![]() And not in a glib, “you guys are such nerds” sort of way. Put simply, throughout his career Ellison regularly called out fans on their BS. Anybody who actually believes that should probably ask themselves how Ellison could have possibly gotten away with so public a murder, but there is a reason why the idea of the pugnacious author inflicting violence upon a fan might be easily believed. One story-a false one-that plagued Ellison is that once, at a science fiction convention, he threw a fan down an elevator shaft. Many stories about him, true and false, created a public image of the late writer of speculative fiction (his preferred term) that often overshadowed his work. ![]() Harlan Ellison’s reputation tended to precede him. ![]()
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