PT.1 - HARLAN ELLISON: MASTERS OF FANTASY (1998)

[@MagnumCallender]

honest to god watch videos with Harlan in it for his voice 💀 his way of speaking is so charismatic and weirdly calming

[@dravenglenreed5262]

No- because finally, somebody else gets it!! 😌

[@anoyint]

I aspire to have that gusto, though with a little bit less assertiveness and a bit more willingness to be flexible. I believe his steadfastness was needed with the work he did, but that work is not my work.

[@StephanieCrawford333]

Thank you for uploading this! Man, I love the sound of a typewriter at work, so rare nowadays...

[@kzinful]

Oh Harlan you glorious bastard, I will miss you . And of his temper that wasn't hyperbole, at a book signing( Future Visions - Houston, Tx ) I experienced it first hand ( not at me but directed at a young lady in front of me- over geography [lol ] He died recently, and yes his muse was strongest in the sixties and throughout the seventies, but what tales he left us with! Thank you for opening my eyes that summer before starting high school from reading- A Boy and his Dog...peace, from Texas

[@gordons-alive4940]

I crossed paths with Ellison at a hospital waiting room. I was briefly tempted to try to speak with him, but thought better of it. I didn't want to risk him being annoyed at a stranger approaching him in that setting, even if it was just to show some appreciation for his work. Probably made the right decision!

[@HeatIIEXTEND]

"I'm a little person, you're a midget!" :D

[@appidydafoo]

Thank you for the upload. RIP Harlan.

[@Serai3]

I was at Dangerous Visions that day that Chris Carter brought the idea. An amazing thing to watch.

[@CrimsonHound84]

Serai3 is there any place to read this? The concept sounds really interesting.

[@Abbunny649]

I hope my school has one of his books, if not I'll be really disappointed. He may not be the most liked as a person, but admired as an author for his work. ☺️

[@ladyfaye8248]

wow! Am I happy I have found this guy! Now I have something to really take my mind off the end of times!

[@Jynkins]

Makes me sad to know that his books aren't mainstream anymore. I walked into Barnes and Noble recently and they didn't have any of his wonderful collections or stories to buy. :( The "I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream" collection is still my favorite of his works.

[@jondunmore4268]

it doesn't surprise me that ignorance is taking over even our book stores. Literally, in my suburb alone, over the past ten years, two major book stores have turned into pharmacies. shows you where it's all headed - people wanting drugs to assuage their imaginary diseases instead of feeding their intelligence

[@CarlosMedina-hx7ie]

It is truly sad. He was ahead of time and space, yet his imagination knew no boundaries or limits. They need to incorporate the new writers with the trailblazers.

[@Aki-kh2qe-StreetKidZZZ]

Seven years later: He's one of the most known people only by the I have no mouth and I must scream😂 Seriously. He's a genius.

[@Aki-kh2qe-StreetKidZZZ]

​@@CarlosMedina-hx7iehe was WAY AHEAD of his times, for example the I have no mouth and I must scream not only it became well known work and game the last couple of years but they HAVE had to listen to him when he said to the developers "I don't want a game where you, win. I want a game where you lose better", it would have been an extreme hit if they went by his advice.

[@Quazar1138]

wasn't aware of youtube limitation of clip length. Thank you for straightening that up. Found pt2. thank you for sharing this.

[@tomdriver9968]

Him and Orson Wells. Two of the only people who are justified in their pomposity.

[@marcinb4647]

Are you ret@rded? How can anyone justify that pompous fraud and infamous one movie wonder that was Orson Welles?

[@fedecasares]

Isaac Asimov (rip) described Ellison's personality very well in his autobiography, but I think the good doctor fell short. Harlan Ellison was a whirlwind. Just as it was better not to fight Mike Tyson, it was better not to get into a discussion with Harlan Ellison. This guy could defeat you in less than 5 minutes. A true hurricane, verborragically speaking. Rest in true peace, Harlan. I think you earned it.

[@itsallinchaucer]

Awesome, Man! Thank you!

[@Eudaimonist]

I completely agree with Harlan Ellison that the writer's vision should always be kept intact.

[@LenHummelChannel]

A brilliant mind. a true curmudgeon. angry, yes. of course. and very entertaining in his own kind of way. ... this life was difficult and troublesome. he certainly had little or no faith in "Man" OR God. And again: yes, he was arrogant; often VERY arrogant, ... but mostly entertaining anyways.

[@ishtarian]

Can Ellison be petty? Certainly. Can he be trying? Ooooh, yes. He can also be generous, kind, courteous, and fascinating. I've encountered more of the latter than the former myself, but I've known those who have seen the other side. In the end, though, it's the work that matters, and that will live on... and I have no doubt a goodly amount of it WILL live on... "Jeffty is Five", for instance; or "In Lonely Lands"; or "All the Sounds of Fear"; or "the Deathbird", or "The Other Eye of Polyphemus"

[@matthewperry5518]

Or "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty" or "Repent Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman."

[@warmecanic]

I bet that teacher got the best feed back of his life

[@voidforpurpose]

Imagine how good his work would have been if he could have used his other 8 fingers for typing! I have no thumbs and I must hitchike.

[@sauldinglesteinlll9543]

Gotta love Leonard Nimoy pretending he read I Have No Mouth. I'm not saying he definitely didn't read it but it sounded kind of like he was just doing a good job of pretending. Don't lynch me, I'm just pointing it out because it made me smile.

[@lordhermis8718]

G.R.R.M Could learn a thing or two from this man.

[@1who4me]

Man all these greats are dead now

[@nunyabizness6595]

Painsville, Ohio. Look at that name. I'd run away too!

[@shinstridge4871]

RIP Harlan Ellison, you will be missed.

[@Paul_J._Poduslo]

That's easy to agree with. It's not so easy, however, to find a compromise between the writer of the individual episode's vision and the "vision" of the creator of the actual show itself and how he or she wanted his characters to be like. For example, Gene Roddenberry altered Ellison's script for the Star Trek episode "The City On the Edge of Forever." Both "visions" should be respected.

[@myceliumman7554]

Ironically posted on the world's biggest facilitator of copyright violation...

[@4dxl]

Hello, do you happen to have the Masters of Fantasy episode named "The X-Files creators" by any chance? It's from June 7 but I don't know the year.

[@Quazar1138]

Does anyone else have 11 minutes missing ?

[@КристинаЩерба-е2и]

😍👍🤩

[@crynovapie3]

i finish reading his stroy i have no mouth but must scream and i played the game

[@ishtarian]

(cont.) As for "hearing" this or that about the script for "City on the Edge of Forever"... why not read the script? It has been published years ago, in more than one format. Some will prefer it; others will prefer the broadcast version. I have affection for the latter, and admire the former (and think it the better of the two, as it is more complex and multilayered, with even more humanity to it). Ellison's screenplays are actually damn' easy reading, and good "theatre" of the mind....

[@Eudaimonist]

Fair enough!

[@calaphasto]

You really don't like him, do you? I'm not attacking you or anything, you're entitled to your opinion, but I've seen your name on other Ellison-themed videos, poisoning the well, so to speak. I myself was a fan for awhile (have a bunch of his books), but have since kinda moved on. The perpetual anger at the world that he generates was very appealing to me when I was young and angry at the world myself, but it got old fast.

[@cincifilocca]

calaphasto It got old because you got old, probably. There's still a lot to be angry about, in this world; but you need a young heart to feel and fight, I give that to you.

[@ddiamondr1]

calaphasto he also had a wicked sense of humour and was one of the funniest writers of all time.

[@JoseChung1]

Looking at the entirety of 2020, Harlan wasn't angry enough.

[@ishtarian]

Perhaps I shouldn't respond to some of these posts, as there is an air of pique (to say the least) about them, but.... "I Have No Mouth", etc., nihilistic? By no means. A cautionary tale, most definitely. And let's face it, in the end, it was the human being that won -- though paying a terrible price -- and the "god" that lost.... Also can't agree that Ellison Is a "poor writer"; even his early work, though at times crude, has strong points; and soon became very fine indeed. (cont.)

[@boke75]

Harlan Ellison....the Roddy Piper of science fiction...erm..speculative fiction.

[@marcuseleazer3058]

Why Harlan books not in book store

[@anton1990]

Why no grammar? All jokes aside, I agree. I don’t have an answer, but it is indeed a shame. Sadly, there are so many wonderful writers whose work aren’t available in modern bookstores.

[@anttam117]

Jesus! Young William Gibson speaks like a stereotypical German!

[@fayeSunshine48]

he sounds amazing .... i bet he has a touch of German ....... he an I Wouldn't get along because he would hate my grammer as much as I do :)

[@zissou6928]

120 wpm with 2 fingers..?

[@greyeyed123]

I noticed that also. Clearly a lie. You can hear in these clips the speed is FAR slower than that. (It's not possible to type 120 wpm with 2 fingers.)

[@anatolyyurkin6635]

Жестикуляцию позаимствовал Житинский?

[@warmecanic]

He is God... I´m sure he is the old testament version one.

[@TheRedverb]

This guy... I just can't. And he's not as good as he thinks he is.