Editing Harlan Ellison (section)

==Parodies and pastiches of Ellison==
In the 1970s artist and cartoonist Gordon Carleton wrote and drew a scripted [[slideshow]] called "City on the Edge of Whatever", which was a spoof of "[[The City on the Edge of Forever]]". Occasionally performed at ''Star Trek'' conventions, it features an irate writer named "Arlan Hellison" who screams at his producers, "Art defilers! Script assassins!"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Carleton |first=Gordon |title="City on the Edge of Whatever" Coloring Book |publisher=T'Kuhtian Press |year=1978}}</ref>

''[[Justice League of America]]'' #89 ("The Most Dangerous Dreams Of All") 1971, written by [[Mike Friedrich]], is centered around a character named Harlequin Ellis. The character is smitten with [[Black Canary]], and injects himself into Justice League adventures, taking on the role of different heroes in his attempts to woo her. Ellison himself had written several comic book scripts.

[[Ben Bova]]'s novel ''The Starcrossed'' (1975), a ''[[roman à clef]]'' about Bova and Ellison's experience on ''[[The Starlost]]'' TV series,<ref>[http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/starlost_the SF Encyclopedia entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214040115/http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/starlost_the |date=February 14, 2014 }} about The Starlost</ref> features a character "Ron Gabriel" who is a pastiche of Ellison. Bova's novel is dedicated to Ellison's pseudonym "Cordwainer Bird", who was credited as series creator on ''The Starlost'' per Ellison's demand. In the novel, "Ron Gabriel" requires the fictional series producers to credit him under the pseudonym "[[Victor Frankenstein|Victor]] [[Lawrence Talbot]] [[Victor Frankenstein|Frankenstein]]".<ref>Ben Bova, [https://books.google.com/books?id=C1AgAQAAIAAJ&q=+%22victor+lawrence+talbot+frankenstein%22 Laugh Lines] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508052942/https://books.google.com/books?id=C1AgAQAAIAAJ&q=+%22victor+lawrence+talbot+frankenstein%22 |date=May 8, 2016 }} ({{ISBN|1416555609}}) (collection containing The Starcrossed and some other works), p. 162.</ref>

In ''[[Murder at the ABA]]'' (1976) by Isaac Asimov, the protagonist, Darius Just, was based on Ellison, as stated by Asimov in footnotes to the book itself, and in his autobiographical volume ''In Joy Still Felt''.

[[Robert Silverberg]] named a character in his first novel, ''[[Revolt on Alpha C]]'' (1955), for Ellison, who was Silverberg's neighbor in New York City at the time he was writing the book. This was confirmed in a special edition on the occasion of Silverberg's 35th year in the business.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.majipoor.com/work.php?id=940 |title=Revolt on Alpha C by Robert Silverberg |last=Davis |first=Jon |website=Majipoor.com: The Works of Robert Silverberg |access-date=April 17, 2016 |archive-date=May 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508145759/http://www.majipoor.com/work.php?id=940 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Sharyn McCrumb]]'s mystery novel ''[[Bimbos of the Death Sun]]'' (1987) featured a cantankerous antagonist-turned-murder victim based on Ellison.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Weil |first1=Ellen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XvaIuzLV41gC&pg=PA1 |title=Harlan Ellison: The Edge of Forever |last2=Wolfe |first2=Gary K. |date=2002 |publisher=Ohio State University Press |isbn=978-0-8142-0892-2 |pages=1 |language=en}}</ref> Fans of Ellison sent him copies of the book, and upon their meeting later that year at the [[Edgar Award]]s, Ellison told McCrumb he had read the book and thought it was good.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/sharynmccrumb/posts/10204871827432376 |title=Facebook |website=Facebook |language=en |access-date=June 28, 2018 |archive-date=March 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307234952/https://www.facebook.com/sharynmccrumb/posts/10204871827432376 |url-status=live }}</ref><!-- this page gives incorrect publisher "Cromwell" -->

Ellison is a recurring minor character in the animated television series ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]'' (2010–2013), voicing a fictionalized version of himself modeled on his appearance in the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Motes |first=Jax |url=http://sciencefiction.com/2018/06/28/controversial-science-fiction-writer-harlan-ellison-passes-away-84/ |title=Controversial Science Fiction Writer Harlan Ellison Passes Away At 84 |date=June 28, 2018 |work=Science Fiction |access-date=November 2, 2018 |language=en |quote=He appeared on ‘Babylon 5’ and provided voice work for a number of animated series.  Most recently, he appeared as a fictionalized version of himself on two episodes of ‘Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated’. |archive-date=November 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107033901/http://sciencefiction.com/2018/06/28/controversial-science-fiction-writer-harlan-ellison-passes-away-84/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://comicsalliance.com/best-scooby-doo/ |title='Mystery Incorporated' Is The Best Scooby-Doo Has Ever Been [Review] |last=Sims |first=Chris |website=ComicsAlliance |date=January 25, 2012 |access-date=April 18, 2019 |archive-date=April 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418013820/https://comicsalliance.com/best-scooby-doo/ |url-status=live }}</ref><!--  In the series he is a professor of literature and a colleague of H. P. Hatecraft, a parody of [[H. P. Lovecraft]]. In his initial appearance ("The Shrieking Madness", 2010) he is a target for the episode's monster, but in the series finale ("Come Undone", 2013) he reveals that his writings in speculative fiction give him a unique understanding of alternate timelines and place him in the role of an advisor to the protagonists.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1660055/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast |title=Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (TV Series 2010–) cast and crew}}</ref> -->

Ellison appeared as himself in an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' ("[[Married to the Blob]]", 2014)<ref>*Melrose, Kevin (January 9, 2014). [https://www.cbr.com/watch-stan-lee-harlan-ellison-discuss-their-simpsons-cameos/ "Watch Stan Lee & Harlan Ellison discuss their 'Simpsons' cameos"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105123156/https://www.cbr.com/watch-stan-lee-harlan-ellison-discuss-their-simpsons-cameos/ |date=January 5, 2018 }}. [[CBR.com]].
*Nordyke, Kimberly (January 9, 2014). [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/simpsons-stan-lee-harlan-ellison-669603 "'Simpsons' First Look: Stan Lee, Harlan Ellison Get Animated"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106063541/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/simpsons-stan-lee-harlan-ellison-669603 |date=January 6, 2018 }}. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''.</ref> in which he meets Bart and Milhouse, and parodies his contention that the film ''The Terminator'' used ideas from his stories.<ref name=TheFuturist /><ref name=LATimes />