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3121guitarist (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 06:48 PM Original message |
Writer Harlan Ellison slams Limbaugh over Michael J Fox comment. |
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3121guitarist (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. His picture. |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. harlan |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Didn't he also write the classic Star Trek episode |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Don't forget... |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Uh, that was Phillip K. DIck. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Rats... |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
71. Me, too. |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. yes |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 08:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
63. He wrote the original script |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. Here's me with the master himself. Excellent writer and oral storyteller. |
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splat@14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Couldn't have been said any better. |
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Phredicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. Recommended, and thanks for reminding why Harlan Ellison is |
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Rosco T. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. You don't piss off Harlan... |
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3121guitarist (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. He once sent a critic a dead rat. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. It wasn't a critic he sent the rat to. It was the owner of a publishing firm |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Note to self |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. When I think of America's future, HE's "'Repent Harlequin!,' Said the Ticktock Man" comes to mind |
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Rosco T. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. 'Repent Harlequin!' |
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byronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
65. My Favorite Story. Period. Ever. |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. Ouch! |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. link? nt |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Request #2 |
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Wonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. link |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. I see it, thanks |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #43 |
58. Reads like an Urban Legend to me |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:08 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. Remember that "Kurt Vonnegut commencement address" email that was going around? |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. Wow! This has always been a man with a mastery of words |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. !! |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. Harlan said it well |
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3121guitarist (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. No link |
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Wonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. Here's the link |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. I remember when Ellison was almost this pissed off at the |
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3121guitarist (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Funny you mention that. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. You may be thinking of the "Terminator" movies. I believe he won that lawsuit. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
52. I think the situation was that Harlan pitched the studio his idea from |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
18. And don't forget Ellison's "A Boy and his Dog." |
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3121guitarist (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. A boy loves his dog. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. This may have been |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. Oh, this dude knows how to articulate |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. I've always loved his fiction |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
23. Coven mates |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. Harlan, you said exactly what I was thinking, |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. Way cool |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
28. Brilliant as always. |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. Welcome to DU |
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3121guitarist (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Hi there. |
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TOhioLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
35. Mr. Ellison goes on my short list of... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
37. He'a a HUGELY arrogant asshole in person, but he's a damn fine writer. |
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3121guitarist (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 08:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Maybe you were arrogant to him first |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. Concur. With me, he was warm, friendly and very funny. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
72. This was secondhand from two good friends, independent of each other. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. He's arrogant but he also has a very good heart |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
67. Of course he is. He's a writer. Writers always have big egos. |
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bobbie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
38. Whew, this is the best thing he's ever written |
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3121guitarist (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Preach it Bobby, Preach it. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
44. That prose crackled with fire and brimstone |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
45. He wrote one of the best episodes of the old "Outer Limits" TV show |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
46. Anyone who would make fun of a person with a disease |
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tlsmith1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
47. Bravo, Bravo, Bravo!!! |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
49. What a writer! Brilliant. n/t |
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ebayfool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
54. Rec'd - been collecting Ellison's writings since I 1st picked up 'The Glass Teat'! |
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Itchinjim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
55. I thought Harlan Ellison was dead. |
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bobbie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. He was dead |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
56. "these gobbets of human excrescence" |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
57. Wow. Put that man to work writing speeches for the Dems, lol!!!!!!!! |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
60. Cool! Recommended. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
61. I love Mr. Ellison, but he ain't COMPLETELY right. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
62. Thank goodness Harlan has a mouth and can scream. |
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drbtg1 (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
64. YOU NEED TO EDIT THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
66. Geesh, I hope he has his pen registered..... |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
68. Kicking this up! |
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3121guitarist (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
70. Thanks for the support guys. |
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