AdamSmith Posted June 29, 2018 Posted June 29, 2018 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 Latbear4blk 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted June 29, 2018 Author Posted June 29, 2018 Greatest genius. I am bereft. Latbear4blk 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted June 29, 2018 Author Posted June 29, 2018 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 Latbear4blk 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted July 2, 2018 Author Posted July 2, 2018 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 Latbear4blk 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted July 2, 2018 Author Posted July 2, 2018 The anthology Dangerous Visions curated by Ellison forever changed SF. And then Again Dangerous Visions. Quote
AdamSmith Posted July 2, 2018 Author Posted July 2, 2018 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. Quote
Members TropicalBeach Posted November 14, 2019 Members Posted November 14, 2019 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 AdamSmith 1 Quote
