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    Harlan Ellison, acclaimed science fiction writer known for combative style, dies at 84

    by Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times Jun 28, 2018 6 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Harlan Ellison, who emerged as a major figure in the New Wave of science fiction writers in the 1960s and became a legend in science fiction and fantasy circles for his award-winning stories and notoriously outspoken and combative persona, died Wednesday night in Los Angeles. He was 84.

    Ellison died at home in Sherman Oaks in his sleep, according to Susan Shapiro, his Hollywood agent. His death was unexpected.

    "Ellison was immensely talented, immensely argumentative and immensely controversial, all in equal measure," said author John Scalzi, one of the Los Angeles Times' critics at large. "Loved or loathed, he was undeniably one of the great figures in science fiction."

    Since selling his first short story in 1955, the prolific Ellison won multiple awards from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the Mystery Writers of America and the Horror Writers Association.

    The third most anthologized science fiction writer behind Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov, Ellison

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