Gentleman Junkie · Stories

Bold and uncompromising, Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-up Generation is a watershed moment in Harlan Ellison’s early writing career. Rather than dealing in speculative fiction, these twenty-five short stories directly tackle issues of discrimination, injustice, bigotry, and oppression by the police. Pulling from his own experience, Ellison paints vivid portraits of the helpless and downtrodden, blazing forth with the kind of unblinking honesty that would define his career.

Contents

Foreword (Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation) • (1961) • essay by Frank M. Robinson

Introduction: The Children of Nights • (1975) • essay

Final Shtick • (1960) • short story

Gentleman Junkie • (1961) • short story

May We Also Speak? • (1961) • essay

Daniel White for the Greater Good • (1961) • short story

Lady Bug, Lady Bug • (1961) • short story

Free with This Box! • (1958) • short story

There's One on Every Campus • (1959) • short story

At the Mountains of Blindness • (1961) • short story

This Is Jackie Spinning • (1959) • short story

No Game for Children • non-genre • (1959) • short story

The Late, Great Arnie Draper • (1961) • short story

High Dice • (1961) • short story

Enter the Fanatic, Stage Center • (1961) • short story

Someone Is Hungrier • (1960) • short story

Memory of a Muted Trumpet • non-genre • (1960) • short story

Turnpike • (1961) • short story

Sally in Our Alley • (1959) • short story

The Silence of Infidelity • non-genre • (1957) • short story

Have Coolth • (1959) • short story

RFD #2 • (1957) • short story by Harlan Ellison and Henry Slesar

No Fourth Commandment • (1956) • short story

The Night of Delicate Terrors • (1961) • short story