Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction

by Harlan Ellison

By law, one cannot copyright a title. If someone were stupid enough to do it, novels could be written and published with such titles as " Moby Dick," " Alice in Wonderland" or "Gone With the Wind." But also, by law, ownership of a title can be guaranteed if it can be proved that the original author has established such a connection with the title that any duplication would infringe that linkage.

How famous is this most famous of all Harlan Ellison's books? Well known enough that an English film company was stopped in its attempt to make a movie called " I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream." It's Ellison's title, the company was told.

For more than sixteen years this work has been considered a classic of imaginative fiction.

Isn't it about time you found out why? Discover why no one who has read this story has ever been able to forget it!

Contents:

· The Song of the Soul · in
· I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream · ss If Mar ’67
· The Discarded [“The Abnormals”] · ss Fantastic Apr ’59
· Deeper Than the Darkness · nv Infinity Science Fiction Apr ’57
· Blind Lightning · ss Fantastic Universe Jun ’56
· All the Sounds of Fear · ss The Saint Detective Magazine (UK) Jul ’62
· The Silver Corridor · ss Infinity Science Fiction Oct ’56
· “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · ss Galaxy Dec ’65
· Bright Eyes · ss Fantastic Apr ’65
· Are You Listening? · ss Amazing Dec ’58
· Try a Dull Knife · ss F&SF Oct ’68
· In Lonely Lands · ss Fantastic Universe Jan ’59
· Eyes of Dust · ss Rogue Dec ’59
· Nothing for My Noon Meal · ss Nebula #30 ’58
· O Ye of Little Faith · ss Knight Sep ’68
· The Time of the Eye · ss The Saint Detective Magazine May ’59
· Life Hutch [Kyben] · ss If Apr ’56
· The Very Last Day of a Good Woman [“The Last Day”] · ss Rogue Nov ’58
· Night Vigil [“Yellow Streak Hero”] · ss Amazing May ’57
· Lonelyache · ss Knight Jul ’64
· Pennies, Off a Dead Man’s Eyes · ss Galaxy Nov ’69

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Anthologies, Horror

312 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Harlan Jay Ellison was a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, teleplays, essays, and criticism.

His literary and television work has received many awards. He wrote for the original series of both The Outer Limits and Star Trek as well as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour; edited the multiple-award-winning short story anthology series Dangerous Visions; and served as creative consultant/writer to the science fiction TV series The New Twilight Zone and Babylon 5.

Several of his short fiction pieces have been made into movies, such as the classic "The Boy and His Dog".

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