when i do count the clock that tells the time…

nico • 23 • she/her • harlan ellison enthusiast.

hi. this is my blog. this is mainly a harlan ellison blog, because he is my main hyperfixation. but i may eventually decide to post other interests of mine as well. sometimes i post my art, though i am still actively improving.

i post harlan videos on my tiktok. if you want to join my harlan server, click here: https://discord.gg/MSpvWz4A97. if you do, 16+ please. and do make an intro if you join as well.

i didn’t even know or remembered i watched it, until i got told he was on the show and went to check on my Netflix profile to see it. then saw i apparently already watched the episode years ago, and so i rewatched it for the first time since elementary and remembered everything. oh yeah he’s the grumpy guy from that one episode who my fav Daphne likes 😭

so in other words Harlan Ellison has made me believe in the idea of hauntings!! (i’m joking of course,,, only a little,,)

ive had times where i really liked something, then went back and realized i already knew of it/liked it years ago, and never remembered it and thought i just discovered it, too. happened to me with music especially. (narc by interpol…)

ive never been a Scooby Doo fan, but i do know a lot of people like Harlan’s appearance and that version of the show in general. fun fact: Harlan didnt even like Scooby Doo 😭 in “On The Road” Vol 5, he mentions that he named HP Lovecraft’s character (Hatecraft), but that he thinks Scooby Doo is “moronic.” he said he was more of a Ren and Stimpy kind of guy. shit makes me laugh considering they were promoting his episode on the pavilion and theres the photo of him watching it with Susan.

preg·nant

/ˈpreɡnənt/

full of meaning; significant or suggestive.

"a pregnant pause"

i am a very meaningful individual.

oh god. considering Harlan read so much and had like, quarter to half a million books in his home.. its one of those things where it seems like a mountain, doesnt it? of all the books he ever read, jesus, what were his favorites? can i list a bunch or is it too much to even know?

but then i realized its kinda easy to find some of these after all. good going, Nico. and good question, Spade.

some writers Harlan loved: Gerald Kersh (his favorite), Franz Kafka, Kate Wilhelm, Robert Silverberg, Donald Westlake, Cordwainer Smith, Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, Alan Moore, Dorothy Parker, Theodore Sturgeon, A.E. Van Vogt, Jorge Borges… i could go on and on with those…

people on facebook have collected times Harlan gave positive reviews & recommendations, so i can share some of those with you (part 2 maybe sometime?):

“Doctor Rat” by William Kotzwinkle, “The Far Arena” by Richard Ben Sapir, “Thorns” by Robert Silverberg, “The Time Stream” by John Taine, “Fade” by Robert Cormier, “The Demolished Man” by Alfred Bester, “Dimension of Miracles” by Robert Shecklev, “The Mountain Made of Light, Fire and Ice” and “The Summit” (trilogy) by Edward Myers, “Song of Kali” by Dan Simmons, “The Green Mile” by Stephen King, “The Humanoids” by Jack Williamson, “The Long Afternoon of Earth” by Brian Aldiss ….

“i feel left out in some way.”

most people assume that Harlan divorced 4 times because he was an ass. and while that may be true that Harlan had problems, he was also a victim of cheating and domestic violence, which i think is important to mention. of course, you should come to your own conclusion on these relationships.

(Harlan with his mother and his second wife, Billie.)

yeah, i got no problem with that. im a yumeshipper/selfshipper myself, though not with AM. (i do however have my own evil ass f/o.) ive seen some people act like selfshipping with AM makes no sense but its all about who YOU like. YOU are the selfshipper.

i do prefer when people actually portray AM in character, though. its more fun and interesting to me to see selfshippers who love AM when he doesnt/cant truly reciprocate. theres so many interesting dynamics there. canon complex AM too, over human AM. thats really fun.

i cant recall a time that he stated a favorite color. i wonder if i can ever find some smaller info like that. someone in my server asked this the other day too, and someone replied that they associate him with reds and oranges.

its gotta be some kind of red/orange/yellow.

i notice that a lot in his cover art, or house decor, or whatever else.. fashion especially.. those warm colors. he probably loved the use of so many different colors when it comes to fashion and decor, but i associate him with those warm tones. his house was named after mars, and its got that kinda rusty, marsian outside with a warm colored inside.

(off topic, but him liking mars made me think of his ruling planet as a gemini - mercury - and how its the smallest planet if you dont count pluto. how perfect for you, Harlan. gemini is associated with yellow too, right?)

something about him and oranges… reds, yellows, maybe tans or reddish browns… variations…

today is may 27, which means it would be Harlan Ellison’s 92nd birthday. its hard to believe that in less than a decade, he will have been born 100 years ago.

becoming a fan of Harlan drastically helped my life a lot. when i discovered his work, i had been stuck in some unhealthy mental state for years. i was focused on interests that did not benefit me, and i have always been the opitome of what Harlan discouraged: a lazy person with no motivation, someone stuck to a screen, obsessed with the internet, not reading as much as i should.

it felt like, over the past few years, Harlan picked me up by the collar and shook me and lectured me and told me to get my shit together and get away from things that aren’t beneficial to me. i started to read again and even though its not anywhere near perfect, ive still come a long way with self improvement and staying away from shit that keeps me down.

i wish Harlan had experienced peace earlier in his life, and it’s unfair that it came so late for him. i know that wherever he is out there, he probably regrets a lot of things from life. but i hope he understands that hes doing good now, and part of that is helping me and other people like me.

ah.. i see this at 2:23.. my favorite number.. its a sign…

it is officially May 27 now, and i do plan on posting later today for Harlan’s birthday. i have a doctors appointment today as well. i was also thinking of doing some kind of edit, but i may just post my one edit i made months ago.

please, everyone wish Harlan Ellison a happy 92nd birthday!

Harlan once wrote down a HUGE list of movie recommendations on the pavilion in response to someone. i kept it in my notes in case anyone ever asked for them. uh.. this is going to be very long guys. but its his fault he doesn’t shut up, not mine. this isnt extensive, there’s definitely so many movies Harlan liked that aren’t here. but its a lot so it works as a good answer.

Seconds, The Maltese Falcon, North by Northwest, The Usual Suspects, The Third Man, The Big Clock, Gaslight, Wages of Fear, Sorcerer, The Lady from Shanghai, Mr. Arkadin, Force of Evil, La Bonne Annee, In Cold Blood, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Cat People, The Leopard Man, Mississippi Mermaid, The Driver, Point Blank, The Yakusa, The Woman in the Window, Run Lola Run, Reservoir Dogs, Thin Man

Agatha, Murder on the Orient Express, Always Outnumbered/Always Outgunned, While the City Sleeps, Wait Until Dark, The Verdict, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Key Largo, Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2, Angel Heart, Rashomon, Stray Dog, The Bad Sleep Well, Asphalt Jungle (he loves this one), 84 Charing Cross Road, Raw Deal, Duel, Laura, Lifeboat, The Old Gun, One Hour Photo, The Night of the Hunter, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity

Rear Window, Sunset Boulevard, Sweet Smell of Success, The 39 Steps, Topkapi, Town Without Pity, 12 Angry Men, Body Heat, House of Games, The Glass Key, The Grifters, The Harder They Come, Hard Times, Coup de Torchon/Clean Slate, The Bride Wore Black, Charade, Eyes Without a Face, Freaks, Diabolique, The Outfit, On the Yard, Prizzi’s Honor, Bad Day at Black Rock, The Limey, The Long Good Friday, Mad Love, Misery, The Unholy Three, Things Change, Scarface 1932, Dead of Night