Harlan ellison dead at 84

[frahse]

A lot of talented people have their demons.

[Pulpmeister]

There is an affectionate portrayal of Ellison in Asimov's mystery "Murder at the ABA", where he appears as Darius Just. The character and the author argue with each other in amusing footnotes. Not a brilliant detective novel, but definitely interesting, specially because of the Ellison connection. And undoubtedly a softer version of Ellison than the reality.

[BenG]

I have been reading The Top of the Volcano a collection of award-winning stories including Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Edgar awards. He was also a great audiobook narrator, especially of his own stuff.

Coode Street Podcast-Episode 218: Harlan Ellison, Bill Schafer and the Volcano:

http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp...the-volcano-2/

[curtw]

Originally Posted by Pajamaman

I saw the OL episode Soldier that Terminator was supposedly drawn from. The sole similarity is a soldier comes back from the future to do a mission. I'm not sure that that merits a law suit. I found the OT episode was actually rather bland. Apparently Ellison also claimed Terminator was based on Demon. Of course, Cameroon is also famously difficult.

Lawsuit probably wouldn't have happened if word hadn't gotten back to Ellison that Cameron was telling people that's where he got his ideas.

[Pajamaman]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Hey! There's a Kindle version of Night and the Enemy!



I like to imagine Ellison's ghost suing Clarke's ghost in the afterlife.

The Ellison story is called Life Hutch. I wonder what Clarke story you're thinking of? Could it be A Walk In The Dark, where an astronaut walks across a barren planet as night falls and can't help but imagine he's being followed?

I think I got mixed up. And I have no Mouth is very dark, but very good. I dunno. I seem to like happy stories these days. Perhaps it's a compensatory thing, lol.

[BenG]

Originally Posted by Pajamaman

Christopher Priest's (another cranky, talented writer) The Book on the Edge of Forever is a hilarious recounting of Ellison's sitting on a vast anthology worth's of other people's stories for Strange Visions 3. I wonder if it will get released now.

I think around 30 of the stories were eventually published in various other places.