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Harlan Ellison, "Science Fiction Master,Dies At Age 84
科幻大师哈伦·埃利森辞世,享年84岁
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Harlan Ellison was best-known and lauded for science fiction, but his prolificwork included mysteries, *comic books, articles and screenplays.
哈伦·埃利森最为人所知和令人称道的是科幻小说,但其丰富的作品还包括悬疑故事、连环漫画书、报刊文章和影视剧本
By Robert Jablon
Harlan Ellison, the prolific, pugnacious' author of "ABoy and His Dog," and countless other stories that blastedsociety with their nightmarish', sometimes darkly humorousscenarios10, has died at age 84
Ellison's death was confirmed Thursday to Ther Associated Press by Bill Schafer, an editor with*Subterranean Press", the author's publisher. A woman who answered the phone at Ellison's office, who declinedto give her name, said he died Wednesday in his sleep.
During a career that spannedl2 more than half acentury, Ellison wrote some3 50 books and more than1,400 articles, essays, TV scripts14andscreenplays. Although best-known for his science fiction, which garnered's nearly a dozen Nebula and Hugo awards",Ellison's work coveredvirtually" every type of writing from mysteries to comic books to newspaper columns.
He was known as much for his attitudel8 as his writing Harlan Ellison at the LA Preshe described himself once as "bellicosel9" His targets were anyone or anything that offended him, from TV producers to his own audience. An encounter with *Frank Sinatra20, when the two *faced off1lwhile Ellison was shooting2 pool23, was immortalized24 in Gay Talese's famous 1966 magazine profile of the singer“I go to bed angry and I get up angrier every morning," he once said
"Harlan Ellison: There was no one quite like him in American letters, and never will be," author *StephenKing26 Tweeted on Thursday. "Angry, funny, eloquent
hugely talented. If there's an afterlife28, Harlan is already*kicking ass and taking down names?
Several of Ellison's works were translated into *dozensof30 languages
One of the best-known, "A Boy and His Dog," portrays"1a world devastated by nuclear war and fought over by vicious2gangs33.
The hero, a young thug whose traveling companion"sis a mutant6, telepathic"7 dog, is lured38 to an underground community but rebels against its sterility40. The novella was the basis for a 1975 movie starring *Don Johnson12. The film'sgruesome3 but darkly comic ending elicited stunned laughter from its audience when it was the featured6 film at a science fiction movie marathon in Los Angeles that year.
Ellison recently expanded the story into a full-length novel, "Blood's A Rover7," that Subterranean is publishing this month.
Some of his most popular works were surrealistic48fantasies set in grisly49 worlds run by totalitarians0 an oconformistsl. Some were humorous; many were shockinglygraphic2 for their time.
He once said he wanted his stories "to *grab you by the throat and tear off parts of your body."
His short story, "I Have No Mouth & 1 Must Scream," is about the last humans, eternallys tortured by a malevolent"，godlike computer. It was made into a computer game, with it sauthor providing the machine's voice.
Ellison disliked computers and worked on old manual typewriters, although he denied being anti-technology.
His 1997 book, "Slippage," included an essay mentioning California's * 1994 North ridge earthquakes9The quake injured his wife, caused $200,000 in damage to his San Fernando Valley home and *knocked him out" when his 30,000 books were hurled' from their shelves.
The book also discussed his 1996 quadrupleby pass surgery, which he underwent after a heart at tackhe blamed on the stress of his work schedule.
Despite his success -the Los Angeles Times saidhe should be considered the "20th-century *LewisCarrol192,- Ellison sometimes seemed wistful93 about his own legacy.
His afterword to "The Essential Ellison," a 1987collection of his writings, read" simply: "For a brief time I was here; and for a brief time I mattered."
He is survived by his wife, Susan.
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