Back in 1994, Tom Snyder interviewed Harlan Ellison on CNBC. Ellison was promoting his book Mind Fields, a book featuring paintings by the Polish artist Jacek Yerka and accompanying short stories by Ellison.
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Twenty years after the death of Charles Beaumont in 1967, the sf/f radio program Hour 25 held a memorial episode for him. Here is the audio of Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson, Roger Anker, and Charles’ son Chris Beaumont talking about Charles Beaumont.

Great listening…

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Harlan Ellison (as Himself) and H.P. Lovecraft (Jeffrey Combs) on Scooby-Doo – Mystery Inc.
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Author/Screenwriter Harlan Ellison and Film Critic David Ansen discuss their thoughts on David Lynch’s Dune, the 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel. Taken from the “Impressions of Dune” documentary on the Dune DVD from Sanctuary Visual Entertainment.

[via SFFaudio]

For this Book Cover Smackdown, we’re turning our attention to Harlan Ellison’s classic collection I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. Your Mission (should you choose to accept it): Tell us which cover you like best and why.

Editions shown here:

• 1967, Pyramid Books: art by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon
• 1983, Ace: art by Barclay Shaw
• 2009, e-reads: artist unknown

From the documentary Harlan Ellison: Dreams With Sharp Teeth.

[via the always-awesome Cynical-C Blog]

• Interviews & Profiles:
  • Here’s a rare an audio interview with author Leigh Brackett, conducted by film reviewer Tony Macklin. [via Marooned]
  • MentatJack interviews Rose Fox and Josh Jasper of Genreville.
  • @The Dragon Page: Alma Alexander.
• Listen to Harlan Ellison’s Dramatic Reading of the Seussified “I Will Not Read Your F***ing Script”. Obviously NSFW. [via Genreville]
• Speaking of asking writers for favors, John Scalzi rants On The Asking of Favors From Established Writers: “It looks like it’s time to do a little more head-knocking regarding the life of a writer, so let’s just start knocking heads, shall we…” Jason Sanford responds: “And the word laughed and proclaimed, ‘It’s nothing personal, but that’s life. There are always going to be distractions, people you’d prefer not to deal with, and things you’d rather not do. If any of that bothers you, simply grow a spine and say no once in a while.’”
• Angry Robot signs John Meaney and Matthew Hughes.
• J.M. McDermott writes in to tell us that Apex Book Publishing has picked up the eBook rights of his well-received debut, Last Dragon.
• Shattersnipe has a theory on Why Paranormal Romance Is No Fad
• The Official Star Wars Blog tells us that a man in Norway named Andreas Jankov has legally changed his name to Julius Andreas Gimli Arn MacGyver Chewbacka Highlander Elessar-Jankov.
• Gary Farber sees parallels between Ronald Regan and Vladimir Lenin…and The Day the Earth Stood Still.
• A new trend? Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. [via MobileRead]
• Alien and Frodo as Garbage Pail Kids. More here.
• Lists:
  • @BestScienceFictionStories: 5 Science Fiction Stories Set On The Ocean.
  @Cinematical: 7 Superheroes Without Costumes.
  • @Newsarama: 10 of Fiction’s Biggest Brains.

[via SciFi Scanner via Poe TV]