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{{examples|Famous works include:}}
* "Demon with a Glass Hand" and "Soldier", episodes of ''[[
* "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman", Hugo- and Nebula-Award-winning 1965 short story. Which, he writes in an intro to the story in [not sure what anthology], that he wrote it all in one sitting, the night before he had to hand it in for a writing-workshop.
* "[[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream]]", Hugo-Award-winning 1967 short story and the 1995 computer game based on it, which he wrote and [[Large Ham|starred in]] as the voice of AM.
* Editor of ''[[Dangerous Visions]]'' and ''[[Again, Dangerous Visions]]'', ground-breaking sf anthologies published 1967 and 1972; ''[[The Last Dangerous Visions]]'' [[Development Hell|was announced in 1973]], and [[Blatant Lies|he still insists that he'll get around to releasing it one of these days]].
* "The City on the Edge of Forever", Hugo-Award-winning 1967 episode of ''[[Star Trek:
* "The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World", Hugo-Award-winning 1968 short story
* "[[A Boy and His Dog]]", Nebula-Award-winning 1969 short story made into Hugo-Award-winning 1974 film
* Creator of the original concept for the 1973 TV series ''[[The Starlost]]'', which suffered so badly from [[Executive Meddling]] that he insisted on being credited only under a derisive pseudonym.<ref>[[Rhymes
* ''Harlan Ellison's Watching'', a movie review column for the ''Los Angeles Free Press'' and ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction''.
* ''The Glass Teat'' and ''The Other Glass Teat'', a two-book collection of television and social criticism.
* Was hired by [[Warner Brothers]] in the late 1970s to write a film adaptation of [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''I, Robot''; the script (which is available in book format) is highly-regarded by those who have read it, but the project fell apart after Ellison accused a studio exec of having the intellectual capacity of an artichoke.
* Was also given a crack at the script for ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture
* "Jeffty is Five", a Hugo- and Nebula-Award-winning 1977 short story.
* Conceptual consultant on ''[[Babylon 5]]'' (and made a couple of guest appearances)
* "Funny Money", collected in ''[[Batman]]: Black And White'' Vol.2. Find it. ''Borrow'', '''steal''', '''''kill'''''. FIND IT.
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* ''[[
* Two third season episodes of ''[[The Man
{{examples|Things he's famously grumpy about include, but are certainly not limited to:}}
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5IV23g-fE Attempts to persuade him that he should do something for free] that he feels entitled to be paid for.
Harlan Ellison isn't really grumpy all the time, and he does have friends, and there are also stories demonstrating that he's [[Jerk
For an in-depth look at the man's genius, madness, and general [[Jerkass|assholery]], check out the documentary on his life and career: ''[http://hotdocsaudience.bside.com/2008/films/dreamswithsharpteeth_hotdocs2008 Dreams with Sharp Teeth]''. The film features commentary by [[Robin Williams]], [[Neil Gaiman]], [[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Ronald D. Moore]] and others who have known, worked with, or have been influenced by Ellison and his writings.
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* ''[[Dangerous Visions]]'' and ''[[Again, Dangerous Visions]]''
** But not ''[[The Last Dangerous Visions]]''
* "[[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream]]"
* ''[[
{{examples|Other works by [[Harlan Ellison]] provide examples of:}}
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* [[Blatant Lies]]
* [[Boldly Coming]]: "How's the Night Life on Cissalda?"
* [[Cursed
* [[Death
* [[Development Hell]]: ''[[The Last Dangerous Visions]]''
* [[Drugs Are Bad]]: "Shattered Like a Glass Goblin"
* [[Earth-That-Was]]/[[Mercy Kill]]: "The Deathbird".
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[The Gadfly]]: And proud!
* [[Gainax Ending]]: "How Interesting: A Tiny Man" was published with two possible endings. One is more straight and tragic, the other makes your head hurt as it can ''almost'' understand it.
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* [[Jewish Mother]]: Taken to a horrifying extreme in "Mom" - the titular mother comes back as a disembodied voice after she dies just so she can continue nagging her son.
* [[Large Ham]]:
** His voice acting in ''[[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream]].'' (TEEEEEEEEDDDD!)
** Also, debateably, his whole life. As [[Neil Gaiman]] said (In ''Dreams with Sharp Teeth'') "I think all of Harlan's work is actually a giant piece of performance art, called...Harlan Ellison."
* [[Laugh Track]]: In-story in "Laugh Track", of course. The ghosts of those whose laughter was recorded are now trapped in it, and one of them gets out and starts jeering at the awful comedies it's being used for. (An explicit comparison is made to the idea of a [[Spooky Photographs|soul-stealing camera]].)
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* [[Space Jews]]: In "I'm Looking For Kadak".
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: ''Many'' of his stories about his interactions with Hollywood/other writers have gotten called into question by the rest of the science fiction community. Ellison is one of those people who won't let the truth get in the way of a good story; take anything he says with a salt mine.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: His script for a film adaptation of ''[[I
* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made
** Many people attending science fiction conventions in the late 60s and early 70s remember Ellison as smelling so strongly of pot you could get high standing next to him. He has often railed against ''hard'' drugs, though.
* [[Why Fandom Can't Have Nice Things]]: Wrote an essay on it (sci fi/fantasy literature, specifically), called "Xenogenesis", which included a number of examples of the awful things that have been done to him and other writers by fans.
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