Harlan Ellison: "The Toad Prince or, Sex Queen of the Martian Pleasure-Domes," "A Lot of Saucers," and "Incognita, Inc."

As chronicled in my most recent overly long blogpost, I downloaded a scan of the 600th issue of Amazing Stories, published in the year 2000. Today let's read the Harlan Ellison story included in the issue, and two other stories from the Y2K period by SF's bad boy. As I write this, the below links will get you to scans of publications including today's stories, but no guarantees--the high seas of internet piracy are treacherous."The Toad Prince or, Sex Queen of the Martian Pleasure-Domes" "A Lot of Saucers""Incognita, Inc.""The Toad Prince or, Sex Queen of the Martian Pleasure-Domes" (2000)I'm reading this in a scan of the magazine in which it debuted, the cover of which has a good illustration by Christopher Moeller. The painting feels like a sincere invocation of the idea that the future is going to be a beautiful adventure, not like a goof or a parody of classic adventure SF. I can't say the same for Don Ivan Punchatz's interior illustration for "The Toad Prince or, Sex Queen of the…