The original outline for the story - remarkably reminiscent of the short story in its execution - is included as well. This lost ending hasn't been seen since his colleagues in the Zone writer's room convinced him to write the conclusion that has since become famous.

Ellison won yet another Writers Guild Award for 'Paladin of the Lost Hour,' an episode of the 1985 Twilight Zone revival written simultaneously with the Hugo Award-winning short story of the same name (featured in Harlan 101: Encountering Ellison), but this particular script differs from the story in one key respect: it features the original ending Ellison planned for this classic story. Two stories from The Outer Limits -'Soldier,' the story that inspired the Terminator movie franchise, and the Writers Guild Award-winning 'Demon With a Glass Hand,' one of the most iconic segments of the 1960s science fiction anthology. Produced for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, this harrowing tale of juvenile delinquency is presented in TWO different drafts-one with Ellison's extensive hand-written revisions-illustrating the author's creative process. 'Memos From Purgatory'-Ellison's adaptation of his memoir about life in a Brooklyn gang. Michael Straczynski, creator of Babylon 5 and writer of the Clint Eastwood-directed film Changeling, in which he describes the importance of seeing actual script pages as the author originally wrote them.

This 438-page paperback features: 'Touching Magic'-An introduction by J. Reproduced from Ellison's private files (and occasionally featuring his hand-written alterations), these scripts appear exactly as they did when the writer pulled them from his Olympia manual typewriter. Brain Movies collects Harlan Ellison's television work.

Brain Movies by Harlan Ellison