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Harlan Ellison

b. 1934 – d. 2018

Creation Date

b. 1934 – d. 2018

Induction Year

2011

Acclaimed speculative fiction writer Harlan Ellison produced more than 1,000 works including short stories, novellas, screenplays, teleplays, and essays as well as literature, film, and television criticism.

He contributed to several popular television shows including: The Outer Limits (1963–1965), Star Trek (1966–1969), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), The Twilight Zone (1959–1964), and Babylon 5 (1994–1998). His collections of television criticism, The Glass Teat (1970) and The Other Glass Teat (1975) are highly regarded. Ellison’s writing is edgy and aggressive, and his tone can be both humorous and dark.

His large collection of awards includes 10 Hugo Awards, 3 Nebula Awards, 18 Locus Poll Awards, the Ray Bradbury Award, 6 Bram Stoker Awards, The Edgar Allan Poe Award, and 2 Georges Méliès Fantasy Film Awards.

Selected Bibliography/Related Works

Ellison Wonderland, book (1962)

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, short story (1967)

Dangerous Visions, book (1967)

A Boy and His Dog, poem (1969)

Again, Dangerous Visions, book (1972)

Deathbird Stories, book (1975)

Angry Candy, book (1988)

Mefisto in Onyx, novella (1993)

Selected Filmography/Adaptations

A Boy and His Dog, film (1975)

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