When I was in college, I think it was back in 97 or 98 I went
to see Mr. Ellison speak on campus. I was very tired from
lack of sleep (I had either been studying or partying or
both, I don't really remember the reason), and apparently I
didn't look suitably enthralled by his speech so he walked up
to me, put his finger in my face, and said something along
the lines of I'd better pay attention and that I "didn't want
to fuck with him." My point is that while Ellison is very
talented, he is also a jerk with a huge ego and fuck him
sideways.
On 10/29/07, Rick Ollerman <
ollerman@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think I've inadvertantly screwed up and I
apologize. As a regular
> reader and sometime participant on Harlan Ellison's
board, a place
> where people regularly mention places they've come
across Harlan's
> name or his work, I mentioned that he was being
mentioned over here.
> I think that since he is occasionally attacked on
other websites,
> concern was expressed.
>
> As I said, I put myself in the middle by conveying
the news, and
> Harlan himself made this request:
>
>
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> Would you kindly go to "rara avis" -- a Latin phrase
that goes way
> way back before Hammett used it -- and tell Richard
Moore thank you
> for the kind words, and advise him that no matter
what he THINKS he
> saw in the video...
>
> I DID NOT...
> I HAVE NEVER...
> EVER...
> GROPED CONNIE WILLIS'S TIT.
>
> I need no foregiveness, because it didn't
happen.
>
> Similarly, despite how many times it's repeated, or
how widely
> believed, I never threw a fan down an elevator
shaft, I never dropped
> a chandelier on a ballroom full of
meet-&-greets, no "big blonde" in
> an elevator ever called me "little fuck,"
and
>
> I
> DID
> NOT
> EVER
> TOUCH
> CONNIE
> WILLIS'S
> TIT.
>
> And I'm pretty fuckin' tired of hearing it over and
over.
>
> Please pass that along, verbatim, if you will be so
kind.
>
> Oh, and by the way, if anyone--Mr. Moore
included--would like to read
> an accurate refutation of the sillyass Willis-tit
canard, they can
> find it in a recent edition of THE FREE PAPER,
published in
> Cleveland. With photo.
>
> Yr. Pal, Harlan
>
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> For my part, I am very sorry I communicated anything
to anyone and
> would dearly like to pass away lonely and
forgotten.
>
>
>
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