Harlan Ellison, Sci-Fi writer, dead at 84

[Ace-Garageguy]

Maybe best known for his post-apocalyptic story "A Boy and his Dog" (made into a film starring Don Johnson  in 1975), and giving the world concepts like "burnpit screamers", has died.

One of my favorites.

Harlan Ellison, Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 84

https://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2018/06/28/624416014/harlan-ellison-award-winning-science-fiction-writer-dies-at-84

[Classicgas]

He wrote perhaps the best Star Trek TOS episode City On The Edge Of Forever. Rip.

[Can-Con]

Definitely one of the greatest from the great age of SF.  

 

And let's not forget "Terminator".  which was kinda ripped off from a couple of his short stories.

[LDO]

19 hours ago, Classicgas said:

He wrote perhaps the best Star Trek TOS episode City On The Edge Of Forever. Rip.

I opened this thread to ask if he wrote that. Great episode. 

[Can-Con]

1 minute ago, LDO said:

I opened this thread to ask if he wrote that. Great episode. 

He did write the original story but it's a pretty common story that he was very upset with the way Roddenberry re-wrote and shot it.

[Classicgas]

He got upset about everything. 99.9% of the time a submitted story  for tv is rewritten. A lot of what is in his original story didn't fit int the idea behind Trek.

[Mike C]

Sorry to hear that. I saw him at a lecture in college back in '75.