Harlan Ellison

Photo courtesy of Chris Cuffaro

(1934- )

Harlan Ellison

is an American writer associated with science fiction and a variety of other genres. Ellison was born and raised in Ohio. He attended Ohio State University. After being enrolled for 18 months, Ellison was asked to leave. About a year after this incident, in 1955, he arrived in New York City. At this time Ellison already had a well established fandom in Cleveland, Ohio due to his contributions to and involvement in Cleveland SF Society's magazine, Science-Fantasy Bulletin. In 1956 Ellison made his first professional appearance with "Glowworm" for Infinity Science Fiction and began to publish prolifically. He would go on to win seven Hugos, three Nebulas, and become the only scenarist to win the Writers’ Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Episode Script three times.

Pseudonyms:

Red Hook Period

While residing in New York City, Ellison ran (under a false identity) with the Red Hook Brooklyn Barons for 10 weeks. These experiences inspired Ellison’s prodution of a considerable amount of material dealing with contemporary urban life, none of which is technically sf:

1958

Rumble

The Deadly Streets

1961

The Juvies

Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hungup Generation

Rockabilly Memos from Purgatory: Two Journies of Our Times (autobiographical sketch of his street-gang experiences)

First SF Books

Before his first science fiction books were published, Ellison moved to Chicago in 1959 where he served as the editor of Rogue Magazine. In 1962 Ellison moved to Los Angeles, where he resides to this day.

1960

A Touch of Infinity

The Man with Nine Lives

1962

Ellison Wonderland

Contributions to Various Television Scripts

1964

Route 66

The Alfred Hitcock Hour

The Untouchables

Burke’s Law

The Outer Limits

1966-7

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Starlost

Collections of Short Stories

1965 Paingod and Other Delusions

1967 I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

1968 Love Ain’t Nothing but Sex Misspelled

1969 The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World

1970 Over the Edge: Stories from Somewhere Else

1971 Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction

1979 The Fantasies of Harlan Ellison

New Wave SF Anthologies

1967 Dangerous Visions

1972 Again, Dangerous Visions

Essays, Reviews, Polemics, Culture Cartoons, and Memoirs

1970 Glass Teat: Essays of Opinion on the Subject of Television

1975 The Other Glass Teat

1984 Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed

1985 An Edge in My Voice

1989 Harlan Ellison’s Watching

1990 The Harlan Ellison Hornbook

Miscellaneous

(various works, spin-offs, and collaborations with other authors)

1980 All the Lies that are My Life

1959 Sex Gang

1971 Partners in Wonder: Harlan Ellison in Collaboration with...

1975 No Doors, No Windows

1977 The City on the Edge of Forever

1978 The Illustrated Harlan Ellison

1985 Medea: Harlan’s World

1987 Night and the Enemy

1988 Eidolons

1989 Footsteps, Vic and Blood: The Chronicles of a Boy and His Dog

1991 Run for the Stars, Dreams with Sharp Teeth

Works About the Harlan Ellison

All of the above information can be found in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction edited by John Clute and Peter Nicholls (New York: St. Martin's Press 1995)

Ellison Related Links

Ellison WebderlandHarlan Ellison's official homepage

Harlan Ellison stories, links, and other related information

The Last Deadloss VisionsAn enquiry into the non-appearance of Harlan Ellison's The Last Dangerous Visions

Booksby Harlan Ellison

I Have No Mouth and I Must Screamgame published in collaboration with Harlan Ellison

Special thanks to Elisa Sparks for help creating this document.