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Approaching Oblivion

by Harlan Ellison

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Harlan Ellison
Harlan Ellison

27 May 1934 – 27 June 2018

Harlan Ellison was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of a Jewish-American family. His family moved to Painesville, Ohio, but returned to Cleveland in 1949 after the death of his father. As a child, he performed in minstrel shows, and frequently ran away from home, taking odd jobs. He attended Ohio State University but was expelled after 18 months for hitting a professor who had denigrated his writing ability. He moved to New York City in 1955 to become a science fiction writer. Over the next two years, he published more than 100 short stories and articles. In 1957, he joined a street gang in Brooklyn as research for his novel Web of the City/Rumble and short story collection The Deadly …

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Harlan Ellison

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6

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English

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Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

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9781497604919

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