I think I agree with just about everything Nathan said except
for the part about Ellison being talented.
As to the Connie Willis business, Ellison now says he did not
touch her breast. However, in a post on his site back on
August 31, 2006 said there was the
"slightest touch." (and went on to somehow try to blame
Connie Willis for the whole thing). In an August 29, 2006
post he wrote "iT IS UNCONSCIONABLE FOR A MAN TO GRAB A
WOMAN'S BREAST WITHOUT HER EXPLICIT PERMISSION. To do
otherwise is to go
'way over the line in terms of invasion of someone's personal
space. It is crude behavior at best, and actionable behavior
at worst. When George W> Bush massaged the back of the
neck of that female foreign dignitary, we were all justly
appalled. For me to grab Connie's breast is in excusable,
indefensible, gauche, and properly offensive to any observers
or those who heard of it later. I agree
wholeheartedly."
So- is Ellison lying now when he says he did not touch her
breast or was he lying last August when he said he did?
On 10/29/07, Nathan Cain <
IndieCrime@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
<ollerman%40hotmail.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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>
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