Alone Against Tomorrow
Ellison is one of the great authors of short stories of speculative fiction. This 1971 collection offers a nice sampling of his work. Stories range from very traditional scifi tales ("Life Hutch" or "Night Vigil") to horror tales ("All the Sounds of Fear" or "Lonelyache") to something more like dark fantasy ("Pennies, Off a Dead Man’s Eyes" or "Are You Listening?"). Several of them would have made great Twilight Zone episodes. Two of Ellison's most famous stories are included: "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" (my personal favorite--this story makes Skynet of Terminator fame seem like a warm puppy!), and "'Repent, Harliquin!' Said the Ticktockman" (which I enjoyed, but not any more than several other interesting tales in the collection).
Harlan Ellison - Alone Against Tomorrow - 8
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Terse, meaty, and too the point. 
I dont have this particular binding in my collection, but I do have many of the stories you mention in other editions.
Harlan's one of my favorite auithors. Great guy in real life too ... a real firebrand.
I remember hearing him chat with JMS (of Babylon 5 fame) back at ICON some years back, shortly after the movie "The Matrix" came out, and the subject of the Terminator movies came up. If I recall correctly, I think Harlan did indeed sue the writers of that movie, and finally received a movie credit (albeit a small one), due to similarities with "demon with a glass hand", and other works. I think he opted not to sue the writers of The Matrix over similarities to IHNMaIMS, because he felt it was more of a tip of the hat, rather than a blatant story grab.
I dont have this particular binding in my collection, but I do have many of the stories you mention in other editions.
Harlan's one of my favorite auithors. Great guy in real life too ... a real firebrand.
I remember hearing him chat with JMS (of Babylon 5 fame) back at ICON some years back, shortly after the movie "The Matrix" came out, and the subject of the Terminator movies came up. If I recall correctly, I think Harlan did indeed sue the writers of that movie, and finally received a movie credit (albeit a small one), due to similarities with "demon with a glass hand", and other works. I think he opted not to sue the writers of The Matrix over similarities to IHNMaIMS, because he felt it was more of a tip of the hat, rather than a blatant story grab.