclesChapter 9: Aye, RobotChapter 10: The Snit on the Edge of ForeverChapter 11: The Voice in the WildernessChapter 12: The CollectorChapter 13: Repent, Harlan!Chapter 14: The Rabbit WholeChapter 15: The Lost Dangerous VisionsChapter 16: The Flight of the DeathbirdEpilogueAfterwordAppendix A: Harlan Ellison on Writing: A ConversationAppendix B: Unrealized Projects (Unproduced Teleplays, Screenplays, and Treatments)Appendix C: AwardsAppendix D: InterviewsSelected BibliographyIndexINFORMATION ABOUT THE LIMITED, BOXED FIRST EDITIONThe book is slipcased, signed by the author (Nat Segaloff), and numbered from 1–500.Nat Segaloff is a writer, producer, and film historian. He has written the biographies of Arthur Penn, William Friedkin, and Stirling Silliphant, and produced documentaries on Stan Lee, John Belushi, Larry King, and Shari Lewis & Lamb Chop. He is co-author of the play “The Waldorf Conference,” about the origins of the Hollywood Blacklist (in which Harlan Ellison acted) and, in addition to A Lit Fuse, has also completed a memoir, Screen Saver. AI Description for your amusement: Dive into the provocative life of Harlan Ellison with Nat Segaloff's "Lit Fuse," a compelling biography that offers an intimate look at one of science fiction's most iconic writers. This first edition hardcover, published by NESFA Press in 2017. With 450 pages of rich narrative, this boxed limited edition is a treasure for both literati and Ellison aficionados. It's handsomely sized at 9 inches in height and 6 inches in width, making it a substantial addition to any bookshelf. Collectors will appreciate that it's signed by Nat Segaloff, enhancing its uniqueness and value.

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