Harlan Ellison

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in Cleveland, Ohio, The United States

May 27, 1934

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male

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http://www.harlanellison.com/home.htm

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers, Horror

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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 as well as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour; edited the multiple-award-winning short story anthology series Dangerous Visions; and served as creative consultant/writer to the science fiction TV series The New Twilight Zone and Babylon 5. Several of his short fiction pieces have been made into movies, such as the classic "The Boy and His Dog".

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Average rating: 4.23 · 73,722 ratings · 3,241 reviews · 384 distinct works · Similar authors

	Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison (Editor, Contributor), Michael Moorcock (Contributor), Isaac Asimov (Contributor) 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 3,862 ratings — published 1967 — 22 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison, Theodore Sturgeon (Introduction) 4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 3,456 ratings — published 1967 — 24 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deathbird Stories 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 1,932 ratings — published 1975 — 17 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Again, Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison (Editor, Contributor), John Heidenry (Contributor), Ross Rocklynne (Contributor) 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 1,577 ratings — published 1972 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angry Candy 4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 1,287 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison, Rick Berry (Illustrator) 4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 1,107 ratings — published 1965 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shatterday 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 1,230 ratings — published 1980 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strange Wine 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 1,158 ratings — published 1978 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective by Harlan Ellison, Terry Dowling (Introduction) 4.56 of 5 stars 4.56 avg rating — 911 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World 4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 865 ratings — published 1969 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Harlan Ellison

Again, Dangerous Visions (3 books)
by Harlan Ellison
4.117580553985302 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 1,769 ratings

again, dangerous visions (3 books)
by Harlan Ellison (Editor, Contributor), John Heidenry (Contributor), Ross Rocklynne (Contributor), Ursula K. Le Guin (Contributor), Andrew J. Offutt (Contributor), Gene Wolfe (Contributor), Ray Nelson (Contributor), Ray Bradbury (Contributor) , more…
4.117580553985302 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 1,769 ratings

Edgeworks (5 books)
by Harlan Ellison
4.208868144690782 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 857 ratings

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Quotes by Harlan Ellison

“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
― Harlan Ellison

tags: ignorance, intelligence, opinions, 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.”
― Harlan Ellison, Paingod and Other Delusions

tags: inspirational, pain, philosophy

688 people liked it

“The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.”
― Harlan Ellison

tags: humor, stupidity

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AUGUST SCIENCE FICTION: This run-off poll decides which book will be our August SF Book of the Month!

Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks

16 votes 57.1%

Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh

10 votes 35.7%

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

2 votes 7.1%

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