Boxed Hardcover

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First edition, First printing
ISBN-13: 978-1-61037-322-7
Page count: 450
Book Size: 6" x 9"
Ebook (epub)

Second edition, First printing
ISBN-13: 978-1-61037-325-8
Hardcover (Trade)

First edition, First printing
ISBN-13: 978-1-61037-323-4
Page count: 448
Book Size: 6" x 9"
A Lit Fuse
The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison
by Nat Segaloff
- Special Limited Edition, numbered 1–500
- Unlimited Trade HC (Hardcover) Edition
- (both contain 32 pages of photos)
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Chapter 1: Morning in the Sunken Cathedral
- Chapter 2: First Contact
- Chapter 3: Harlan in Wonderland
- Chapter 4: Marriage Ain't Nothin' But Love Misspelled
- Chapter 5: Science Friction
- Chapter 6: Teats for Two
- Chapter 7: All the Lies That Are His Life
- Chapter 8: The Cordwainer Chronicles
- Chapter 9: Aye, Robot
- Chapter 10: The Snit on the Edge of Forever
- Chapter 11: The Voice in the Wilderness
- Chapter 12: The Collector
- Chapter 13: Repent, Harlan!
- Chapter 14: The Rabbit Whole
- Chapter 15: The Lost Dangerous Visions
- Chapter 16: The Flight of the Deathbird
- Epilogue
- Afterword
- Appendix A: Harlan Ellison on Writing: A Conversation
- Appendix B: Unrealized Projects (Unproduced Teleplays, Screenplays, and Treatments)
- Appendix C: Awards
- Appendix D: Interviews
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
Author

[Photo by Liane Brandon]
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.
Information about the limited, boxed first edition
Publishing information
- ISBN: 978-1-61037-322-7
- The book is slipcased, signed by the author (Nat Segaloff), and numbered from 1–500. [Please don't ask for particular numbers, they are shipped in an unpredictable order.]
- Some slipcases for A Lit Fuse were produced with misaligned text on the spine. It will take a while to replace them. Until then, each book with a slipcase that may be in this category will be accompanied by instructions for requesting a replacement, if one is desired. Replacement slipcases must be requested within three months of ordering the book. Requested replacements will be shipped free of charge.
Dealer and member discounts
- The limited edition is currently being sold only through the NESFA web site at full price. There are no discounts available for the limited edition.
- Later states of the book will be sold normally through Amazon and other dealers. Normal dealer and member discounts will apply.
- Ebook (epub and mobi) editions are planned for 2021.
Errata
- Changes between the limited edition and the first printing of the trade edition.
- Changes planned for future printings/editions.
Cover photo by Beth Gwinn