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On The Downhill Side
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Harlan Ellison
1,082 books2,820 followersHarlan 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".
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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November 2, 2022
For Halloween, I took in this short story in the vinyl "audiobook" form Harlan Ellison Reads On the Downhill Side
Harlan Ellison [The Harlan Ellison Record Collection – HE110], a rare numbered and signed collectable. This NOLA ghost story travels from The Irish Channel to Jackson Square. A ghost and his unicorn, unseen by mortals, finally gets in contact with lost love.
Harlan Ellison [The Harlan Ellison Record Collection – HE110], a rare numbered and signed collectable. This NOLA ghost story travels from The Irish Channel to Jackson Square. A ghost and his unicorn, unseen by mortals, finally gets in contact with lost love.
June 13, 2024
this i couldn't get into at all. felt like a slight call-back to the first few stories in this collection that i didn't really care for. not the tz-inspired breeziness that i was enjoying. closer to fantasy, i guess. whatever it is, i didn't take to it.
August 13, 2024
Couldn’t connect to it. Shortly considered not finishing it but I still somehow managed to get through the last few pages. Didn’t really get it…if there even was anything deep and meaningful to get. The unicorn made me cringe i‘m sorry. Worst one i‘ve read of him so far
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July 23, 2025
THIS is what people have been telling me to read for over a decade? 🤢🤢🤢
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