Description: Two of Harlan Ellison’s most compelling unfulfilled dreams will, at long last, finally find their audience when you open this book to discover 1968’s Esper—the story of a broadcast news journalist whose emerging telepathy changes his professional perspective forever—and 1975’s The Tigers Are Loose—which finds a penal psychiatrist attempting to understand and treat the monsters in our midst. Esper In 1968, Harlan Ellison wrote a detailed treatment for a TV movie intended to spawn a series. Readers of Stephen King’s 1979 novel THE DEAD ZONE might wonder if Harlan Ellison could see the future… The Tigers Are Loose Inspired by the practice of the psychiatrist who treated mass murderer Richard Speck after his capture, this teleplay for an unproduced 1975 movie-of-the-week highlights Harlan Ellison’s ability to deliver a suspenseful thriller despite the unwillingness of NBC’s censors to allow violence on the network’s air. Rumble (bonus for the first edition only -- NEVER REPRINTED!) Harlan Ellison’s never-before-published (or finished, for that matter) screenplay adaptation of his first novel, WEB OF THE CITY. Rumble—the script was titled per the re-titled novel—was written for American-International Pictures in 1963 as a Frankie Avalon/Annette Funicello vehicle that would certainly have disrupted the teen idol image established by such movies as Beach Blanket Bingo. From 2009 until 2020, I was Harlan Ellison's editor, producing 29 new collections of his work as well as expanded reissues of his catalog titles. While working on these titles, I amassed a large collection of pre-release proofs—books printed to check the layout, proofread, or otherwise test the product before mass production—promotional copies, and finished product. In an effort to clear space and fund my next publishing project, I am now offering the last of these books for auction. Proofs my differ from the books as published. 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Price: 100 USD
Location: Burbank, California
End Time: 2024-12-17T21:11:19.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.38 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Personalize: No
Era: 2010s
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Personalized: No
Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: No
Publisher: Edgeworks Abbey
Book Title: Brain Movies : the Original Teleplays of Harlan Ellison
Publication Year: 2016
Topic: General
Language: English
Genre: Performing Arts
Author: Harlan Ellison
Format: Trade Paperback