“Being Analog: Every Last Goddamn Thing in the World According to Harlan Ellison”
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Harlan Ellison
Harlan Jay Ellison was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. His published works include more than 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, comic-book scripts, teleplays, essays, and a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media.
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culture · American writer (1934–2018) · screenwriter · novelist · writer · literary critic · science fiction writer · journalist · film critic · editor · critic · also Harlan Ellison, Cordwainer Bird, Ellison
Born 27 May 1934 · Died 28 June 2018 · Q311253
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2026· 1 entry
2022· 2 entries
Straczynski announced on Twitter that The Last Dangerous Visions would be published on September 1, 2024, by Blackstone
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Straczynski announced that the book would be published in 2023
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2021· 1 entry
Published “The 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary” in Neuro-Oncology — cited 10,954 times.
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2018· 3 entries
Died 2018-06-28.
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“You can't win, you can't break even, and you can't get out of the fucking game.”
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Published “DNA methylation-based classification of central nervous system tumours” in Nature — cited 2,774 times.
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2016· 1 entry
Published “The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary” in Acta Neuropathologica — cited 13,410 times.
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2015· 1 entry
Awarded Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame for "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman (2015).
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2014· 2 entries
Ellison made a guest appearance on the album Finding Love in Hell by the stoner rock band Leaving Babylon, reading his piece "The Silence" (originally published in Mind Fields) as an introduction to the song "Dead to Me
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Published “Rarefaction and extrapolation with Hill numbers: a framework for sampling and estimation in species diversity studies” in Ecological Monographs — cited 3,801 times.
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2012· 1 entry
Published “Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,664 times.
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2011· 3 entries
Awarded Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2011).
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Awarded Nebula Award for Best Short Story for How Interesting: A Tiny Man (2011).
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Recipient (Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy, University of California–Riverside Libraries)
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2009· 2 entries
Variety magazine reported that a settlement had been reached
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Ellison sued CBS Paramount Television, seeking payment of 25 percent of net receipts from merchandising, publishing, and other income from the episode since 1967; the suit also names the Writers Guild of America for alle
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2007· 4 entries
Ellison claimed that the litigation had been resolved pending Fantagraphics' removal of all references to the case from their website
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The presiding judge ruled against Fantagraphics' anti-SLAPP motion for dismissal
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Published “The Benefits of Facebook “Friends:” Social Capital and College Students’ Use of Online Social Network Sites” in Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication — cited 6,367 times.
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Published “Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship” in Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication — cited 8,598 times.
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2006· 3 entries
Ellison sued comic book and magazine publisher Fantagraphics, stating they had defamed him in their book Comics As Art (We Told You So)
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Awarded Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award (2006).
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And the Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted him in 2011
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2003· 1 entry
Published “Bond Dissociation Energies of Organic Molecules” in Accounts of Chemical Research — cited 3,154 times.
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2000· 4 entries
Awarded World Horror Convention Grand Master Award (2000).
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Ellison sued Stephen Robertson for posting four stories to the usenet newsgroup alt
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The food fight actually started in a Denny's because the staff disappeared and they could not get their check), the school's administration almost refused to approve the science fiction convention the next year and no gu
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To Harlan Ellison and Yuri Rasovsky for the radio series 2000X
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1999· 1 entry
Published “Gadolinium(III) Chelates as MRI Contrast Agents: Structure, Dynamics, and Applications” in Chemical Reviews — cited 4,083 times.
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1998· 1 entry
Was awarded the "Defender of Liberty" award by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
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1996· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “During his first day as a writer for Disney Studios, Harlan Ellison was fired for jokingly suggesting a "porn Disney flick" be made.” True.
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And the World Horror Convention named him Grand Master in 2000
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1995· 4 entries
Awarded Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction (1995).
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Awarded Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement (1995).
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Borderlands Press published The City on the Edge of Forever, with nearly 300 pages comprising an essay by Ellison, four versions of the teleplay, and eight "Afterwords" contributed by other parties
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As a fan page; for several years, Ellison was a regular poster in its discussion forum
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded Locus Award for Best Novella for Mefisto in Onyx (1994).
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Had a heart attack and was hospitalized for quadruple coronary artery bypass surgery
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1993· 1 entry
Ellison threatened to sue the New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA) for publishing "Himself in Anachron", a short story written by Cordwainer Smith and originally sold by his widow to Ellison for the anthology
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1992· 1 entry
“The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore”
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1990· 1 entry
Ellison was honored by International PEN for continuing commitment to artistic freedom and the battle against censorship
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1989· 3 entries
Awarded Locus Award for Best Novelette for The Function of Dream Sleep (1989).
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Short Story for Eidolons (1989).
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Awarded World Fantasy Award for Best Collection for Angry Candy (1989).
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1987· 2 entries
Awarded Inkpot Award (1987).
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Ellison was awarded the Inkpot Award
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1986· 4 entries
Awarded Locus Award for Best Novelette for Paladin of the Lost Hour (1986).
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Awarded Locus Award for Best Short Story for With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole (1986).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Novelette for Paladin of the Lost Hour (1986).
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And they remained together, living in Sherman Oaks, until his death 32 years later
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1985· 1 entry
Ellison allegedly publicly assaulted author, journalist and computer programmer Charles Platt at the Nebula Awards banquet
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1983· 2 entries
Awarded Locus Award for Best Novelette for Djinn, No Chaser (1983).
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Marvel Comics released The Incredible Hulk #286, entitled "Hero", written by Bill Mantlo
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1979· 3 entries
Awarded Locus Award for Best Short Story for Count the Clock That Tells the Time (1979).
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Awarded British Fantasy Awards for Jeffty Is Five (1979).
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Awarded British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction for Jeffty Is Five (1979).
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1978· 2 entries
Awarded Hugo Award for Best Short Story for Jeffty Is Five (1978).
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Awarded Nebula Award for Best Short Story for Jeffty Is Five (1978).
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1977· 1 entry
Awarded Jupiter Award for Jeffty Is Five (1977).
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1976· 2 entries
Awarded Locus Award for Best Short Story for Croatoan (1976).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for A Boy and His Dog (1976).
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1975· 2 entries
Awarded Locus Award for Best Novelette for Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54′ N, Longitude 77° 00′ 13″ W (1975).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Novelette for Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54′ N, Longitude 77° 00′ 13″ W (1975).
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1974· 2 entries
Awarded Hugo Award for Best Novelette for The Deathbird (1974).
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Awarded Edgar Awards for The Whimper of Whipped Dogs (1974).
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1973· 3 entries
Awarded Locus Award for Best Anthology for Again, Dangerous Visions (1973).
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Awarded Jupiter Award for The Deathbird (1973).
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But not published until October 2024, six years after Ellison died
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1972· 2 entries
Awarded Hugo Award for Again, Dangerous Visions (1972).
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“No Offense Intended, But Fuck Xmas!”
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1970· 1 entry
Awarded Nebula Award for Best Novella for A Boy and His Dog (1970).
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1969· 2 entries
Awarded Hugo Award for Best Short Story for The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (1969).
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Ellison was Guest of Honor at Texas A&M University's first science fiction convention, AggieCon, where he reportedly referred to the university's Corps of Cadets as "America's next generation of Nazis", inspired in part
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1968· 4 entries
Awarded Hugo Award for Best Short Story for I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1968).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Dangerous Visions (1968).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for The City on the Edge of Forever (1968).
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Signed an anti-Vietnam War advertisement in Galaxy Science Fiction
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1967· 4 entries
Awarded Writers Guild of America Award for The City on the Edge of Forever (1967).
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“I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream”
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Ellison edited the Dangerous Visions collection, which attracted a "special citation at the 26th World SF Convention for editing 'the most significant and controversial SF book published in 1967
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“I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream|I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream”
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1966· 3 entries
Awarded Nebula Award for Best Short Story for "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman (1966).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Short Story for "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman (1966).
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The journalist Gay Talese wrote a profile of Frank Sinatra for Esquire, which the magazine later named as the best magazine piece ever written
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1965· 2 entries
“'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman”
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Participated in the second and third Selma to Montgomery marches, led by Martin Luther King Jr
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1964· 1 entry
“Terminator was not stolen from”
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1962· 1 entry
And began selling his writing to Hollywood
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1960· 1 entry
And he later described the marriage as "four years of hell as sustained as the whine of a generator
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1958· 1 entry
And he said that he had written the bulk of it while undergoing basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia
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1955· 1 entry
And lived with Robert Silverberg as they both pursued writing careers
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1947· 1 entry
A fan letter he wrote to Real Fact Comics became his first published writing
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1934· 2 entries
The son of Serita (née Rosenthal) and Louis Laverne Ellison, a dentist and jeweler
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Born 1934-05-27.
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