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Harlan Ellison

Born

in Cleveland, Ohio, The United States

May 27, 1934

Died

June 27, 2018

Website

http://harlanellison.com

Genre

Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror

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Harlan Jay Ellison (1934-2018) was 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". ...more

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Average rating: 3.94 · 209,296 ratings · 22,649 reviews · 1,075 distinct works • Similar authors

	I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison, Theodore Sturgeon (Introduction) 3.88 avg rating — 63,390 ratings — published 1967 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 & I Must Scream 3.71 avg rating — 19,731 ratings — published 1967 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison (Editor, Contributor), Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 10,389 ratings — published 1967 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 4.13 avg rating — 4,711 ratings — published 1975 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 4.14 avg rating — 4,391 ratings — published 1972 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 4.11 avg rating — 4,172 ratings — published 1965 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 4.15 avg rating — 2,926 ratings — published 1978 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 4.06 avg rating — 2,475 ratings — published 1968 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Greatest Hits by Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Cassandra Khaw (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.06 avg rating — 2,365 ratings — published 2024 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 4.13 avg rating — 2,312 ratings — published 1978 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Dangerous Visions (3 books)
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4.12 avg rating — 15,298 ratings

Greatest Hits (2 books)
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J. Michael Straczynski (Editor)

4.06 avg rating — 2,365 ratings

Seven Against Chaos (1 book)
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Harlan Ellison,

Paul Chadwick (Illustrator)

3.22 avg rating — 391 ratings

To, co najlepsze (2 books)
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Piotr W. Cholewa (Translator),

Maciejka Mazan (Translator),

Krzysztof Sokołowski (Translator),

Jacek Manicki (Translator),

Danuta Górska (Translator),

Bartosz Kurowski (Translator),

Agnieszka Sylwanowicz (Translator)

3.72 avg rating — 75 ratings

Brain Movies (7 books)
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4.06 avg rating — 67 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

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

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July 2022: BofM 1960-1979 "The New Wave"

City by Clifford D. Simak

13 votes, 31.0%

House of Zeor by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

6 votes, 14.3%

The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany

6 votes, 14.3%

Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg

5 votes, 11.9%

The Fall of the Towers by Samuel R. Delany

5 votes, 11.9%

A Choice of Gods by Clifford D. Simak

3 votes, 7.1%

Riding the Torch by Norman Spinrad

2 votes, 4.8%

Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison

2 votes, 4.8%

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