<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(66,66,66);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:300;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">I had no idea that he had assaulted my friend Charles Platt.... Wow...</span></div>
<span style="color:rgb(66,66,66);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:300;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><div><span style="color:rgb(66,66,66);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:300;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div>"The science fiction genre has lost one of its greatest — and most controversial — authors. Harlan Ellison, who wrote and edited groundbreaking sci-fi anthologies, short stories, and television episodes, died at the age of 84, according to his wife."</span> <br><div><br></div><div>
<span style="color:rgb(66,66,66);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:300;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">"Ellison was also controversial in the science fiction community, frequently described as abrasive, and involved in numerous lawsuits against studios and directors that he believed plagiarized his work — including James Cameron for<span> </span></span><em style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:inherit;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;vertical-align:inherit;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-style:italic;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(66,66,66);font-weight:300;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The Terminator.<span> </span></em><span style="color:rgb(66,66,66);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:300;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">(The suit was settled out of court.) He also publicly assaulted author Charles Platt in 1985 at a convention, and in 2006, he sparked controversy by groping Connie Willis while receiving a special Hugo Award."</span>
<br></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">https</font><span style="font-size:large">://<a href="http://www.theverge.com/2018/6/28/17515214/harlan-ellison-science-fiction-star-trek-author-obituary">www.theverge.com/2018/6/28/17515214/harlan-ellison-science-fiction-star-trek-author-obituary</a></span></div></div>