Harlan Ellison: Two Typed Letters Signed....

In part: "While it makes me unhappy to have to lay this on you, since you asked, I must reply honestly. No, I am not happy...after busting my ass to make sure your office and Isaac had the preferred texts of my three stories..." What follows is a point by point assessment of the mistakes as well as a complaint of the company overall. "Dear, dear Julia. I know full well you didn't need any crap like this dumped on you today. (If I know Doubleday at all, you had a rotten day, and added tsuriss [sic] is something for which you would not lobby.) but you made the error of asking...and someone ought to tell you that Doubleday has once again displayed it production ineptitude. I hold no animosity toward you...you simply happen to be the responsible editor in this deal, so you get the crap."