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|Introductory paragraphs of Ellison's first ''An Edge In My Voice'' column}}
'''Harlan Ellison®''' (yes, he [[Disney Owns This Trope|made his own name a registered trademark]]) was a famously grumpy [[Berserk Button|science fiction wri-]] erm, that is, [[Insistent Terminology|writer]]. His work won eight and a half Hugo Awards, three Nebula Awards (plus a lifetime achievement award), five Bram Stoker Awards (including a lifetime achievement award), two Edgar Awards, and four Writers Guild of America Awards for Most Outstanding Teleplay — but it's his personality that everybody remembered about him. [[Jerkass|For some reason.]]
He suffered ''severe'' [[Internet Backdraft]] when he groped [[Connie Willis]] in public, which many fans consider his [[Moral Event Horizon]].<ref>Or, to [[Broken Base|many of his fans]], a ''serious'' [[What the Hell, Hero?]], considering his well-known [[Hypocritical Humor|loathing of sexists]]; Ellison himself described it as [[Dude, Not Funny|a failed attempt]] to [[Crosses the Line Twice|cross the line twice]].</ref>
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* "Demon with a Glass Hand" and "Soldier", episodes of ''[[The Outer Limits]]''. [[James Cameron]] used them as the basis of creating ''[[The Terminator]]'' (by accident, so Jim claims); Ellison caught him red-handed and got a cash settlement and an official acknowledgment in the credits.
* "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman", Hugo- and Nebula-Award-winning 1965 short story. Which, he wrote in an intro to the story in [not sure what anthology],{{verify}} 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.
* ''[[Dangerous Visions]]'' and ''[[Again, Dangerous Visions]]'', ground-breaking sf anthologies published 1967 and 1972 which he edited; ''[[The Last Dangerous Visions]]'' [[Development Hell|was announced in 1973]], and to the end [[Blatant Lies|he insisted that he'd get around to releasing it]].
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