Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-267) and index.
Contents
An estimated life -- Breaking into the ghetto : Ellison and the fiction markets of the 1950s -- Sketches of the damned : JD and rock fiction -- Rogue/knight : adventures in the skin trade -- Consumed by shadows : Ellison and Hollywood -- The annihilation of time : science fiction -- Myths of transformation : Deathbird stories -- Myths of identity I : profession and heritage -- Myths of identity II : the persistence of the past -- The self on trial : fragmentation and magic realism.
