Harlan Ellison

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. 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.