In Harlan Ellison's short story "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman", what does the rebellious Harlequin do to throw off the oppressive scheduling of the Ticktockman?
a. He smashes every clock in the factory
b. He turns up sound systems to a piercing roar
c. He moons the factory workers from a scaffold
d. He drops millions of jellybeans from the air
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a. He smashes every clock in the factory
b. He turns up sound systems to a piercing roar
c. He moons the factory workers from a scaffold
d. He drops millions of jellybeans from the air
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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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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 by Harlan Ellison avg rating 4.14 — 432 ratings — published 1988 3 editions |
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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 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 Year Retrospective by Harlan Ellison avg rating 4.51 — 336 ratings — published 1998 4 editions |
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Dangerous Visions: The 35th Anniversary Edition by Harlan Ellison avg rating 4.25 — 347 ratings — published 1967 18 editions |
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Strange Wine by Harlan Ellison avg rating 4.13 — 295 ratings — published 1978 7 editions |
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Again, Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison avg rating 4.01 — 284 ratings — published 1972 9 editions |
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Shatterday by Harlan Ellison avg rating 4.16 — 236 ratings — published 1980 9 editions |
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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
— Harlan Ellison
"The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity."
— Harlan Ellison
— Harlan Ellison
"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"
— Harlan Ellison (Paingod and Other Delusions)
Adult. You have become adult.
-- From the title story "Paingod"
— Harlan Ellison (Paingod and Other Delusions)
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