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Harlan Ellison

writer

Soldier from Tomorrow

by Harlan Ellison
Qarlo Clobregnny (aka pryt sizfifwunohtootoonyn), psychologically and physically conditioned as a foot soldier from the moment of birth, is transported from the time of Great War VII to a 1950s subway platform where he and his story eventually become a force in an unexpected direction.

A few years later, the story was the basis of an Outer Limits episode.

No matter how violent, how involved, how pushbutton-ridden Wars became, it always simmered down to the man on foot. It had to, for men fought men still.
“Soldier from Tomorrow” by Harlan Ellison, Fantastic Universe, October 1957.

The Outer Limits (r1s02e01)

Soldier

by Harlan Ellison and Leslie Stevens, directed by Gerd Oswald
Soldier by Harlan Ellison and Leslie Stevens, directed by Gerd Oswald (ABC-TV, USA 19 September 1964).

Star Trek (s01e28)

The City on the Edge of Forever

by Harlan Ellison, directed by Joseph Pevney
After a delirious Bones hurtles through a time portal to the 1930s, Kirk and Spock follow to save him and stop dangerous changes to the timeline, no matter the cost.
— Michael Main
Star Trek (s01e28), “The City on the Edge of Forever” by Harlan Ellison, directed by Joseph Pevney (NBC-TV, USA, 6 April 1967).

The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World

by Harlan Ellison
A pedestrian blood-and-guts version of Jack the Ripper is pulled from 1888 into a sterile city of the future where he promptly slays Hernon’s granddaughter, an occurrence that leaves the equally evil Hernon unrattled.
He had looked up as light flooded him in that other place. It had been soot silent in Spitalfields, but suddenly, without any sense of having moved or having been moved, he was flooded with light. And when he looked up he was in tht other place. Paused now, only a few minutes after the transfer, he leaned against the bright wall of the city, and recalled the light.
“The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World” by Harlan Ellison, in Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison (Doubleday, October 1967).

The Beast That Shouted Love

by Harlan Ellison
For me, this nontraditional story didn’t bring any clarity to the notion of evil—but perhaps that’s what was intended, to artistically portray the incomprehensible nature of evil. Still, even without clarity, it was worth reading the award-winning story of evil being distilled and somehow sent throughout time by two future aliens: it stretched my understanding of story and helped me comprehend The Incredible Hulk 140.
Seven dog-heads slept. 
“The Beast That Shouted Love” by Harlan Ellison, in Galaxy, June 1968.

Come to Me Not in Winter’s White

by Harlan Ellison and Roger Zelazny
“Come to Me Not in Winter’s White” by Harlan Ellison and Roger Zelazny, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1969.

One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty

by Harlan Ellison
At 42, Gus Rosenthal is in a place of security, importance, recognition—in short, the perfect time to dig up that toy soldier that he buried in his back yard 30 years ago with the knowledge that doing so will take him back to that time to be an influence on an angry, bullied 12-year-old Gus.
My thoughts were of myself: I’m coming to save you. I’m coming, Gus. You won’t hurt any more. . . you’ll never hurt.
“One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty” by Harlan Ellison, in Orbit 8, edited by Damon Knight (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, December 1970).

Jeffty Is Five

by Harlan Ellison
“Jeffty Is Five” by Harlan Ellison, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1977.

Paladin of the Lost Hour

by Harlan Ellison
“Paladin of the Lost Hour” by Harlan Ellison, in Universe 15, edited by Terry Carr (Doubleday, August 1985).

The Twilight Zone (r2s01e07b)

Paladin of the Lost Hour

by Harlan Ellison, directed by Gilbert Cates
Paladin of the Lost Hour by Harlan Ellison, directed by Gilbert Cates (CBS-TV, USA, 8 November 1985).

7 Against Chaos

by Harlan Ellison and Paul Chadwick
Paul Chadwick’s exquisitely detailed and dynamic art illustrates Harlan Ellison’s story of a band of seven resilient misfits from across the solar system who are led by the deeply scarred Roack, hoping to bring an end to the time chaos that plagues Earth.

The work comes across as dated, but still, I enjoyed seeing the latest work from my childhood friend, Paul Chadwick.

The crisis computers say the structure of Earth’s local field of time itself is collapsing. Eras are mixing.
“7 Against Chaos” by Harlan Ellison and Paul Chadwick (Jun 7, 2013).
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