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§ Ellison Exegesis

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⁠“The Last Dangerous Visions § Ellison Exegesis ”⁠, J. Michael Straczynski⁠2024 (Sci-Fi, BP personality; ⁠bibliography⁠): …The final volume, Ellison’s⁠ grand finale for the entire series⁠, The Last Dangerous Visions⁠, was scheduled to appear in 197451ya. It was never completed. For 50 years. No explanation was ever publicly given. As might be expected, ⁠speculation raged⁠ in the science-fiction community about why The Last Dangerous Visions had, for all intents and purposes, disappeared. In a genre known for mysteries beyond human comprehension, it became the biggest real-life unsolved mystery ever encountered by fans and practitioners of the genre. Other than Ellison and a very few close friends, no one knew the real reason behind the two most-often-asked questions posed by SF fans at conventions and other gatherings for nearly 5 decades: What the hell happened to The Last Dangerous visions? And: When will it be published? There is finally an answer to both questions. The answer to qu

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