History Creator / HarlanEllison

* BoldlyComing: "How's the Night Life on Cissalda?"

* LargeHam: His voice acting in ''VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream.'' (TEEEEEEEEDDDD!)

* MissingEpisode: ''The Last Dangerous Visions''

* SpaceJews: In "I'm Looking For Kadak".

Harlan Jay Ellison® (yes, he [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope made his own name a registered trademark]]) (May 27, 1934 -- June 28, 2018) was a writer[[note]]who didn't like the term "science fiction writer" for feeling that it was too limiting[[/note]], who was strongly associated with the NewWaveScienceFiction movement of the 1960s. His work has won eight and a half UsefulNotes/{{Hugo Award}}s, three UsefulNotes/{{Nebula Award}}s (plus a lifetime achievement award), five UsefulNotes/{{Bram Stoker Award}}s (including a lifetime achievement award), two Edgar Awards, and four Writers Guild of America Awards for Most Outstanding Teleplay -- more awards than almost any other writer. The majority of his work was one-off short stories published in magazines and digests, often with magical realism, science fiction, fantasy and even erotic themes, often told in a surrealistic manner.

* ''Literature/SpiderKiss'' (aka ''Rockabilly''), a 1961 novel about a sociopathic teen idol and the publicist who has to keep the singer's drunken rampages out of the scandal sheets. His only full-length novel, and also the only novel given a spot in the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame.

* The longtime blackballing of A.E. van Vogt for the SFWA [[UsefulNotes/DamonKnightMemorialGrandMasterAward Grand Master Award]].[[note]]Which he finally received in 1995, largely due to Ellison's efforts.[[/note]]

* ''Franchise/StarWars'', because people consider it a good science fiction story but it doesn't really examine the effect of the setting on humanity as a whole. He also felt that the film has no humanity or soul[[note]]he says the characters don't even have the depth of those in the old 1940s serials on which ''Star Wars'' is based, which always included some kind of AnAesop that was useful, believable and possible in everyday life[[/note]], and believed it "keeps people stupid"[[note]]he particularly noted [[SpaceIsNoisy the Death Star exploding with a huge KABOOM in space]] and revealed how Creator/AlanDeanFoster had strenuously objected to this and proposed believable alternatives -- Lucas' cynical retort was that "there's a lot of money tied up in this film and people expect to hear a boom when something explodes so I'll give them the boom". Foster hasn't worked with Lucas since.[[/note]] and ruined the public cultural perception of science fiction. It's especially evident in his infamous rant "Luke Skywalker is a Nerd and Darth Vader sucks runny eggs", collected in his book "Watching". Which feeds back into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDNrnpefGio the distinction between "science fiction" and "sci-fi"]]. With that said however, Ellison ''did'' genuinely enjoy watching ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' and considered it a solidly made movie (though this didn't stop him from writing a disparaging review of the Platform/Atari2600 tie-in game later on).

* [[https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/fake-online-love-affair-legal-battle/story?id=13478270 Jesse Jubilee James, firefighting llama cowboy.]] Which was more than justified, considering that [[spoiler: what this Janna person did was, for all intents and purposes, MindRape one of his friends. For nearly 2 years.]] Though it should be noted that Ellison never spoke publicly about this story or confirmed that he was personally involved. We only have Josh Olson's word for Ellison's participation, although, [[https://www.metafilter.com/65521/The-Life-and-Death-of-Jesse-Jubilee-James-Featuring-Harlan-Ellison barring a few cynics on metafilter]], there's no question that the incident itself was real. [[note]]Paula Bonhomme sued Janna St. James for $100,000+ for fraud. However, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that since their relationship was personal and not business, St. James could not be sued for fraud. The real "Jesse" is still alive and married to someone else.[[/note]]