June 29, 20188 yr Yet another. Alas time. Science fiction writer Harlan Ellison dies aged 84 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/28/harlan-ellison-death-science-fiction-star-trek
June 29, 20188 yr Author Harlan Ellison: where to start reading He wrote more than 1,700 stories, film and TV scripts – so here are five of the best by a giant of speculative fiction, who has died aged 84 https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2018/jun/29/harlan-ellison-where-to-start-reading
July 2, 20188 yr Author Harlan Ellison obituary Short story writer who regenerated the science fiction genre in the US To some, Harlan Ellison was the finest short story writer to have emerged from America’s science fiction ghetto in generations. The Los Angeles Times described him as “the 20th-century Lewis Carroll”; JG Ballard thought he was “an aggressive and restless extrovert who conducts life at a shout and his fiction at a scream”; Robert Bloch, author of Psycho, called him “the only living organism I know whose natural habitat is hot water”. ... (Obviously stated before the discovery of Cyanobacteria... ) https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/29/harlan-ellison-obituary
July 2, 20188 yr Author The anthology Dangerous Visions curated by Ellison forever changed SF. And then Again Dangerous Visions.
July 2, 20188 yr Author P.S. Sorry not to have anecdotes of meeting Ellison at some fan con and he hitting me up (he was straight, far as I know) in the manner that Louis Edmonds honored yer AS at the 1993 Dark Shadows Festival.
November 14, 20196 yr Active Members Recently re-watched "The City on the Edge of Forever." I knew it was by Ellison by just now found he hated the end result. Oh well. https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/6/29/17518928/harlan-ellison-star-trek-grudge-science-fiction-rip
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