Title: Same Old Ellison
Product review: Harlan Ellison proves once again that his introductions are far more momentous than his short stories! Slippage has destroyed my faith in Ellison as a writer of fiction once and for all. The stories are, by turns, smarmy, self-indulgent, unfathomable, and worst of all, boring. The introductions to the stories are just the opposite: enlightening, thought-provoking and entertaining. They share an obvious reality the stories sorely lack. Nowhere is this sad dichotomy more evident than in Ellison's account of his stormy separation from the New Twilight Zone TV series. To take a do-or-die stand over the insipid, predictable piece of fiction in question proves beyond a doubt that Ellison is simply no longer in touch.
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