Thursday, June 28, 2018

The Ticktock Man Catches Up With Harlan Ellison

The cover of a Harlan Ellison bibliography done in the Seventies.

New York Times Obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/06/28/us/ap-us-obit-harlan-ellison.html


Harlan Ellison's "Repent Harlequin" Said the Ticktockman is the best parody and critique of  industrialized society that I have ever read. If you have never read it, you can cheat by watching the YouTube video below:





You may have seen Harlan's post apocalyptic  A Boy and His Dog, which managed to be both hilarious and very disturbing:



Harlan also wrote the teleplay for one of the best Star Trek episodes:


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