Celebrity Death: Writer Harlan Ellison age 84(aka Cordwainer Bird when mad)

[Jumptheshark]

Harlan Ellison - IMDb
Harlan Ellison - Wikipedia

While many of you may not recognise the name. He had a huge impact on how sci-fi was viewed on the TV. He worked with J. Michael Straczynski on how to bring babylon 5 from a concept to a reality of a tv show that tells a story over a 5 year period.

His first big impact on TV was writing the Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever" known for staring a young Joan Collins. (if you are a trek fan you know of the war between Roddenbery and Ellison that lasted until Roddenbury death)

He was prolific on TV and as a novalist and was also involved in a lawsuit with James Cameron over "The Terminator"--Cameron refuses to admit one of Ellison's books influenced him--but one of the producers involved with the production admitted that he knew of Ellison's books and that he had read it several times---this is why Cameron settled the lawsuit and that Cameron told a reporter he stole the idea from two Outer Limits shows that Harlan had written

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[Jumptheshark]

few videos of him

he was a nasty man

 

[Jumptheshark]

then we have the terminator

 

[Jumptheshark]

then we have the terminator

 

[Osprey]

My primary familiarity with him is from I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream. That is one bizarre short story and computer game (a point-and-click adventure from the mid-90s).

 

[mouser]

Truly a writing legend. He was at his best when doing short stories.

 

[Jumptheshark]

JMS on facebook

 

[The Nemesis]

It's kind of funny that he's almost as famous as a legendarily cantankerous crank as he is as a prodigiously talented writer.

 

[Jumptheshark]

It's kind of funny that he's almost as famous as a legendarily cantankerous crank as he is as a prodigiously talented writer.

he is called cantankerous because he stood up for himself

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

RIP

 

[The Nemesis]

he is called cantankerous because he stood up for himself

He's also notorious for being short-tempered and quick to pop off on people for little justifiable reason (the last notable thing I can think of is his internet-famous dust-up with the guys from the Penny Arcade webcomic where both sides come off sounding like complete tools)

 

[Dont Toews Me Bro]

Thoughts and prayers. Gone too soon.