Your favorite SF Stories by Harlan Ellison?

Assuming you mean just science fiction, and not fantasy or crime fiction or mainstream, I suppose the big classics would be "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream," "A Boy and His Dog," and "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman."
 
Solider, , Run For the Stars, Repent , Harlequin " Said the Ticktockman ", I have no Mouth But I must Scream .
 
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All of the above plus Shattered Like a Glass Goblin. Oh, and the City on the Edge of Tomorrow.
 
Shortly before his demise, Ellison commissioned a graphic screenplay named The City on the Edge of Forever (ISBN 9781631402067). It finally told the story as Ellison wrote it for Star Trek's debut season. Several decades ago Ellison wrote a lengthy essay (ISBN 9781565049642) on the behind the scenes politics, which warped his original story.

Ellison uses a character named "Trooper" (shown below) as his analog. "Trooper" lost his legs in World War I and was unceremoniously dumped on city streets by Uncle Sam afterward. If you ask me, "Trooper" spoke far too much truth to power for the likes of "General" Sarnoff.

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Don said:
Shortly before his demise, Ellison commissioned a graphic screenplay named The City on the Edge of Forever (ISBN 9781631402067). It finally told the story as Ellison wrote it for Star Trek's debut season. Several decades ago Ellison wrote a lengthy essay (ISBN 9781565049642) on the behind the scenes politics, which warped his original story.

Ellison uses a character named "Trooper" (shown below) as his analog. "Trooper" lost his legs in World War I and was unceremoniously dumped on city streets by Uncle Sam afterward. If you ask me, "Trooper" spoke far too much truth to power for the likes of "General" Sarnoff.

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Yes , Ive seen it and read it . It was magnificent . I wish they had done the episodes as Ellison had written it .
 
Ellison said his favorite book is MIND FIELDS
which he did in collaboration with Jacek Yerka. It's an art book.
 
Dave Vicks said:
Ellison said his favorite book is MIND FIELDS
which he did in collaboration with Jacek Yerka. It's an art book.
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Wasn't that the book in which he wrote a story for each picture ? :unsure:
 
The New York Review of Bird . In this story, Cordwainer Bird takes revenge on the literary and publishing establishment because of the lack of respect and appreciation shown to his writings . This story is a must rread because it's hysterically and savagely funny ! :D
 
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I've barely read any Harlan Ellison. The reason is that, despite the common belief that he was one of the great SF authors, his books are almost entirely unobtainable. He's effectively out of print as an author (suggesting few were actually reading him), and even when I look in specialist SF used book stores, I never see any of his books. I mean, never. Lafferty and Cordwainer Smith are more common! I therefore own exactly no books by Ellison, despite having kept an eagle eye out for his work in shops for about 10 years... Which is kinda weird but its not for lack of trying. I've not even had any joy on eBay. I believe there is one volume of the "Harlan Ellison Collection" still in print (or there's still some stock around at any rate, I don't think its actually had a printing in years) which you can track down, but it contains only 7 short stories... and that's it. It seems expensive for a very short and limited collection, but its the only Ellison book for sale on the planet, so perhaps I should take the plunge!
 
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I've barely read any Harlan Ellison. The reason is that, despite the common belief that he was one of the great SF authors, his books are almost entirely unobtainable. He's effectively out of print as an author (suggesting few were actually reading him), and even when I look in specialist SF used book stores, I never see any of his books. I mean, never. Lafferty and Cordwainer Smith are more common! I therefore own exactly no books by Ellison, despite having kept an eagle eye out for his work in shops for about 10 years... Which is kinda weird but its not for lack of trying. I've not even had any joy on eBay. I believe there is one volume of the "Harlan Ellison Collection" still in print (or there's still some stock around at any rate, I don't think its actually had a printing in years) which you can track down, but it contains only 7 short stories... and that's it. It seems expensive for a very short and limited collection, but its the only Ellison book for sale on the planet, so perhaps I should take the plunge!
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The Essential Ellison A 50 year Retrospective Revised and Expanded Edited by Terry Dowling with Richard Delap and Gil Lamont.
Morpheus is the publisher . It's huge book and , contains many of his best stories , Essay and introductions . It is available on Amazon. :cool:
 
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BAYLOR said:
The Essential Ellison A 50 year Retrospective Revised and Expanded Edited by Terry Dowling with Richard Delap and Gil Lamont.
Morpheus is the publisher . It's huge book and , contains many of his best stories , Essay and introductions . It is available on Amazon. :cool:
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It's not in print, you can only buy it used, in uncertain condition, for between $50-$200 and most stores on there don't ship to NZ.

But thanks for trying! :)
 
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