Harlan Ellison was an American author who was best known for writing his brand of New Wave speculative fiction. In his career, he had more than 1700 works published in a variety of forms from short stories to screenplays to comic books.
He may be best known for writing a very popular Star Trek episode called “The City on the Edge of Forever”. He also won eight Hugo awards in his lifetime as well as four Nebula awards, five Bram Stoker awards, and two Edgar Awards. He earned numerous Lifetime Achievement awards and even was nominated for a Grammy award later in his life.
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Partners in Wonder | (1971) |    |
Again, Dangerous Visions | (1972) |    |
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 20th Series | (1973) |    |
Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader | (1973) |    |
Again, Dangerous Visions 2 | (1973) |    |
Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology | (1974) |    |
Six Science Fiction Plays | (1975) |    |
Andromeda 1 | (1976) |    |
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series V | (1977) |    |
Study War No More | (1977) |    |
Chrysalis 1 | (1977) |    |
Nebula Awards 13 | (1980) |    |
The First Omni Book of Science Fiction | (1983) |    |
Medea | (1985) |    |
The Fourth Omni Book of Science Fiction | (1985) |    |
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1985 | (1985) |    |
Twilight Zone Magazine, December 1985 | (1985) |    |
Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King | (1986) |    |
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 12 | (1986) |    |
The Dark Void | (1987) |    |
The Year's Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection | (1988) |    |
Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1 | (1988) |    |
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1988 | (1988) |    |
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats | (1988) |    |
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1989 | (1989) |    |
Borderlands 1 | (1990) |    |
Alien Sex: 19 Tales by the Masters of Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy | (1990) |    |
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1990 | (1990) |    |
The Horror Hall of Fame | (1991) |    |
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 1991 | (1991) |    |
Dante's Disciples | (1991) |    |
Dark Destiny II: Proprietors of Fate | (1991) |    |
The Ultimate Undead | (1993) |    |
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh Annual Collection | (1994) |    |
The King is Dead: Tales of Elvis Postmortem | (1994) |    |
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1994 | (1994) |    |
Cthulhu 2000 | (1995) |    |
The Outer Limits, Volume One | (1996) |    |
Hollywood Fantasies: Ten Surreal Visions of Tinsel Town | (1997) |    |
In the Shadow of the Gargoyle | (1998) |    |
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology | (1999) |    |
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century | (2000) |    |
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 2001 | (2001) |    |
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourteenth Annual Collection | (2001) |    |
A Century of Great Suspense Stories | (2001) |    |
Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores | (2002) |    |
Nebula Awards 41 (2007) | (2007) |    |
Summer Chills | (2007) |    |
Son of Retro Pulp Tales | (2009) |    |
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction | (2010) |    |
Crucified Dreams | (2011) |    |
Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury | (2012) |    |
Season of Wonder | (2012) |    |
Fear the Abyss | (2012) |    |
Again, Honorable Whoredom at a Penny a Word | (2014) |    |
Shadow Show: Stories In Celebration of Ray Bradbury | (2015) |    |
Silent Night, Deadly Night | (2016) |    |
Blood Is Not Enough | (2019) |    |
If You Like Harlan Ellison Books, You’ll Love…
One of the best collections of Harlan Ellison stories is Shatterday: Stories. This book features a number of interesting science fiction stories including the Hugo and Nebula award-winning story, Jeffty is Five. That story features a five-year-old boy who never ages, stuck living in a past that no longer exists. Antoehr great story features an alien attack on Earth that puts the planet on the brink of Armageddon, but the humans who remain are unable to resist the sexual allure of the alien invaders. The book is filled with thought provoking stories that will leave you thinking.
Another popular collection is Paingod: And Other Delusions. This book has another eight stories from Ellson including the title story, “Paingod”. In this story, a minor deity has the ob of bringing pain to life forms across the universe. This book also includes “Repent, Harlequin, Said the Ticktockman” which is one of Ellison’s most famous works. That story follows a man disguised the Harlequin who rebels against the Ticktockman and tries to disrupt his perfectly scheduled society. The story is unique as it begins in the middle, then moves to the beginning, and then goes the end.