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Ellison, Harlan (1934—)
Diminutive author Harlan Ellison has been called "one of the great living American short story writers." He has been called a lot worse by the many enemies...
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Described by fellow author J. G. Ballard as "an aggressive and restless extrovert who conducts his life at a shout and his fiction at a scream," Harlan Ellison is a writer who actively resists being l...
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Harlan Ellison has spent much of his life evading labels. It is difficult to make a general statement about him, or about his work, that must not be followed immediately by a qualifying negation: Elli...
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Critical Essay by Theodore Sturgeon
Ellison's wild style, his unfinished sentences, his tumbling, driving pace, his mad, mixed metaphors and symbols and similes have exploded in all sorts of ma...
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Critical Essay by Eric Korn
The Americans do not need symposia; they have Harlan Ellison, not a one-man band but a symphony orchestra, complete with a thousand violins, shofar, and ordinance. I find i...
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Critical Essay by J. G. Ballard
Exuberance, an attractive and abundant quality in science fiction, is comparatively rare among its writers, as anyone attending an sf convention soon notices. (p. 405)
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Critical Essay by George Edgar Slusser
It seems amazing that a writer like Harlan Ellison, with twenty years of work and many memorable stories behind him, has never been studied seriously and at any ...
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Critical Essay by Mark Mansell
Let there be no doubt about it, a new Ellison collection is an event. Harlan Ellison is one of the best short fiction writers of our time, and [Strange Wine] gives ample...
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In the following interview, Francavilla and Ellison discuss various aspects of Ellison's work, focusing predominantly on works that have been adapted for film and television.
Harlan Ellison is ...
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In the review below, Brady gives a mixed assessment of The Harlan Ellison Hornbook.
Redoubtable is one word that might describe Harlan Ellison, but even at that, it all depends on which Webster'...
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In the following review, the critic praises the “magically relaxed” essays in The Harlan Ellison Hornbook.
It has always been the case that the best character Harlan Ellison ever created...
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In the following review, Thomajan compares Ellison's collection of movie reviews with that of Quentin Crisp, criticizing Ellison for writing in the “mock-heroic mold” and for Elli...
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In the following review, Killheffer discusses Mind Fields, a compilation of artwork by Jacek Yerka and stories by Harlan Ellison.
Though the opening of the Eastern Bloc hasn't brought Eastern E...
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In the below review, Mort offers a positive critique of Mefisto in Onyx but criticizes Ellison for the manner in which the book was published.
The hype that seems always to accompany Ellison is presen...
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In the following review, Olson discusses Ellison's motivation for reprinting his award-winning script for the original Star Trek television series.
Ellison has had it—up to here! He wrot...
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In the following essay, Ellison discusses the correlation between cult suicide and obsession with science fiction.
Exactly one year ago, my heart tried to kill me. Before I could die, doctors cracked ...
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In the review below, Nash offers a positive appraisal of Slippage.
Harlan Ellison, the reigning bad boy of science fiction for more than 40 years, has mellowed—somewhat. Like Stephen King (who ...
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In the following essay, Cart touches on numerous aspects of Ellison's works and career, focusing on the author's views of modern science fiction, horror, and fantasy.
Quick! What do Mary...
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In the following essay, Sullivan compares and contrasts the paradigms established by Ellison and Heinlein with regard to the depiction of the nature of technology in works of science fiction.
Virtuall...
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In the following introductory essay, Clark discusses the stylistic elements of Ellison's works of nonfiction.
For the serious Ellison reader, there are few tasks more difficult than staying cur...
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In the following essay, Clark argues that many science fiction works that are typically viewed as misogynistic due to the “gratuitous” acts of violence against women are actually represe...
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In the following essay, Kirgo discusses Ellison's style regarding movie reviews.
It takes but the reading of a single review in this collection [Harlan Ellison's Watching] to be aware th...
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In the following review, Moss praises the “spellbinding quality” of Ellison's movie reviews, claiming that Ellison attempts to “goad humanity into being more human.”...
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Critical Essay by Theodore Sturgeon
