Re: Harlan Ellison Died in His Sleep
Susan Hathaway <[email protected]> Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:26:05 -0700
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0257_01D40EFC.B71D3880 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sad news for the SF world, indeed. =20 =20 =20 From: Dennis Fischer [mailto:[email protected]]=20 Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2018 4:04 PM To: Goddesspamm Handeler; Brooke Lambie; Kathryn Stuckey; Doug Woods; = Tom Khamis; Marlene Willauer-Lowe; Jeff Smith; Kris Gilpin; Bobbie = Bobandan; MIchael Hall; Science Fiction and Fantasy Listserv; Susan = Hathaway Subject: Harlan Ellison Died in His Sleep =20 Ellison, Provocative Sci-Fi Writer of =E2=80=98Star Trek,=E2=80=99 = =E2=80=98A Boy and His Dog,=E2=80=99 Dies at 84 By <https://variety.com/author/carmel-dagan/> Carmel Dagan Staff Writer Harlan Ellison Dead = <https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/harlan-ellison-dead.jpg?w= =3D1000&h=3D563&crop=3D1>=20 Speculative-fiction writer <https://variety.com/t/harlan-ellison/> = Harlan Ellison, who penned short stories, novellas and criticism, = contributed to TV series including =E2=80=9CThe Outer Limits,=E2=80=9D = =E2=80=9C <https://variety.com/t/star-trek/> Star Trek=E2=80=9D and = =E2=80=9C <https://variety.com/t/babylon-5/> Babylon 5=E2=80=9D and won = a notable copyright infringement suit against ABC and Paramount and a = settlement in a similar suit over =E2=80=9CThe Terminator,=E2=80=9D has = died. He was 84. Christine Valada tweeted that Ellison=E2=80=99s wife, Susan, had asked = her to announce that he died in his sleep Thursday. The prolific but cantankerous author famously penned the =E2=80=9C = <https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/original-star-trek-enterprise-theme-dis= covery-finale-1202694515/> Star Trek=E2=80=9D episode =E2=80=9CCity on = the Edge of Forever,=E2=80=9D in which Kirk and Spock must go back in = time to Depression-era America to put Earth history back on its rightful = course, a goal that for Kirk means sacrificing the woman he loves = (played by Joan Collins). The final script was rewritten by = =E2=80=9CStar Trek=E2=80=9D staffers to avoid the anti-war lesson = Ellison had intended to impart about the ongoing Vietnam War, leaving = Ellison unhappy. His 1995 book =E2=80=9CThe City on the Edge of Forever: The Original = Teleplay That Became the Classic Star Trek Episode=E2=80=9D contained = two drafts by Ellison. The author was still steaming over his experience more than four decades = after the episode originally aired: In 2009 Ellison sued CBS Paramount = Television seeking revenue from merchandising and other sources from the = episode; a settlement was reached six months later. The author of a 1980 L.A. Times profile declared, =E2=80=9CEllison is = fiercely independent, proudly elitist, frequently angry, tenacious and = downright vengeful.=E2=80=9D Talking about the Hollywood establishment, Ellison told the author, = =E2=80=9CThey=E2=80=99ve got to know that everybody isn=E2=80=99t = frightened and won=E2=80=99t back down=E2=80=A6. These people are not = creators; they belong to the AAA =E2=80=94 agents, attorneys and = accountants. They aren=E2=80=99t comfortable dealing with writers = =E2=80=94 they think we=E2=80=99re madmen. They=E2=80=99re really only = comfortable dealing with numbers.=E2=80=9D In a separate case, Ellison won $337,000 (later reduced a bit in a = settlement) from ABC and Paramount Studios in 1980 for copyright = infringement on a short story the author had penned with Ben Bova, = =E2=80=9CBrillo.=E2=80=9D Ellison and Bova had been asked to develop it = at ABC, but the option there had lapsed; Ellison then showed it to Par = execs, who said they weren=E2=80=99t interested. ABC aired a = Par-produced telepic called =E2=80=9CFuture Cop=E2=80=9D in May 1976 and = later a brief series of the same name. The premise, about the first = android policeman, was identical to that in =E2=80=9CBrillo.=E2=80=9D In the litigious writer=E2=80=99s third victory against Hollywood, = Ellison sued James Cameron and others behind 1984=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9CThe = Terminator,=E2=80=9D claiming that the film drew from material in two = episodes of the original =E2=80=9CThe Outer Limits=E2=80=9D series, = =E2=80=9CSoldier=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CDemon With a Glass Hand,=E2=80=9D = that he had penned and had aired in 1964. Production company Hemdale and = distributor Orion Pictures settled out of court and were required under = the terms of the settlement to acknowledge Ellison=E2=80=99s work in the = film=E2=80=99s end credits. Cameron, however, labelled Ellison = =E2=80=9Ca parasite.=E2=80=9D Curiously, Ellison had little sympathy for others who brought = copyright-infringement suits against the studios, telling the L.A. = Times, =E2=80=9CYou=E2=80=99ve got to realize that there are hundreds of = these claims and most of them aren=E2=80=99t valid. This is a town of = amateurs=E2=80=A6. You have to separate these people and their = complaints from the professionals who really work at writing and have = viable ideas.=E2=80=9D Born in Painesville, Ohio, Ellison grew up in the only Jewish family in = a small town where he said he had to defend himself in physical = altercations on a daily basis. During the 1950s Ellison attended Ohio = State U. for 18 months, served in the Army and began to sell sci-fi = stories to pulp mags. He moved to California in 1962. Ellison was famously fired on his first day of employment as a writer at = Walt Disney Studios after making highly irreverent suggestions about the = company=E2=80=99s beloved characters. He penned scripts for =E2=80=9CRoute 66,=E2=80=9D = =E2=80=9CBurke=E2=80=99s Law=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CVoyage to the Bottom = of the Sea,=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CThe Man From U.N.C.L.E.=E2=80=9D and even = =E2=80=9CThe Flying Nun.=E2=80=9D For a 1964 episode of =E2=80=9CThe = Alfred Hitchcock Hour,=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CMemo From Purgatory,=E2=80=9D = he adapted his own nonfiction memoir about having joined a street gang = in Brooklyn. Ellison also penned the screenplay to tepidly trashy Hollywood melodrama = =E2=80=9CThe Oscar,=E2=80=9D and the post-apocalyptic cult classic = =E2=80=9CA Boy and His Dog=E2=80=9D (1975), starring a young Don = Johnson, was based on an Ellison novella. Ellison was also editor of the very influential sci-fi anthologies = =E2=80=9CDangerous Visions=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CAgain Dangerous = Visions.=E2=80=9D When he dealt with Hollywood, he fearlessly said exactly what he thought = again and again =E2=80=94 often causing fallout as a result. In the wake = of the 1977 release of =E2=80=9CStar Wars,=E2=80=9D a Warner Bros. = executive asked Ellison to adapt Isaac Asimov=E2=80=99s short story = collection =E2=80=9CI, Robot=E2=80=9D for the bigscreen. Ellison penned a script and met with studio chief Robert Shapiro to = discuss it; when the author concluded that the executive was commenting = on his work without having read it, Ellison claimed to have said to = Shapiro that he had =E2=80=9Cthe intellectual capacity of an = artichoke.=E2=80=9D Needless to say, Ellison was dropped from the = project. Ellison=E2=80=99s work was ultimately published with permission = of the studio, but the 2004 Will Smith film =E2=80=9CI, Robot=E2=80=9D = was not based on the material Ellison wrote. Perhaps Ellison=E2=80=99s most famous story not adapted for the screen = was 1965=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9CRepent, Harlequin! Said the = Ticktockman,=E2=80=9D which celebrates civil disobedience against a = repressive establishment. =E2=80=9CRepent=E2=80=9D is one of the most = reprinted stories ever. In September 2011, however, Ellison sued to block the release of New = Regency=E2=80=99s thriller =E2=80=9CIn Time,=E2=80=9D starring Justin = Timberlake, claiming that the film hews too closely to = =E2=80=9CRepent,=E2=80=9D then dropped the suit. In the early 1970s, = Ellison created his only TV series, the Canada-produced =E2=80=9CThe = Starlost.=E2=80=9D He was so unhappy with the changes made by producers, = however, that he took his name off the skein, which aired in 1973. Ellison was a creative consultant for the 1980s edition of =E2=80=9CThe = Twilight Zone,=E2=80=9D for which he wrote several episodes, and was = conceptual consultant for the 1990s sci-fi series =E2=80=9C = <https://variety.com/2017/film/news/stephen-furst-dies-dead-63-animal-hou= se-babylon-5-st-elsewhere-1202469695/> Babylon 5.=E2=80=9D He also = appeared in several episodes. In 1995 Ellison adapted his story =E2=80=9CI Have No Mouth, and I Must = Scream=E2=80=9D for the videogame of that name. He was also credited = with design of the game and voiced the main character. =E2=80=9CDreams With Sharp Teeth,=E2=80=9D a documentary centering on = Ellison and his work, received a theatrical release in 2008. = Interviewees included Ellison and Robin Williams. Ellison also appeared = in other documentaries, including =E2=80=9CThe Masters of Comic Book = Art,=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CShadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton = Legacy,=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CBrother Theodore=E2=80=9D (2007) and = =E2=80=9CWith Great Power: The Stan Lee Story=E2=80=9D (2010). In addition to numerous genre awards =E2=80=94 including multiple Hugos, = Nebulas and Edgars =E2=80=94 Ellison received four WGA Awards for his TV = work and the Silver Pen for Journalism, conferred by international = writers union PEN, for his =E2=80=9CAn Edge in My Voice=E2=80=9D column = in the L.A. Weekly in defense of First Amendment rights. Despite the kudos he amassed, however, Ellison penned a guest column for = Variety in November 2013 in which he declared: =E2=80=9CI do not merely = hate all awards shows, I wish to see them beheaded, stakes driven = through their black and corrupted widdle hearts, and to see the = decapitated remains buried at a crossroads come midnight.=E2=80=9D Ellison was married five times, with at least two of those marriages = lasting only weeks or months. Survivors include his fifth wife, Susan = Ann Toth. ------=_NextPart_000_0257_01D40EFC.B71D3880 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:x=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta = http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><meta = name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><!--[if = !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style><![endif]--><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; 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Brooke Lambie; = Kathryn Stuckey; Doug Woods; Tom Khamis; Marlene Willauer-Lowe; Jeff = Smith; Kris Gilpin; Bobbie Bobandan; MIchael Hall; Science Fiction and = Fantasy Listserv; Susan Hathaway<br><b>Subject:</b> Harlan Ellison Died = in His Sleep<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122290"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-line-height-alt:14.65pt;background:white'><b><span = style=3D'font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>E= llison, Provocative Sci-Fi Writer of =E2=80=98Star Trek,=E2=80=99 = =E2=80=98A Boy and His Dog,=E2=80=99 Dies at 84</span></b><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o= :p></o:p></span></p><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122293"><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122294"><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122295"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><em><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>By= </span></em><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&n= bsp;<a href=3D"https://variety.com/author/carmel-dagan/" = target=3D"_blank" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122297"><span = style=3D'color:#196AD4'>Carmel = Dagan</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>St= aff Writer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122299"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><i= mg border=3D0 width=3D1000 height=3D563 = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122301" = src=3D"https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/harlan-ellison-dead= .jpg?w=3D1000&h=3D563&crop=3D1" alt=3D"Harlan Ellison = Dead"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122302"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Sp= eculative-fiction writer <a = href=3D"https://variety.com/t/harlan-ellison/" target=3D"_blank" = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122303"><span = style=3D'color:#196AD4'>Harlan Ellison</span></a>, who penned short = stories, novellas and criticism, contributed to TV series including = =E2=80=9CThe Outer Limits,=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9C<a = href=3D"https://variety.com/t/star-trek/" target=3D"_blank" = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122304"><span = style=3D'color:#196AD4'>Star Trek</span></a>=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9C<a = href=3D"https://variety.com/t/babylon-5/" target=3D"_blank" = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122305"><span = style=3D'color:#196AD4'>Babylon 5</span></a>=E2=80=9D and won a notable = copyright infringement suit against ABC and Paramount and a settlement = in a similar suit over =E2=80=9CThe Terminator,=E2=80=9D has died. He = was 84.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122306"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Ch= ristine Valada tweeted that Ellison=E2=80=99s wife, Susan, had asked her = to announce that he died in his sleep = Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122308"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Th= e prolific but cantankerous author famously penned the =E2=80=9C<a = href=3D"https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/original-star-trek-enterprise-th= eme-discovery-finale-1202694515/" target=3D"_blank" = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122309"><span = style=3D'color:#196AD4'>Star Trek</span></a>=E2=80=9D episode = =E2=80=9CCity on the Edge of Forever,=E2=80=9D in which Kirk and Spock = must go back in time to Depression-era America to put Earth history back = on its rightful course, a goal that for Kirk means sacrificing the woman = he loves (played by Joan Collins). The final script was rewritten by = =E2=80=9CStar Trek=E2=80=9D staffers to avoid the anti-war lesson = Ellison had intended to impart about the ongoing Vietnam War, leaving = Ellison unhappy.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122310"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi= s 1995 book =E2=80=9CThe City on the Edge of Forever: The Original = Teleplay That Became the Classic Star Trek Episode=E2=80=9D contained = two drafts by Ellison.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122314"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Th= e author was still steaming over his experience more than four decades = after the episode originally aired: In 2009 Ellison sued CBS Paramount = Television seeking revenue from merchandising and other sources from the = episode; a settlement was reached six months = later.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122316"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Th= e author of a 1980 L.A. Times profile declared, =E2=80=9CEllison is = fiercely independent, proudly elitist, frequently angry, tenacious and = downright vengeful.=E2=80=9D<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122317"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Ta= lking about the Hollywood establishment, Ellison told the author, = =E2=80=9CThey=E2=80=99ve got to know that everybody isn=E2=80=99t = frightened and won=E2=80=99t back down=E2=80=A6. These people are not = creators; they belong to the AAA =E2=80=94 agents, attorneys and = accountants. They aren=E2=80=99t comfortable dealing with writers = =E2=80=94 they think we=E2=80=99re madmen. They=E2=80=99re really only = comfortable dealing with = numbers.=E2=80=9D<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122318"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In= a separate case, Ellison won $337,000 (later reduced a bit in a = settlement) from ABC and Paramount Studios in 1980 for copyright = infringement on a short story the author had penned with Ben Bova, = =E2=80=9CBrillo.=E2=80=9D Ellison and Bova had been asked to develop it = at ABC, but the option there had lapsed; Ellison then showed it to Par = execs, who said they weren=E2=80=99t interested. ABC aired a = Par-produced telepic called =E2=80=9CFuture Cop=E2=80=9D in May 1976 and = later a brief series of the same name. The premise, about the first = android policeman, was identical to that in = =E2=80=9CBrillo.=E2=80=9D<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122319"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In= the litigious writer=E2=80=99s third victory against Hollywood, Ellison = sued James Cameron and others behind 1984=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9CThe = Terminator,=E2=80=9D claiming that the film drew from material in two = episodes of the original =E2=80=9CThe Outer Limits=E2=80=9D series, = =E2=80=9CSoldier=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CDemon With a Glass Hand,=E2=80=9D = that he had penned and had aired in 1964. Production company Hemdale and = distributor Orion Pictures settled out of court and were required under = the terms of the settlement to acknowledge Ellison=E2=80=99s work in the = film=E2=80=99s end credits. Cameron, however, labelled Ellison = =E2=80=9Ca parasite.=E2=80=9D<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122320"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Cu= riously, Ellison had little sympathy for others who brought = copyright-infringement suits against the studios, telling the L.A. = Times, =E2=80=9CYou=E2=80=99ve got to realize that there are hundreds of = these claims and most of them aren=E2=80=99t valid. This is a town of = amateurs=E2=80=A6. You have to separate these people and their = complaints from the professionals who really work at writing and have = viable ideas.=E2=80=9D<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122324"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Bo= rn in Painesville, Ohio, Ellison grew up in the only Jewish family in a = small town where he said he had to defend himself in physical = altercations on a daily basis. During the 1950s Ellison attended Ohio = State U. for 18 months, served in the Army and began to sell sci-fi = stories to pulp mags.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122325"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>He= moved to California in 1962.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122326"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>El= lison was famously fired on his first day of employment as a writer at = Walt Disney Studios after making highly irreverent suggestions about the = company=E2=80=99s beloved characters.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122327"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>He= penned scripts for =E2=80=9CRoute 66,=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CBurke=E2=80=99s = Law=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea,=E2=80=9D = =E2=80=9CThe Man From U.N.C.L.E.=E2=80=9D and even =E2=80=9CThe Flying = Nun.=E2=80=9D For a 1964 episode of =E2=80=9CThe Alfred Hitchcock = Hour,=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CMemo From Purgatory,=E2=80=9D he adapted his own = nonfiction memoir about having joined a street gang in = Brooklyn.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122328"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>El= lison also penned the screenplay to tepidly trashy Hollywood melodrama = =E2=80=9CThe Oscar,=E2=80=9D and the post-apocalyptic cult classic = =E2=80=9CA Boy and His Dog=E2=80=9D (1975), starring a young Don = Johnson, was based on an Ellison = novella.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122329"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>El= lison was also editor of the very influential sci-fi anthologies = =E2=80=9CDangerous Visions=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CAgain Dangerous = Visions.=E2=80=9D<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122330"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wh= en he dealt with Hollywood, he fearlessly said exactly what he thought = again and again =E2=80=94 often causing fallout as a result. In the wake = of the 1977 release of =E2=80=9CStar Wars,=E2=80=9D a Warner Bros. = executive asked Ellison to adapt Isaac Asimov=E2=80=99s short story = collection =E2=80=9CI, Robot=E2=80=9D for the = bigscreen.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122331"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>El= lison penned a script and met with studio chief Robert Shapiro to = discuss it; when the author concluded that the executive was commenting = on his work without having read it, Ellison claimed to have said to = Shapiro that he had =E2=80=9Cthe intellectual capacity of an = artichoke.=E2=80=9D Needless to say, Ellison was dropped from the = project. Ellison=E2=80=99s work was ultimately published with permission = of the studio, but the 2004 Will Smith film =E2=80=9CI, Robot=E2=80=9D = was not based on the material Ellison = wrote.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122332"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Pe= rhaps Ellison=E2=80=99s most famous story not adapted for the screen was = 1965=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9CRepent, Harlequin! Said the = Ticktockman,=E2=80=9D which celebrates civil disobedience against a = repressive establishment. =E2=80=9CRepent=E2=80=9D is one of the most = reprinted stories ever.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122336"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In= September 2011, however, Ellison sued to block the release of New = Regency=E2=80=99s thriller =E2=80=9CIn Time,=E2=80=9D starring Justin = Timberlake, claiming that the film hews too closely to = =E2=80=9CRepent,=E2=80=9D then dropped the suit. In the early 1970s, = Ellison created his only TV series, the Canada-produced =E2=80=9CThe = Starlost.=E2=80=9D He was so unhappy with the changes made by producers, = however, that he took his name off the skein, which aired in = 1973.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122337"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>El= lison was a creative consultant for the 1980s edition of =E2=80=9CThe = Twilight Zone,=E2=80=9D for which he wrote several episodes, and was = conceptual consultant for the 1990s sci-fi series =E2=80=9C<a = href=3D"https://variety.com/2017/film/news/stephen-furst-dies-dead-63-ani= mal-house-babylon-5-st-elsewhere-1202469695/" target=3D"_blank" = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122338"><span = style=3D'color:#196AD4'>Babylon 5</span></a>.=E2=80=9D He also appeared = in several episodes.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122339"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In= 1995 Ellison adapted his story =E2=80=9CI Have No Mouth, and I Must = Scream=E2=80=9D for the videogame of that name. He was also credited = with design of the game and voiced the main = character.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122340"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>=E2= =80=9CDreams With Sharp Teeth,=E2=80=9D a documentary centering on = Ellison and his work, received a theatrical release in 2008. = Interviewees included Ellison and Robin Williams. Ellison also appeared = in other documentaries, including =E2=80=9CThe Masters of Comic Book = Art,=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CShadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton = Legacy,=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CBrother Theodore=E2=80=9D (2007) and = =E2=80=9CWith Great Power: The Stan Lee Story=E2=80=9D = (2010).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122341"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In= addition to numerous genre awards =E2=80=94 including multiple Hugos, = Nebulas and Edgars =E2=80=94 Ellison received four WGA Awards for his TV = work and the Silver Pen for Journalism, conferred by international = writers union PEN, for his =E2=80=9CAn Edge in My Voice=E2=80=9D column = in the L.A. Weekly in defense of First Amendment = rights.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122342"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>De= spite the kudos he amassed, however, Ellison penned a guest column = for <em id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122343"><span = style=3D'font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Variety</span></em> in = November 2013 in which he declared: =E2=80=9CI do not merely hate all = awards shows, I wish to see them beheaded, stakes driven through their = black and corrupted widdle hearts, and to see the decapitated remains = buried at a crossroads come = midnight.=E2=80=9D<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1530142089458_122344"><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'line-height:14.65pt;background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>El= lison was married five times, with at least two of those marriages = lasting only weeks or months. Survivors include his fifth wife, Susan = Ann Toth.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html> ------=_NextPart_000_0257_01D40EFC.B71D3880--