Harlan Jay Jay Ellison

Background

Ellison, Harlan Jay was born on May 27, 1934 in Cleveland. Son of Louis Laverne and Serita (Rosenthal) Ellison.

Education

Ohio State University. Rogue magazine, Chicago 1959-1960, Regency Books, Chicago 1960-1961.

Career

Lecturer at Colls, and Universities. Book critic, L A. Times 1969-1982. Editorial Commentator Canadian Broadcasting Company 1972-1978.

Instructor Clarion Writers Workshop, Michigan State University 1969-1977.

President Kilimanjaro Corporation since 1979. television writer for Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Outer Limits, The Manitoba from United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, Burkes Law.

Film writer for The Dream Merchants, The Oscar, Nick the Greek, Best By Far, Harlan Ellison’s Movie. Scenarist: I, Robot 1978, Bug Jack Barron 1982-1983.

Creative consultant, writer and director The Twilight Zone 1984-1985.

Achievements

• Harlan Jay Ellison has been listed as a notable Author, screenwriter by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Voice From the Edge: Midnight in the Sunken Cathedral

    (This new collection of stories by award-winning author Ha...)

  • The City on the Edge of Forever

    (The original teleplay that became the classic Star Trek® ...)

  • Ellison Wonderland

    (Originally published in 1962 and updated in later decades...)

  • Spider Kiss

    ( *Introduction/Author's Note Read by the author - Harlan ...)

  • Mind Fields: The Art of Jacek Yerka, the Fiction of Harlan Ellison

    (This unique volume is rich with the vivid imagery of one ...)

  • Angry Candy

    (In his first new collection in six years, Harlan Ellison,...)

  • The Essential Ellison: A 35 Year Retrospective

    (In Egyptian mythology, Iai is th rebel, the tester, the s...)

  • Harlan Ellison: Dangerous Visions; Again, Dangerous Visions #1; Again, Dangerous Visions #2

    (Such stories as: Evensong by Lester del Rey * Flies by Ro...)

  • Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever

    (For the first time ever, a visual presentation of the muc...)

  • Mind Fields: The Art of Jacek Yerka, the Fiction of Harlan Ellison

    ( Mind Fields was originally conceived as a collection of...)

  • Deathbird Stories First Bluejay Edition

    (Harlan Ellison's masterwork of myth and terror as he sedu...)

  • The Harlan Ellison Hornbook

    (A major collection of Harlan Ellison's incomparable, trou...)

  • Over the Edge

    ( Over the Edge, a collection of twelve short stories and...)

  • Strange Wine (The Harlan Ellison Collection)

    (From Harlan Ellison, whom the Washington Post regards as ...)

  • From the Land of Fear

    (Eleven side trips to the dark edge of imagination by mast...)

  • The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective (Revised and Expanded)

    ( Harlan Ellison is probably best known as a script write...)

  • Paingod and other delusions

    (Robert Heinlein says, ?This book is raw corn liquor ? you...)

  • (Paingod and Other Delusions) Author: Harlan Ellison published on (June, 2014)

    (Robert Heinlein says, "This book is raw corn liquor--you ...)

  • Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed

    (Master essayist, gadfly, literary myth-figure and viewer ...)

  • Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed (Harlan Ellison Collection)

    (Harlan Ellison-master essayist, gadfly, literary myth fig...)

  • Paingod and Other Delusions

    (Robert Heinlein says, "This book is raw corn liquor--you ...)

  • Spider Kiss

    ( From one of the most highly celebrated and dynamic Amer...)

  • Spider Kiss

    (He claims he's not a fan of rock-and-roll, but somehow Ha...)

  • Ellison Wonderland

    (Originally published in 1962 and updated in later decades...)

  • (Again, Dangerous Visions) Author: Harlan Ellison published on (June, 2014)

    (Over the course of his legendary career, Harlan Ellison h...)

  • Approaching Oblivion

    ( Over the course of his legendary career, Harlan Ellison...)

  • Again, Dangerous Visions

    (Over the course of his legendary career, Harlan Ellison h...)

  • Shatterday

    ( Mercurial, belligerent, passionately in love with langu...)

  • Deathbird Stories (A Collier Nucleus Fantasy Classic)

    ( Masterpieces of myth and terror about modern gods from ...)

  • From the Land of Fear

    (1973 Belmont/Tower mass market paperback, Harlan Ellison ...)

  • Dreams With Sharp Teeth (Omnibus)

    (BOOK CLUB PAPERBACK OMNIBUS (1991) OF THREE ELLISON COLLE...)

  • Ellison Wonderland

    (Originally published in 1962 and re-issued in 1974 and in...)

  • Ellison Wonderland

    (Originally published in 1962 and re-issued in 1974 and in...)

  • Gentleman Junkie

    (Bold and uncompromising, Gentleman Junkie and Other Stori...)

  • Angry Candy

    ("Don't be alarmed, folks! He can't break those shackles —...)

  • Angry Candy

    ( The Seattle Times said of Angry Candy: "Ellison's stori...)

  • The Sound of a Scythe: and 3 Brilliant Novellas

    (For the first in over 50 years, Harlan Ellison's second n...)

  • No Doors No Windows

    (YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FEAR ITSELF! The only troubl...)

  • Shatterday & Other Stories: The Voice from the Edge, Volume 5

    ( In a prolific career spanning more than 50 years, Harla...)

  • Gentleman Junkie and other stories of the hung-up generation

    (Raw, vital, uncompromising--here are portraits of the los...)

  • Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation

    (Raw, vital, uncompromising--here are portraits of the los...)

  • Approaching Oblivion: Road Signs on the Treadmill Toward Tomorrow

    (The New York Times called him "relentlessly honest" and t...)

  • Approaching Oblivion

    (The New York Times called him "relentlessly honest" and t...)

  • Approaching Oblivion: Road Signs on the Treadmill Toward Tomorrow

    (The New York Times called him "relentlessly honest" and t...)

  • BY Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) { From the Land of Fear By Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) Jun - 03- 2014 ( Paperback ) }
  • BY Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) { Approaching Oblivion By Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) Jun - 03- 2014 ( Paperback ) }
  • The Essential Ellison: A Fifty Year Retrospective (Ellison, Harlan)

    ( Updated from the popular 35-year retrospective collecti...)

  • No Doors No Windows, Limited Edition

    (Contents as per 1975 Pyramid Books edition; introduction ...)

  • Shatterday

    ( Shatterday is a revolutionary classic from Harlan Ellis...)

  • Paingod: And Other Delusions

    (Featuring the Nebula and Hugo Award-winning story " 'Repe...)

  • Star Trek Fotonovel #1 (City on the Edge of Forever)

    (The Fotonovel of the most popular Star Trek episode ever!...)

  • An Edge in My Voice

    (At the beginning of the 1980s, Harlan Ellison agreed to w...)

  • The City on the Edge of Forever: The Original Teleplay that Became the Classic Star Trek Episode

    (The controversy has raged for almost 30 years--now reader...)

  • No Doors, No Windows

    (A collection of short story fiction by Harlan Ellison fro...)

  • The Beast That Shouted Love At the Heart of the World (Paperback) - Common

    (The Heart of Lincoln: The Soul of the Man as Revealed in ...)

  • Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction

    (Macmillan, First Edition (First Printing stated on the co...)

  • Deathbird Stories

    ( “Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior...)

  • Strange wine: Fifteen new stories from the nightside of the world

    (Collection of prime Ellison stories, each with a substant...)

  • Night and the Enemy (Dover Graphic Novels)

    ( "The graphic novel, I think, is the perfect medium for ...)

  • Deathbird Stories BY Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) { Paperback } 2014
  • Deathbird Stories by Ellison, Harlan (2014) Paperback

    (Deathbird Stories BY Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) { Paperba...)

  • Memos from Purgatory

    (Hemingway said, "A man should never write what he doesn't...)

  • Memos From Purgatory

    (Hemingway said, "A man should never write what he doesn't...)

  • Partners in Wonder

    (Robert Bloch, Ben Bova, Algis Budrys, Avram Davidson, Sam...)

  • Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled / The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (Edgeworks, Vol. 4)

    (This is the final of four omnibus volumes in this series....)

  • Deathbird Stories

    (THIS IS THE FIRST EDITION, so stated on copyright page. C...)

  • All the Lies That Are My Life

    (Autobiographical piece by the science fiction writer. Int...)

  • Stalking the Nightmare (The Harlan Ellison Collection)

    (Pure, hundred-proof distillation of Ellison. A righteous ...)

  • Approaching Oblivion: Road Signs on the Treadmill Toward Tomorrow

    (Book Club, hardcover with dustjacket, 1985. This is the 2...)

  • Alone Against Tomorrow; Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction

    (First printing (not stated, cover price 1.25) paperback. ...)

  • No Doors, No Windows

    (You have nothing to fear but fear itself. The only troubl...)

  • The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World

    ( “It crouches near the center of creation. There is no n...)

  • Spider Kiss. 1975 Pyramid mass market paperback

    (Paperback from author Harlan Ellison.)

  • The Voice from the Edge, Vol. 2: Midnight in the Sunken Cathedral

    (This is the MP3CD audiobook format. *Read by Harlan Ell...)

  • Memos from Purgatory - Two Journeys of our Times

    (Powell Fact book published 1969. Story of Ellison's early...)

  • Spider Kiss Paperback – December 19, 2006

    (Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)

  • Strange Wine: Fifteen new stories from the nightside of the world

    (FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER. Collection of prime Ellison stor...)

  • Mefisto in Onyx

    (Book by Ellison, Harlan)

  • PAINGOD AND OTHER DELUSIONS Seven Strange and Wonderful Adventures in a Universe of Thoughts Never Thought Before.

    (Short story collection.)

  • Slippage: Precariously Poised, Previously Uncollected Stories

    (Book by Ellison, Harlan)

  • Approaching Oblivion: Road Signs on the Treadmill Toward Tomorrow

    (Bluejay Books, 1985. Trade paperback. This collection of ...)

  • Edgeworks: Love Ain't Nothing but Sex Misspelled/The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (Edgeworks Series , Vol 4) by Ellison, Harlan (1997) Hardcover

    (1st White Wolf Omnib)

  • Approaching Oblivion: Road Signs on the Treadmill Toward Tomorrow

    (Book Club, 1974. Hardcover with dustjacket, book club rep...)

  • Edgeworks 1: Over the Edge, An Edge in My Voice

    (First Printing. Rare fiction and essays.)

  • Angry Candy / Harlan Ellison

    (great condition)

  • The City on the Edge of Forever: The Original Teleplay that Became the Classic Star Trek Episode by Ellison, Harlan (1996) Paperback

    (White Wolf Ed)

  • Again, Dangerous Vision

    (hardbound)

  • HARLAN ELLISON. EDGEWORKS 1/OVER THE EDGE. AN EDGE IN MY VOICE.

    (SIGNED)

  • The Essential Ellison: A 35 Year Retrospective by Harlan Ellison (1998) Paperback

    (2nd)

  • All the Lies that are My Life
  • Strange Wine (The Harlan Ellison Collection) by Harlan Ellison (2014-06-24)
  • Edgeworks, Vol. 1: Over the Edge / An Edge in My Voice
  • Partners in Wonder 4
  • Star Trek City on the Edge of Forever #2
  • Paingod & Other Delusions X1991
  • From the Land of Fear by Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) Jun-2014 Paperback
  • { THE SOUND OF A SCYTHE: AND 3 BRILLIANT NOVELLAS } Ellison, Harlan ( AUTHOR ) Dec-22-2013 Paperback
  • Strange Wine by Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) Jun-2014 Paperback
  • Strange Wine (The Harlan Ellison Collection) Paperback - June 24, 2014
  • By Harlan Ellison - The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective (Revised and Expan (4th Edition) (2005-03-25) Paperback
  • ELLISON WONDERLAND.
  • Paingod and Other Delusions by Ellison, Harlan (2014) Paperback
  • Gentleman Junkie by Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) Jun-2014 Paperback
  • EDGEWORKS Four volume set Including: Over the Edge/ An Edge in my Voice, Spider Kiss/Stalking the Nightmare, The Harlan Ellison Hornbook/ Harlan Ellison's Movie, and, Love Ain't Nothing but Sex Misspelled / The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the
  • Edgeworks: Love Ain't Nothing but Sex Misspelled/The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (Edgeworks Series , Vol 4)
  • Again, dangerous visions; 46 original stories
  • Edgeworks: The Harlan Ellison Hornbook & Harlan Ellison's Movie (Edgeworks, 3)
  • Gentleman Junkie Paperback - June 3, 2014
  • SLIPPAGE Previously Uncollected, Precariously Poised Stories
  • Again Dangerous Visions Volume 2
  • Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed by Harlan Ellison (2014-06-24)
  • Edgeworks 2: Spider Kiss and Stalking the Nightmare
  • Deathbird Stories
  • LA CHANSON DU ZOMBIE Partners in Wonder.
  • Again, Dangerous Visions, Vol.1
  • Edgeworks, Vol. 3: The Harlan Ellison Hornbook / Harlan Ellison's Movie
  • Slippage: Previously Uncollected, Precariously Poised Stories
  • The Sound of a Scythe: and 3 Brilliant Novellas by Harlan Ellison (22-Dec-2013) Paperback
  • Spider Kiss / Stalking the Nightmare (Edgeworks, Vol. 2)
  • Again, Dangerous Visions by Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) Jun-2014 Paperback
  • Again, Dangerous Visions by Ellison, Harlan (2014) Paperback
  • An Edge in My Voice by Harlan Ellison (2014-06-03)
  • The City on the Edge of Forever (Star Trek Fotonovel, No. 1)
  • PAINGOD
  • An Edge in My Voice by Ellison, Harlan (2014) Paperback
  • No Doors No Windows
  • Spider Kiss by Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) Jun-2014 Paperback
  • Strange Wine (The Harlan Ellison Collection) by Ellison, Harlan (2014) Paperback
  • The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World Paperback - June 3, 2014
  • The City on the Edge of Forever The Original Teleplay that Became the Classic Star Trek Episode: With an Expanded Introductort Essay by Harlan Ellison
  • Memos from Purgatory by Harlan Ellison (2014-06-03)
  • No Doors, No Windows by Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) Jun-2014 Paperback
  • Partners in Wonder PARTNERS IN WONDER By Ellison, Harlan ( Author )Jul-01-2009 Paperback
  • Slippage: Precariously Poised, Previously Uncollected Stories by Harlan Ellison (1997-09-03)
  • Spider Kiss by Harlan Ellison (2014-06-24)
  • From the Land of Fear
  • Approaching Oblivion by Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) Jun-2014 Paperback
  • Shatterday SHATTERDAY By Ellison, Harlan ( Author )Mar-01-2001 Paperback
  • Shatterday
  • Hitler Peignait Des Roses Strange Wine
  • Partners in Wonder by Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) Jun-2014 Paperback
  • Memos from Purgatory
  • Gentleman Junkie by Ellison, Harlan (2014) Paperback
  • Shatterday by Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) Jun-2014 Paperback
  • Partners in Wonder Paperback June 24, 2014
  • The Essential Ellison: A 50-Year Retrospective by Harlan Ellison (2001-06-01)
  • (Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed) Author: Harlan Ellison published on (June, 2014)
  • Gentleman Junkie
  • Memos from Purgatory by Ellison, Harlan (2014) Paperback
  • Angry Candy by Harlan Ellison (1-Mar-2001) Paperback
  • Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed: Essays (I. O. Evans Studies in the Philosophy and Criticism of Literature) by Harlan Ellison (1984-07-01)
  • *Lupoff Signed* Again, Dangerous Visions Vol. 2
  • Stalking the Nightmare by Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) Jun-2014 Paperback
  • Spider Kiss SPIDER KISS By Ellison, Harlan ( Author )Jan-01-2007 Paperback
  • Slippage: Previously Uncollected, Precariously Poised Stories
  • Edgeworks, Vol. 1: Over the Edge and An Edge in My Voice
  • The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World by Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) Jun-2014 Paperback
  • By Harlan Ellison - Slippage: Previously Uncollected, Precariously Poised Stories (2014-07-09) Paperback
  • Approaching Oblivion
  • Shatterday by Ellison, Harlan (2014) Paperback
  • Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed: Essays (I. O. Evans Studies in the Philosophy and Criticism of Literature) New edition by Ellison, Harlan (1984) Paperback
  • APPROACHING OBLIVION - Road Signs on the Treadmill Toward Tomorrow
  • The Essential Ellison A 50 Year Retrospective Revised and Expanded 1st Edition
  • Partners in Wonder by Ellison, Harlan (2014) Paperback
  • The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World by Ellison, Harlan (2014) Paperback
  • The Harlan Ellison Hornbook by Ellison, Harlan (2014) Paperback
  • The City on the Edge of Forever by Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) Jun-2014 Paperback
  • The City on the Edge of Forever (Harlan Ellison Collecton) by Ellison, Harlan (2014) Paperback
  • Ellison Wonderland by Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) Jun-2014 Paperback
  • Paingod and Other Delusions by Harlan Ellison (2014-06-24)
  • Paingod and Other Delusions by Ellison, Harlan ( Author ) Jun-2014 Paperback
  • Deathbird Stories Publisher: Subterranean Press

Membership

With Army of the United States, 1957-1959. Member Screen Actors Guild, Writers Guild American (Most Outstandign Scripts awards 1965, 67, 73, 86, screen board, member West council 1971-1972, 85-87), Science Fiction Writers American (co-founder, Nebula awards 1965, 69, 77, vice president 1965-1966).

Connections

Married Charlotte Stein, 1956 (divorced 1959). Married Billie Joyce Sanders, 1961 (divorced 1962). Married Lory Patrick, 1965 (divorced 1965).

Married Lori Horwitz, 1976 (divorced 1977). Married Susan Toth, September, 1986.

Father:

Louis Laverne Ellison

Mother:

Serita (Rosenthal) Ellison

Spouse:

Lory Patrick

Spouse:

Billie Joyce Sanders

Spouse:

Charlotte Stein

Spouse:

Susan Toth

Spouse:

Lori Horwitz