Quote from Harlan’s website, where you can find a lot more Harlan FAQs:
He then invited me to his home for a face-to-face visit – a n offer I couldn’t resist. I honored his specifications – including the registered trademark symbol after his name – and we never had a problem.Īfter the book came out, we had a phone conversation in which he offered me a lot of thoughtful advice as a book editor. He once sent a dead gopher to a publisher (an incident he recounted with glee during my visit.) He’s also known in the entertainment industry for being lawsuit-happy, most famously settling out of court with James Cameron over Cameron’s admitted use of one of Harlan’s Outer Limits episodes for TERMINATOR.ĭespite the warnings, I was undaunted in my quest to include him in the book. Still, I was a little surprised when he graciously agreed to allow a reprint of an article he wrote in the seventies, with the new addition of a writing exercise that would make it fit for our Now Write! format ( “First, There Was The Title” in the Theme and Meaning chapter.) Harlan had a reputation for being, er, um, ah… difficult. Ellison about contributing to Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, the response was invariably, “Don’t bother.” Harlan’s philosophy: “We’re all stupider than we should be.” When I consulted film industry friends on approaching Mr. He was a beyond-prolific writer and legend, and probably one of the most notorious contributors to the Now Write! series. Harlan Ellison left the earthly plane on June 28, 2018.
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