Ellison, Harlan (Jay)

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ELLISON, Harlan (Jay)

ELLISON, Harlan (Jay). Also writes as Paul Merchant. American, b. 1934. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Science fiction/Fantasy, Plays/Screenplays, Graphic Novels. Career: Freelance screenwriter, author and lectr. President, Kilmanjaro Corp., 1979-. Co-founder, Science Fiction Writers of America. Ed., Rogue mag., Chicago, 1959-60; Founding Ed., Regency Books, publrs., Chicago, 1960-61; television series and movie scriptwriter, 1962-77; Weekly Columnist. "The Glass Teat" TV column, 1968-71, and "Harlan Ellison Hornbook," 1972-73, Los Angeles Free Press newspaper; Book Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1969-82; Instructor, Clarion Writers Workshops, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1969-77, 1984; Editorial Commentator, CBC-TV, 1972-78; Creator and Ed., Harlan Ellison Discovery Series of First Novels, Pyramid Books, 1973-77; Creative Consultant, Writer and Director, The Twilight Zone, CBS-TV, 1984-85, and Cutter's World, 1987-88. Publications: SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS: The Man with Nine Lives, 1960; Doomsman, 1967; (with E. Bryant) Phoenix without Ashes, 1975; The City on the Edge of Forever (novelization of TV play), 1977. SCIENCE FICTION SHORT STORIES: A Touch of Infinity, 1960; Ellison Wonderland, 1962, as Earthman, Go Home, 1964, rev. ed., 1984; Pain-god and Other Delusions, 1965, rev. ed., 1975; I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, 1967; From the Land of Fear, 1967; Love Ain't Nothing but Sex Misspelled, 1968, rev. ed., 1976; The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World, 1969, rev. ed., 1984, 1994; Over the Edge: Stories from Somewhere Else, 1970; (with others) Partners in Wonder, 1971; Alone against Tomorrow, 1971, in U.K. as All the Sound of Fear, and The Time of the Eye, 2 vols., 1973-74; De Helden van de Highway, 1973; Approaching Oblivion, 1974; Deathbird Stories, 1975, rev. ed., 1991; No Doors, No Windows, 1976, rev. ed, 1991; Hoe Kan Ik Schreeuwen Zonder Mond, 1977; Strange Wine, 1978; The Illustrated Harlan Ellison, 1978; The Fantasies of Harlan Ellison (omnibus), 1979; Shatterday, 1980; Stalking the Nightmare, 1982; The Essential Ellison, 1987, rev. ed., 2001; Angry Candy, 1988; Footsteps, 1989; Dreams with Sharp Teeth (omnibus), 3 vols, 1991; Run for the Stars, 1991; Ensamvark, 1992; Mind Fields, 1994; Jokes without Punchlines, 1995; Slippage, 1996; Troublemakers, 2001. GRAPHIC NOVELS: Demon with a Glass Hand, 1986; Night and the Enemy, 1987; Vic and Blood, 1989; Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor, 1995. SCIENCE FICTION PLAYS: The City on the Edge of Forever, 1967; I, Robot, 1994. NOVELS: Rumble, 1958, rev. ed. as Web of the City, 1975; The Juvies, 1961; Rockabilly, 1961, rev. ed. as Spider Kiss, 1975; All the Lies That Are My Life, 1980; Run for the Stars, 1991; Mefisto in Onyx, 1993. SHORT STORIES: The Deadly Streets, 1958; (as Paul Merchant) Sex Gang, 1959; Gentlemen Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-up Generation, 1961, rev. ed., 1975; Children of the Streets, 1961; All the Sounds of Fear, 1973; The Time of the Eye, 1974. PLAYS: The Oscar (screenplay), 1966; Harlan Ellison's Movie, 1991; Episodes for Burke's Law Series, The Outer Limit Series, and others. OTHER: Memos from Purgatory (non-fiction), 1961; The Glass Teat, 1970; The Other Glass Teat, 1975; The Book of Ellison, 1978; Sleepness Nights in the Procrustean Bed: Essays, 1984; An Edge in My Voice, 1985; Harlan Ellison's Watching, 1989; The Harlan Ellison Hornbook (essays), 1990. EDITOR: Dangerous Visions, 1967; Nightshade and Damnations, 1968; Again, Dangerous Visions, 1972; J. Sutherland, Stormtrack, 1975; A.B. Cover, Autumn Angels, 1975; T. Carr, The Light at the End of th4e Universe, 1976; M. Randall, Islands, 1976; B. Sterling, Involution Ocean, 1978; Medea: Harlan's World, 1985. Address: c/o The Harlan Ellison Recording Collection, PO Box 55548, Sherman Oaks, CA 91413, U.S.A. Online address: www.harlanellison.com

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