Harlan Ellison

Harlan Ellison

Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. Robert Bloch, the author of Psycho, described Ellison as "the only living organism I know whose natural habitat is hot water."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. Some of his best-known works include the 1967 Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever" (he subsequently wrote a book about the experience that includes his original screenplay), his A Boy and His Dog cycle, and his short stories "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" and "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harlan Ellison has received more than 2,362,806 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Harlan Ellison is the 2,138th most popular writer (up from 2,272nd in 2019), the 2,673rd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,684th in 2019) and the 260th most popular American Writer.