OT: Harlan Ellison, Provocative Sci-Fi Writer of ‘Star Trek,’ ‘A Boy and His Do

He left a big footprint in the world of sci-fi and fantasy writing.

Ellison's writings were too often very dark and dystopian. He angrily agreed to back off writing his far left, anti-government political views into TV scripts, but continued to, less than subtly, create stories where the government is the "bad guy." A brilliant man who never got over being opposed to the VietNam war, and never trusted anyone with power.

Though he made few contributions recently, I still occasionally reread some of his stuff. It is startling how much his writings - even from the 1960s - reflect the politics of the radical left today.