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Harlan Ellison (1934–2018)

Author of Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories

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About the Author

Harlan Ellison was born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 27, 1934. He was the author of numerous short story collections including Strange Wine; The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World; Harlan Ellison's Watching; Deathbird Stories; Repent Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman; I Have No Mouth and show more I Must Scream; and Stalking the Nightmare: Stories and Essays. He received numerous awards including the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writer's Association, the Edgar Allen Poe Award, and the Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2011. He published two collections of his columns on television for the Los Angeles Free Press entitled The Glass Teat and The Other Glass Teat. He edited several anthologies including Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories and Medea: Harlan's World. He received the Milford Award for Lifetime Achievement in Editing. He also wrote scripts for TV series including Burke's Law, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. He served as creative consultant on the new version of The Twilight Zone in the 1980s and as conceptual consultant on Babylon 5. He won the Writer's Guild of America's Award for Most Outstanding Teleplay four times. He died on June 27, 2018 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series

Works by Harlan Ellison

Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories — Editor; Contributor — 1,938 copies
Deathbird Stories (1975) 1,475 copies
Again, Dangerous Visions (1972) — Editor — 993 copies
Angry Candy (1988) 886 copies
Shatterday (1980) 790 copies
Strange Wine (1978) 754 copies
Approaching Oblivion (1974) — Author — 699 copies
Ellison Wonderland (1962) 662 copies
Paingod and Other Delusions (1965) 609 copies
Slippage: Previously Uncollected, Precariously Poised Stories (1997) — Introduction, some editions — 542 copies
Stalking the Nightmare (1982) 537 copies
Alone Against Tomorrow (1971) — Author — 518 copies
The Glass Teat (1970) 497 copies
Partners in Wonder (1971) — Author — 467 copies
Spider Kiss (1961) 371 copies
The Other Glass Teat (1975) 321 copies
Harlan Ellison's Watching (1988) 304 copies
Web of the City (1958) 301 copies
Medea: Harlan's World (1985) 287 copies
Memos From Purgatory (1961) 283 copies
No Doors, No Windows (1974) 282 copies
Again, Dangerous Visions 2 (1972) 280 copies
Phoenix Without Ashes (1975) 271 copies
From the land of fear (1967) 268 copies
Dangerous Visions 1 (1967) — Editor; Contributor — 265 copies
Again, Dangerous Visions 1 (1972) 257 copies
The Deadly Streets (1975) 217 copies
Dangerous Visions 2 (1969) — Editor; Introduction — 206 copies
Vic and Blood (1989) 200 copies
Five Fates (1970) 190 copies
Dangerous Visions 3 (1967) — Editor; Introduction — 187 copies
Mefisto in Onyx [short fiction] (1993) — Author — 175 copies
City on the Edge of Forever [photo comic] (1977) — Author — 166 copies
The Harlan Ellison Hornbook (1990) 143 copies
The Time of the Eye (1971) 121 copies
Over the Edge (1618) 98 copies
Night and the Enemy (1987) — Author — 96 copies
All the Sounds of Fear (1971) 92 copies
Harlan Ellison's 7 Against Chaos (2013) — Author — 88 copies
Can & Can'tankerous (2015) 85 copies
Doomsman / Telepower (1958) 60 copies
Run for the Stars/Echoes of Thunder (1991) — Contributor — 60 copies
Children of the Streets (1961) 48 copies
A Boy and His Dog [1975 film] (1989) — Author — 43 copies
Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor Special #1 (1995) — Author — 43 copies
Demon with a glass hand (1986) 42 copies
The Book of Ellison (1978) 32 copies
Blood's a Rover (2018) 32 copies
Hulk: Heart of the Atom (1601) 25 copies
Harlan Ellison's Movie (1990) 22 copies
Run for the Stars (2005) 22 copies
Ensamvärk (1992) 19 copies
Pulling a Train (2012) 19 copies
The Green Hornet Chronicles (2010) — Contributor — 18 copies
This Book Needs No Introduction By Harlan Ellison (2019) — Author — 16 copies
X-Men: Heroes for Hope (1980) 15 copies
Dangereuses Visions Tome 1 (1975) 15 copies
The Ellison Treatment (2019) — Author — 14 copies
Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor Issue 3 (1995) — Author — 14 copies
Dimensions of Harlan Ellison (2019) — Author — 14 copies
The Ephemeral Ellison (2019) — Author — 14 copies
Harlan Ellison's Chocolate Alphabet (1978) — Author — 13 copies
Getting In The Wind (2012) 13 copies
None of the Above (2012) 12 copies
Dangereuses Visions Tome 2 (1967) 11 copies
De helden van de highway (1973) 10 copies
8 in 80 by Ellison (2014) 10 copies
Footsteps {short story} (1980) 10 copies
FOE: Friends of Ellison (2018) 9 copies
Harlan Ellison (2009) 9 copies
A Toy for Juliette [short fiction] — Author — 9 copies
Along the Scenic Route (1969) 7 copies
Soft Monkey {short story} (1987) 7 copies
Korku'nun Butun Sesleri (2010) 7 copies
Doomsman (1967) 7 copies
Brillo (1970) 6 copies
Detective Comics # 567 (1986) 6 copies
At The Mouse Circus (1971) 5 copies
La Machine aux yeux bleus (2001) 5 copies
Idrogeno e idiozia (1999) 5 copies
Croatoan [short fiction] (2014) 5 copies
Corpse [short fiction] (1972) 5 copies
Dreams with sharp teeth (2009) 5 copies
The Avengers, Vol. 1 #101 (1972) 4 copies
Final Shtick (1960) 4 copies
Rock God 4 copies
Cold Friend 4 copies
Erotophobia [short story] (1967) 4 copies
Neon 4 copies
Knox [short story] (1974) 4 copies
Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #3 (1975) — Contributor — 4 copies
The Crackpots 4 copies
Flintlock (Signed) (1972) 4 copies
Seeing 4 copies
Lonelyache (1964) 4 copies
The Starlost: The Complete Series (2008) — Creator — 3 copies
Soldier [novelette] (1957) 3 copies
Daredevil, Vol. 1 #208 (1984) 3 copies
Jokes Without Punchlines (1995) 3 copies
Grail [short story] (1981) 3 copies
S. R. O. [short fiction] (1957) 3 copies
Keyboard 3 copies
The Discarded 3 copies
Bright Eyes 3 copies
Glowworm [short story] (1956) 3 copies
Coffin Nails 3 copies
The City on the Edge of Forever [audio play] (2016) — Author — 3 copies
Night Vigil 3 copies
To, co najlepsze. 1 (2018) 3 copies
To, co najlepsze. 2 (2018) 3 copies
The Wilder One [vignette] (1955) 2 copies
Mom [short fiction] (1976) 2 copies
The Compleat Glass Teat (2022) 2 copies
Quicktime 2 copies
On the Slab 2 copies
Stuffing 2 copies
IO, ROBOT 2 copies
Nueva Dimension 29 (2019) 2 copies
Flop Sweat 2 copies
The Starlost 2 copies
Wonderbird 2 copies
Street Scene (1968) 2 copies
Runesmith {short work} (1965) 2 copies
Die Stadt am Rande der Ewigkeit (1979) — Author — 2 copies
Sex Gang (1959) 2 copies
Do-It-Yourself 2 copies
Sex Gang 1 copy
Visioni: I racconti (2021) 1 copy
The Truth 1 copy
Eggsucker 1 copy
Pain God 1 copy
Visioni. I racconti (2021) 1 copy
Have Coolth 1 copy
High Dice 1 copy
EDGEWORKS (3 VOLUMES) (1996) 1 copy
Opium 1 copy
Django 1 copy
The Assassin 1 copy
RFD #2 1 copy
Turnpike 1 copy

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Science Fiction: The Future (1971) — Contributor — 85 copies
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The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats (1983) — Contributor — 81 copies
Best New Horror 2 (1991) — Contributor — 79 copies
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The Light at the End of the Universe (1976) — Introduction, some editions — 41 copies
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The Ursula K. Le Guin was good and there were a couple of other good stories; but most of this was really forgettable.
 
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Kavinay | 15 other reviews | May 27, 2024 |
Possibly the bleakest sci-fi I have ever read. It starts and ends with mouths. Mouths vomiting, wounds open like mouths, mouths devouring, absent mouths. Devouring is omnipresent, devouring madness, fear, loathing, hatred. I guess this may also be the best embodiment of the legacy of the Cold War: humanity hellbent on self-destruction. Not violence porn, rather chewy, sinewy food for thought.
EDIT: The misogyny though. It stayed with me. And the homophobia. Only read if you can brave through passive aggressive women weaponising tears, violent unchallenged misogyny, and even a gay man made straight through bestowing him with a long ding-dong. Yes, you read it right. Now this could all be part of the "unlikeable humanity" substrate, but to me it looks like good old chauvinism.
Had to tale two stars.
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Elanna76 | 50 other reviews | May 2, 2024 |
#552 in our old book database. Not rated.
 
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Kelly Freas Illustrator
Jacek Yerka Illustrator
Eric Shanower Illustrator
Stephen King Introduction, Foreword
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Lin Carter Author
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Alan Robinson Illustrator
John K. Snyder III Illustrator
Sam Raffa Cover artist
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Isaac Asimov Foreword, Introduction
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Dean Jeffries Afterword
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Van Williams Introduction
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Matthew Baugh Contributor
Will Murray Contributor
Alan Lee Weiss Illustrator
John Romita, Sr. Illustrator
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Jackson Guice Illustrator
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Vincent Chong Cover artist
Tom Kidd Cover artist
Jim Burns Cover artist
Francisco Blanco Translator
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Bob Layzell Cover artist
Bob Pepper Cover artist
Victor Kalin Cover artist
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