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In a prolific career spanning more than 50 years, Harlan Ellison has been the acclaimed master of speculative fiction. In fact, a 1999 Locus poll named him the all-time best writer of short fiction as well as the editor of the all-time best anthology (Dangerous Visions). In addition to his dozens of Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards, Ellison has won two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, and multiple Bram Stoker Awards from the Horror Writers Association (including the Lifetime Achievement Award). As an audiobook narrator, he's twice won Audie Awards and been nominated for a Grammy Award. The Deathbird & Other Stories presents, for the first time in audio, 13 of Ellison’s classic stories: "Ellison Wonderland" "The Deathbird" (Hugo & Locus winner; Nebula nominee) "The Creation of Water" "Run for the Stars" "Croatoan" (Hugo nominee) "The Beast Who Shouted Love at the Heart of the World" (Hugo winner) "On the Slab" "The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore" (Nebula nominee) "The Dreams a Nightmare Dreams" "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs" "Killing Bernstein" "Count the Clock That Tells the Time" (Locus winner; Hugo nominee) "How Interesting: A Tiny Man" (Nebula winner)
Author
Harlan Jay Ellison was a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, teleplays, essays, and criticism. His literary and television work has received many awards. He wrote for the original series of both The Outer Limits and Star Trek as well as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour; edited the multiple-award-winning short story anthology series Dangerous Visions; and served as creative consultant/writer to the science fiction TV series The New Twilight Zone and Babylon 5. Several of his short fiction pieces have been made into movies, such as the classic "The Boy and His Dog". webmaster@harlanellison.com
