Ellison"s elixirs. Against stupidity and death

Harlan Ellison (1934 - 2018) is one of the most famous American fantasy writers. A rebel, a scandalist, the overthrow of the foundations, he always touched on the most acute topics in his work and did not let anyone in offense. Having tried his strength in all literary genres, he dwelled on science fiction, as the most responding to his desire for self -expression. 10 “Hugo”, 5 “Nebel”, 18 “Lokusov”, 6 Bram Stoker awards and a whole scattering of other awards and prizes, numerous cynosenies, compilation of collections and anthologies (many of his anthologies are considered the standard collections of “New Wave”), shocking, black PR, endless diving with publishers, editorial offices, newspapers ...
It seems that this person managed to live ten lives instead of one - and a retrospective collection of the best short prose over 50 years of work gives an impressive cut of his gloomy fantasies, his inimitable humor, his hopes And grief