Harlan Ellison






Harlan Ellison

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born
May 27, 1934

gender
male

place of birth
Cleveland, Ohio, The United States

genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers, Horror


about this author

Harlan Jay Ellison is a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, teleplays, essays, and criticism. His literary and television work has received many awards. He wrote for the original series of both The Outer Limits and Star Trek; edited the multiple-award-winning short story anthology series Dangerous Visions; and served as creative consultant to the science fiction TV series The New Twilight Zone and Babylon 5.





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avg rating: 4.05 | 9,781 ratings | 652 reviews | 183 distinct works | 74 fans
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scr... I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
by Harlan Ellison
avg rating 4.24 — 629 ratings — published 1967
10 editions
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Angry Candy Angry Candy
by Harlan Ellison
avg rating 4.14 — 432 ratings — published 1988
3 editions
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Deathbird Stories Deathbird Stories (SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection)
by Harlan Ellison
avg rating 4.34 — 382 ratings — published 1975
10 editions
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Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ti... Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman: The Classic Story
by Harlan Ellison
avg rating 4.36 — 374 ratings — published 1997
3 editions
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The Essential Ellison: A 50 Ye... The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective
by Harlan Ellison
avg rating 4.51 — 336 ratings — published 1998
4 editions
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Dangerous Visions: The 35th An... Dangerous Visions: The 35th Anniversary Edition
by Harlan Ellison (Editor)
avg rating 4.25 — 347 ratings — published 1967
18 editions
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Strange Wine Strange Wine
by Harlan Ellison
avg rating 4.13 — 295 ratings — published 1978
7 editions
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Again, Dangerous Visions Again, Dangerous Visions
by Harlan Ellison (Editor)
avg rating 4.01 — 284 ratings — published 1972
9 editions
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Shatterday Shatterday
by Harlan Ellison
avg rating 4.16 — 236 ratings — published 1980
9 editions
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The Glass Teat The Glass Teat
by Harlan Ellison
avg rating 4.10 — 238 ratings — published 1970
4 editions
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"You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant."
Harlan Ellison
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"The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity."
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"I know that pain is the most important thing in the universes. Greater than survival, greater than love, greater even than the beauty it brings about. For without pain, there can be no pleasure. Without sadness, there can be no happiness. Without misery there can be no beauty. And without these, life is endless, hopeless, doomed and damned.
Adult. You have become adult.
-- From the title story "Paingod
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Harlan Ellison (Paingod and Other Delusions)
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