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: Ellison both is and is not a science-fiction writer; Ellis...

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 labeled. Though he has written or edited sixty books an...

From Purgatory to Tranquility, a search for odd towns Names weird, but writer finds people are real By SHERRY STRIPLING Seattle Times Sunday, May 4, 2003 It's a long way from Scratch Ankle, Ala., to Good Grief, Idaho; from Stinking...

A Translation of the Purgatorio of Dante Canto XXIII While I had my eyes focused among the leafy green branches, as they are used to doing who pursue birds and lose their lives that way, "Son," my more...