http://harlanellison.com/iwrite/mostimp.htm
Nobody @#$%s with The Mouse.
;-)
Thanks for posting that, DR Sigerson. I was a Harlan Ellision fan when I was in Jr. High and H.S.
I met him when I was in college...hung out with him at our student lunch place wihtout realizing who he was. (I did volunteer work with Cinematic Arts, the group which programmed the films on campus. By doing this, I could go to any movie they showed for free!) I had a stack of "Boy and His Dog" posters that I was distributing. He noticed the posters as we were sitting there, struck up a conversation and was unusually interested in my opinion of the film.
Then when I went to one of my film classes and he was the guest speaker, I was a bit embarrassed that I hadn't known who he was. He poked fun at things I'd said a few times during his talk, and afterwards said he hoped I didn't mind.
He's an interesting guy.
Years later, I went to one of his book signings and saw him tear up a kid's copy of one of his books because he didn't like the publishers of that edition. The kid was young and didn't realize that H.E. was pulling a stunt. This was obviously one of the kid's favorite books and he looked embarrased that he had this "undesirable" edition and his feelings were hurt.
When I mentioned this to H.E. later, he said that people expected him to do outrageous things and he didn't want to disappoint them.
I became less of a fan after that...