Get Well Messages for Harlan

These messages were left by hundreds of Internet surfers after Harlan was hospitalized following a possible heart attack and underwent a quadruple-bypass operation.

Mike Konczewski (MKoncz@aol.com) Mon Apr 29 19:18:50 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison:

Please get well soon; I haven't finished reading everthing you
want to write.

Mike Konczewski
Havertown, PA

Sean Gaffney (gaffney@iconn.net) Mon Apr 29 18:27:10 1996
Hi, Harlan. I hope you're feeling better. I have tried to get Edge in my voice for some time now, so I'm glad to see it's one of the first reprints to go out. I am one of those weirdos who read all your comments in the books before the stories. Give 'em hell, Harlan!

Daevid Machen Mon Apr 29 18:19:54 1996
...just to remind you that I'm still keeping you in mind...and, no, I'm not related to Arthur Machen (at least not last time I checked---and I COULD use the royalties)...
By the way, could someone on your end send me info on the Recording Collection? (My addy is: Daevid Machen, Nordheim House, 2020 Mount Vernon, Oshkosh, WI 54901-2332)...I have the "Last days of the pulp era" tape (got it second-hand) and WANT MORE!!!...

Jim Reynolds (rjames@uakron.edu) Mon Apr 29 15:36:16 1996
Harlan,
I was flipping through the boob tube the other night and came across a rerun of SciFi buzz on a certain channel, and there you were, in all your bastardly glory. T'was the first time I had ever seen or heard of you and I was so flabbergasted I dashed off myself to the nearest library, checked out a buttload of your books, and the rest is history. I'm sure you've heard this before, but my whole world view has just had a new crack punched in the wall. I've always been a distopian, Orwell, Huxley, Zamatyin, and the like, and your stories just grabbed me by the short hairs. Anyways, to curtail my vacant eyed drooling fandom, I'm glad you are recovering nicely. The world needs more bastards.

P.S. If you somehow have the time to write back, don't E-mail me. I hate this bloody machine and would much rather write a letter.
my address is:
4998 Wiltshire Road
North Royalton, Ohio 44133

thanks for being.

Leigh Anne Nicholson (lnichol@ksu.ksu.edu) Mon Apr 29 15:34:11 1996
Wanted to get this in before deadline. Be well, Harlan. You have given us much of your life and I feel guilty asking for more. But you are the light that has led many of us from the darkness. And although we all seem to be burning on our own now, we can't forget the one who took us on so many incredible journeys. Listen to your doctors, but more importantly, listen to your wife. Susan is wise. She'll take care of you. But you have to let her.
Best wishes,
Leigh Anne

Rick Wyatt Mon Apr 29 15:03:16 1996
WARNING: THIS PAGE WILL BE TAKEN DOWN (OR AT LEAST CLOSED TO NEW SUBMISSIONS) TONIGHT AROUND 8:00 PM EST.

Steven Barber (Nimdok@ix.netcom.com) Mon Apr 29 15:01:20 1996
Mr. Ellison,
We've only spoken briefly (regarding 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [new edition] and Tom Clancy), but I've followed your work for years.

A wish: May your recovery be as swift as your wit and your pen, and may the pain in your leg be less than the one(s) in your a**.

Sincerely,
Steven Barber

Mike Czaplinski (mike.czaplinski@washingtondc.attgis.com) Mon Apr 29 13:58:52 1996
Don't worry, boss: I'll stop by the store front & pick up the letters from your informants and clean your twin .45's.....

Jeffrey W. Cisneros (jcisneros@ichange.com) Mon Apr 29 13:09:24 1996
Harlan,

I hope that you get well soon. I look forward to you returning to your usual curmudgeonly self. Please give Susan my best and I will talk to you soon.

Warmest wishes,

Jeff Cisneros
Orlando, Florida

Robert H. Knox (most@lr.net) Mon Apr 29 12:23:41 1996
In the non-name of the Great-That-Which-Is-Not-To-Be-Named: get well or else! Be sure to read some Clark Ashton Smith during your convalescence. Hešs good for what ails you. Caltiki Supremus Est.

Gregg Johnson (Gregg_Johnson/CAM/Lotus.Lotus @ crd.Lotus.com) Mon Apr 29 08:53:46 1996
Get Well Soon.
I have admired your work since Star Trek: City on the Edge of Forever, and I continue to enjoy your ongoing efforts on Babylon 5.
All the best to you and your family,
Gregg

Maxim Savic (msavic@chat.carleton.ca) Mon Apr 29 07:48:08 1996
I won't pretend to be your number one fan, your buddy, or even an avid reader. I have read some of your work and I admire both it and you. I hope you recover. I also hope that you keep making people's eyeballs water.

BelleAugusta Churchill (rambles@wizard.com) Mon Apr 29 03:11:58 1996
Harlan and Susan, Careful, too much excitement is rough on the ticker. Go easy on the typewriter and yourselves. Take time to breathe, smile and say hello. Donate the flowers to a resthome or something!! Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. Give Susan another hug and stop being a difficult patient!! (Try!)
Live/love/roar, BelleAugusta

Matthew Brewer (brewer@oncology.wisc.edu) Mon Apr 29 00:06:04 1996
I don't write to writers, I know your time is valuable. But if another little ego boost helps you get better, I'll oblige. Get well, get back to work.

Alton Hill (vladx@cris.com) Sun Apr 28 23:52:04 1996
Glad to hear you are out of the hospital and doing well. Without
your gift of writing the Scifi community would not be whole!!

Get well and best wishes to you and your family,

Alton Hill

Chris Marble (Chris_Marble@hmc.edu) Sun Apr 28 19:51:27 1996
Let's just make this early congratulations on a speedy and complete recovery. You better not make a liar out of me.

Diane Kolb (DIANE1701D@aol.com) Sun Apr 28 19:28:31 1996
Wishing you every good thing for a quick recovery. God bless!

Nancy McKay and Michael Chandler (Dallas) (shanti@worldnet.att.net) Sun Apr 28 18:25:33 1996
Glad to hear you are doing better. We were alarmed to hear about the attack and surgery in the first place, but suspected you were too stubborn to die before you are ready. So good to have those suspicions confirmed. Hang in there and keep on ranting. We will be thinking about you (and glad as hell Susan is there to keep you in line!)

Jim Rhoads (ej rhoads @ aol.com) Sun Apr 28 17:18:29 1996
Y'know, every time O.J. breaks wind, it's on the national news, but to find about a medical problem to a major american artist, I had to read a comic website; aren't our priorities grand? Hope you are well as there are still too much of your vision (dangerous and otherwise) you've yet to share with us. Be well.

John Franklin (franklin@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu) Sun Apr 28 15:51:11 1996
Harlan, get well soon. We all love you. And if you don't get better than it will be on boreing damn convention sesean ^_^

Bill Taylor (jazz@qnet.com) Sun Apr 28 13:45:52 1996
Harlan,

Heard about your bypass operation, please get well soon. I know you're feeling odd right now. My father had a triple bypass last October (actually, it was Friday, October 13) and for about three weeks was not really himself. But its now six months later and he's up and doing 2 - 3 miles per day walking. In a way, you're lucky because you'll be able to do your therapy during the warmer months. A nice early morning stroll through the neighborhood, watch the kids go to school, smell the flowers and all of that. Next thing you know, people will point you out as you walk by and say "There goes that Ellison guy. Writer. Always nosing about the neighborhood every morning. Very Odd."

Truly, once you're up and around, and with Susan pushing you, you'll be healthier than you've been in years, feeling great, and telling everyone how they ought to get out and excercise. So next time I see you, at Worldcon most likely, I expect to see you running around in shorts and doing a Arnold Schwartzenegger impersonations (which is just as well, considering the whole Terminator thing).

Anyway, if all the above seems like rambling, just ignore it. get on the recovery road ASAP and you Really - Will - Feel - Better in just a little while. It just SEEMS like forever.

Bill Taylor
(The tall black guy with a beard)

david bohn (bohn@cmp-nxt1.music.uiuc.edu) Sun Apr 28 12:38:50 1996
You have been an inspiration to me, not only in your writings, but also
in how you stuck to your standards in a world that demands compromise
and a lowest-common-denominator attitude. Your example has kept me from giving up on my own work as a composer and musician. Thank you, and I
hope you are feeling well enough to joust at a few windmills in the
immediate future.

David Bohn
composer/musician

Mark Lewin (marklew@wolfenet.com) Sun Apr 28 12:34:23 1996
Harlan,

I'm glad you're doing better. It wouldn't be exaggerating to say that your books were the cornerstone of my reading experience as i was growing up. as i type this i look across at my bookshelf and see abt. 25 volumes of your works. only 25. too soon for you to move on: i still have shelf space waiting for more. take (better) care of yourself and realize that lots of people care about you even if their caring takes the shape of geekboy fandom.

Mark

Bob Frazier (raf@nantucket.net) Sun Apr 28 06:34:05 1996
I'm confident that you enter recovery with the single-minded intensity that I have seen you apply to all else.
Bob

(ps. a bit of poetry I came across recently:

A man faced with his own immensity
Wakes all the waves, all their loose wandering fire.
The murmur of the absolute, the why
Of being born fails on his naked ears.
His spirit moves like monumental wind
That gentles on a sunny blue plateau..

Theodore Roethke, "The Far Field")

Lindsey C. Vickers (ag40@cityscape.co.uk) Sun Apr 28 05:56:21 1996
Dear Harlan,
I work in the UK Movie Business and have written and directed my
own musings in the genre we share.
I would never make a comparison between us but I would say that
without the inspiration your work and example has given me over the
years (56) I would never have carried on.
Like so many things in life, the aspiration is often better than the
achievement but, in certain rare and wonderful instances, someone
manages to break through the "aspirational barrier" most of the rest
of us spend our lives staring at.
You, dear Harlan, are one of those rare and wonderful instances.
Please please get well and then try to stay that way.
Sincere and heartfelt best wishes to you and your family.

Lindsey C. Vickers (Mr.)

Mark L. Ricard (I'm using a freenet) Sun Apr 28 04:13:05 1996
Hello Harlan.I am very sorry to hear about your medical condition.I
don't want to go into details about what happend because I know how
painfull it must have been.I know this because I have a grandfather
who has gone thourgh a heart bypass three years ago.In the last year
and a half he has been in and out of hospitals with month between each
vist.He went from a loving man capable of doing such things as driving
a car,to a man who can not even go to the restroom or shave.Last year
around this time he fell and hit he's head.Because he was old and
weak,he had to have had brain surgery.The side affect is that he has
pixs diease.I feel like my soul is gone and that my will to live has
been banished in a desert of obsercity.There was this one saturday when
me and my dad watched him while my mom took Sarah shopping.Sarah is
my grandfathers girlfriend,but to me she will always be my grandmother.
Anyways he was very nervous because of the fact that Sarah left.And
he was walking around sacerd.He then shit in his pants.This is no way
for a human being to live.He is now in the hospital because of falling
again.My mom mother sobs everytime we leave.I have droped down
dramaticly in school and I don't know why.My performance began to drop
around the middle of the thrid quarter.Why I don't know.All I do know
is that I went down in Biology because Sister Anita is a pain in the
ass.I got an 83% in that,and geometry in which I got an 88%.I was so
fucking mad because I had all A's before that and now I had to take the final.I then shut down
in all of my subjects,and still have.I was harrased horribly in that
geometry class.I'm not looking for sympathy because many have had it worse.
Me and My mother fight all the time.I tell her she's a hypocrit and
she tells me I'm a dissapointment.I write this because I want you to
know that 1:My sympathys towards what happend are enormous.2:You are
my hero.3:I honestly belive you are the best short story science fiction writer ever.
Since I don't have a e-mail address please call at home 412-372-6753
You can call collect if you want.I hope you did not find me too insane.If you did,things will make more sense when we talk.I ment everything I said and I wish the best of luck to you.Mark L. Ricard

Andral Johnson (andral1@ro.com) Sun Apr 28 03:41:12 1996
Dear Harlan,

Glad to hear that you're recovering. I enjoy your work and your fierceness. Best Wishes.

AJ

John Larkin (lurker@m-net.arbornet.org) Sun Apr 28 02:56:29 1996
I can't say that I'm a fan as I've never particularly liked anything of yours that I've read, and I frequently disagree with your opinions, but I do look forward to your appearances on Sci-Fi Buzz. Best wishes.

Steve Rosenberg (esore@netcom.com) Sun Apr 28 02:02:52 1996
Get well quickly. We've lost so many greats these last few years and I still miss Mike Hodel. Don't you dare join him yet! God bless.

Tom Stevens (nez@thepoint.net) Sun Apr 28 01:07:05 1996
I have no words and i must type. Lines like this are common in our gaming group. Your work has so much integrated into what we do and say, we scarcely seperate it from any other saying, and get confused when people wonder what the "*0* we are talking about.
Thank you for making comics books more intelliegent, for facing off censors when you could, and for being DAMN entertaining.
I hope you are feeling well soon. I know how frustrating it can be to be 'shut down" for awhile. Thoughts go with you...:)

vicki brown, aka froggy (vsbrown) Sun Apr 28 00:55:56 1996
Harlan - Thank you for Jefty and Maggie and A Boy and Glass Goblins and all the wonderful language and all the introductions to stories and for the excitement every time a new HE book shows up in the store and for the Eidolons and for looking inside and not being afraid to tell what you found.

Angela Gunn Sun Apr 28 00:42:04 1996
Feel better. You were one of my great inspirations growing up,
and I'll be really pissed when this part of my youth bows out. Which
is to say: Get well soon and stay as fierce as possible.

Hoyda Jolly Rutterkin (hoyda@mpcgate.mpc.co.nl) Sat Apr 27 23:23:48 1996
Not to take space, just get well, be well.
hoyda

Joey Walker (joey6@ix.netcom.com) Sat Apr 27 20:52:39 1996
It's great to know that your home and recovering."God be between you and harm in all the empty places you walk."

Carol Porter (carolp@art.sirs.com) Sat Apr 27 20:45:03 1996
My fondest and sincerest wishes for a speedy recovery.

David Stewart (dstewart@hebel.net) Sat Apr 27 18:51:01 1996
Dear Mr Ellison,

Delighted to learn you're on the mend. I look forward to seeing you at a convention on this side of the Atlantic soon.

David Stewart
Brussels, Belgium

Robert L Hensley (rhensley@email.usps.gov) Sat Apr 27 18:44:04 1996
Kick the grim reaper in the balls and keep on writing, we need you!

RAUL.V (GAMBIT@ICANECT.NET) Sat Apr 27 17:52:29 1996
hi, i seen you on the sci-fi buzz show and it's funny what you
say about the world of sci-fi write's and the hard time's
they go throw . i know how that feel's as i,m an artist
trying to get into the world of comic's. but to the point
i hear your a great sci-fi writer and if i had the time
of day to go look for one of you book's like the one call
i don,t have a mouth( i hop i said the name right if not
i,m so sorry )i would get it ...
but i,m sorry to hear that your suck right now, but as a fan
i and all the people that see you on the buzz miss you ..
so i hop that you GET-WELL soon mistar HARLAN Ellison....

Michael Nutt (umcnutt@cc.memphis.edu) Sat Apr 27 17:34:57 1996
Harlan,

Just a quick note to let you know that my prayers are with you. I wanted to also take the opportunity to thank you for the things you've written -- they've helped me in more ways than I can count, from just providing hours of entertainment to making me thiink about who I was, and what I needed to be doing with my life. Heal quickly, and keep taking big bites from life.

Michael

Robert Toombs (rltoombs@ix.netcom.com) Sat Apr 27 15:55:40 1996
Nah, you're not ready for the dustbin yet, you can't fool me no matter _how_ hard you try. You're going to have to live virtuously for a while, but I figure you can bear this cross too when you must. Feel better as fast as you can, I'm off now to find your latest book so I can sit down and enjoy all that lovely, living writing. Take care. - Bob Toombs

Alex & Julie Maddocks (maddocks@hic.net) Sat Apr 27 15:14:31 1996
Harlan, best wishes for your speedy and complete recovery.
Susan, make him stay in bed and don't let him strangle anybody....
just yet, anyway.

regards,

Alex & Julie

Michael Benedetti (micben@dnai.com) Sat Apr 27 14:59:12 1996
Harlan, eat your vegetables!

Ladd Ehlinger Jr ((jaime108@traveller.com) ) Sat Apr 27 14:52:22 1996
Mr. Ellison,

As I understand it, you are a Borges fan.

I happened to have met him years ago in New Orleans when I was a high-school student under the tutelage of Tom Whalen at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts.

From one Borges fan to another: I hope you shall never achieve in the afterlife any sembleance of immortality. Until such time as you find out what actually is there (which I hope is a very long time fron now), do get well.

- Ladd Ehlinger Jr

Randy Raymer (rraymer@ix.netcom.com) Sat Apr 27 13:43:34 1996
Hi,Harlan.I hope that this finds you doing well and recovering nicely.You are without a doubt my favorite author,and,other than my wife,I can't think of anyone I would rather have dinner with.Our thoughts and prayers are with you.Take care- Randy

Tom Gagnon (tgagnon@vmsvax.simmons.edu) Sat Apr 27 11:06:57 1996
Sorry to hear about this latest painful episode. Ever since I happened upon Strange Wine in 1982, you have been my favorite...so please take care, and get OK soon.

Tim Roberts (tjlmrobs@homeweasel.win.net) Sat Apr 27 09:57:29 1996
Get well, Harlan. You're gonna outlive us all anyway.

Leslie Sat Apr 27 03:33:46 1996
I don't do fan mail. But then again, this isn't costing me anything
either. Please get well soon. Like, if we didn't ask you to get
well soon, you'd just lay around sick, for the fun of it.
Yours,
In Needless Social Remarks,
Leslie

Terry Hodel & Joel Farr (jgallco@earthlink.net) Sat Apr 27 00:17:02 1996
We both wish you well and a quick return to your heart's desire.

Charles S. Harris (csh@ulysses.att.com) Fri Apr 26 23:25:21 1996
Harlan-- Take it easy, get well, and keep on writing.
--Charlie Harris csh@ulysses.att.com
Who am I? I'm the kid who sold you a couple of quires of mimeograph stencils for your fanzine when you were living in NYC in the mid-1950s. (They were crappy stencils, but the price was right.) You contributed an article and a first-contact short short to my fanzine INFINITY. The article argued that there were too many sf prozines. The short story I had the chutzpa to rewrite; you accepted many of my changes, but not the suggestion that you redo the punchline, to make it a bit more subtle.

Karl F. Meyers, for Star Sector : Northeast Florida (kmeyers@ix.netcom.com) Fri Apr 26 23:18:54 1996
On behalf of Star Sector : Northeast Florida, here's hoping that you get well soon!

Those of us out here who have been exposed to your writing, and that unique wit of yours, will be keeping you in our thoughts and prayers.

Be seeing you!

Karl Meyers
Star Sector : Northeast Florida
Jacksonville, Florida

Frank Hankins Jr. (frankhjr@jax.jaxnet.com) Fri Apr 26 22:05:11 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison, I am glad to hear the news that you are doing well in your recovery. Keep at it, you are needed to keep the spark going. (sorry about the spark(y) bit, couldn't resist). Best wishes to you and your wife Susan.

Sandy (SHuddle485@aol.com) Fri Apr 26 21:10:05 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison,
I have always been a fan of your writing. Your ideas are amazing. I hope that you are doing well, and will continue to improve. My thoughts and prayers are with you for a speedy recovery.
Best wishes,
Sandy

Kristine Agricola (kagricol@amhs.com) Fri Apr 26 18:02:12 1996
I remember the first time I saw you speak; all teeth and claws, spitting hellfire and venom. I also remember the last time I saw you speak; teeth, claws, hellfire, venom..., but tempered with something joyous and warm (the LAST thing I expected!). You had just recently married Susan.

I wanted to send a personal thank you to Susan for what I am sure she has done and will to to aid your speedy recovery. Eternal gratitude also, to you, the inimitable, irreplacable Harlan Ellison, for pulling through. Stick around a while! I need you to challenge my intellect, EVERYTHING I've ever held sacred, and EVERY aspect of my life that was/remains unexamined. Your pen (typewriter?) is truly one of the mightiest.

Paula Sherman (psher75803@aol.com) Fri Apr 26 17:53:58 1996
I was saddened to hear of your heart attack, but am grateful to find out that you are doing well and mending. I know you don't necessarily enjoy hearing from your fans (yes, I read that infamous essay) but please accept this note as a get well card. I read Dangerous Visions as a 9th grader in 1969, and it changed my vision of science fiction. Through the years I have eagerly read every story, essay, article of yours that I've been able to locate. I heard you read "Whimper of Whipped Dogs" live; it was magnificent. Anyway, save your strength - I ramble on. Thanks for being the best author writing today.

Elyse Rasky-O'Connor and Chuck O'Connor (c-oconnor@nwu.edu) Fri Apr 26 17:27:17 1996
One more 'get well' wish among the thousands -- Feel better soon; be well for many, many years.

John Payne (JonBadger@aol.com) Fri Apr 26 16:08:22 1996
I've always wanted the chance to thank you for a fairly odd thing;
When I was a teenager in the seventies I spent most of my time in
what I later realized was a typical teenage funk. Hate the world,
nobody understands me - the usual. Your stories were the perfect thing
for me back then. They reaffirmed my belief that the world as a whole
was circling the drain, but at least I wasn't alone. They got me through
my teenage funk and into a twenties funk. As I approach my 40s funk, I pull out Deathbird Stories once in a while for a booster shot.
Thanks for everything.
Now, HEAL!

John Payne
Oakland, NJ

John Barnstead (userrusj@is.dal.ca) Fri Apr 26 15:35:31 1996
Get well soon, from a fan since at least "Dangerous Visions" and
"I have no mouth..." and "Repent Harlequin..." to "All the lies
that are my life" and beyond...

Peter Schorn (pschorn@gp808.jsc.nasa.gov) Fri Apr 26 15:28:01 1996
Mr. Ellison,

We met only once, at the 1978 Worldcon. I vividly remember hearing you read from your script for "I, Robot"(and, yes, I did buy the illustrated version just out). I remember you telling a funny story (the moral of which was "Never become a philosopher unless you can swim") to a little girl in the atrium. I remember distinctly how graciously you accepted my effusive fanboy congratulations on winning a Hugo for "Jeffty is Five," which I still believe to be your best story ever. In a brief space you gave a complete stranger a number of wonderful memories, which I think is the best sort of generosity. I appreciate it greatly. May you soon be up and about, casting your bread upon the waters once more (hmm...does that metaphor make this one of the 100 soggy loaves you're supposed to get in return?...)

Sincerely,

Peter Schorn

Noel (noellynn@aol.com) Fri Apr 26 13:13:50 1996
I hope you have a speedy recovery!

Cindy Wells (wells@aries.scs.uiuc.edu) Fri Apr 26 12:47:03 1996
Get well soon. I'm certain there are more stories for you to write.
Cindy Wells

Michael Jason Allred (mjallred@uoknor.edu) Fri Apr 26 12:31:34 1996
I'm just sending this note to say that hope Mr. Ellison the very best and that he recover as soon as possible.

Anne Warner (71513.1177@compuserve.com) Fri Apr 26 10:41:59 1996
There once was a writer named Harlan,
Reknowned for his grouchin' and growlin',
He must have been sicker,
They replumbed his ticker,
That and chicken soup helps him keep snarlin'!

maryruth monahan (maryruth@cris.com) Fri Apr 26 10:31:35 1996
Please get well and stay well. We need you.

Chris French (cfrench1@s-cwis.unomaha.edu) Fri Apr 26 10:10:28 1996
Get well -- the world needs more people with the (insert preferred
slang term for male genitalia here) to tell things like they are.
From one who knows. Chris French

Manny Olds (oldsma@clark.net) Fri Apr 26 09:43:34 1996
You waited 2 days to go to the hospital? Cripes.

Recover with all deliberate speed.

Regards,
Manny Olds

jenny anderson (jennya@tezcat.com) Fri Apr 26 09:38:14 1996
Dear Harlan,

Whadarya doing, competing for the annual April massacre of my favorite science fiction authors?

Selfishly,
jenny anderson
and no you may _not_ go out to play with Isaac yet

Mike McCallister (mmccalli@facstaff.wisc.edu) Fri Apr 26 09:30:46 1996
Harlan:

Let's skip all the "too mean to die" crap; you know this already. You'll undoubtedly get a lot of lecturing about vegetarianism and the like, but the most important thing is that you really HAVE to take better care of yourself! The bastards running the world need as much deflating as possible! I know you don't have the highest opinion of net-heads, but hope this lengthy fax shows that some of us are still literate. I still read books, even! Hang in there, start walking around, find some cleaner air to breathe, KEEP WRITING! Hope to see you at a con near me soon!

Now if only I could get my local channel to put B5 on at a decent hour! Mike McCallister
Madison, WI
"The fundamental obligation of a revolutionary is to tell the truth!"

Jim O'Neill (joneill@middletown.ny.frontiercomm.net) Fri Apr 26 09:16:44 1996
Harlan,

Sincerely wish you a swift & complete recovery.

Not that I don't enjoy "Sci-fi Buzz" (and 90 percent of sci-fi
in general), but your commentary is especially refreshing. It's
heartening to listen to someone that "cuts through the BS", instead
of spreading it. Hope that we can enjoy your works and "words of
wisdom" for many more years to come.

Tom Bromley (ap465@yfn.ysu.edu) Fri Apr 26 07:24:00 1996
Harlan Ellison:
Get well soon -- there are too many damn idiots in the world,
and not enough people like you railing at them to do the world
justice.

Randy Taylor (rtaylor@hightop.nrl.navy.mil) Fri Apr 26 06:42:59 1996
H.E., I swear this is synchronicity. A week ago, my Linux box popped a line from "Repent Harlequin.." as a UNIX "fortune" - I was so taken with it, I've started using it as a .sig (with proper attribution of course!). A day or so later, up pops your Star Trek work on the telly. Today, as I surf past the Babylon 5 page, I hear the news about the surgery and goings on. Look, just get better - relax, enjoy dieting (something my Dad is doing now for much the same reason ;). Breathe some good fresh air, love your wife, and enjoy being here. Write when you feel like it. We'll all still be here when you're ready. Regards, Randy

Bob Besinger (adp53@msu.edu) Fri Apr 26 05:36:07 1996
Get well, the Universe needs you!

Andrew Fuller (af42517@mail.ltec.net) Fri Apr 26 01:45:00 1996
Too many of my stories are about my own regrets. And I continue to regret not saying a few choise words to a few special people I've known. Can't find most of them. Or my silence bred more between us. So, I think now, I gotta make sure I say this, straight and true:

Get better and stays well soon, Harlan.

The limited world is waiting for you.

Charles M. Brown III (Charlie Brown) (c-brown@mindspring.com) Fri Apr 26 00:36:16 1996
Harlan,

I have been reading your works since I read Isaac Asimov's attacks on you and then read yours on him. I loved the "Hatfield and McCoy" battle
that you two put on. I was greatly saddened by his passing and I have
been keeping up with you as much as possible.

I have read your tv show or movie that "never was" and I really enjoyed it.
I also saw an interview with you on Tom Snyder a year or so ago and I
got a real kick about that. So in a friendly way let me ask you to get well soon.

I would like to suggest Graham Kerr's (the British fellow on the Discovery Network)
cooking books since they are designed for folks who have a similar problems as yours.
Some time ago the Gourmet cook Graham Kerr discovered that he had been
slowly poisoning his wife with the food has was cooking so he sold off the Galloping Gourmet and started experimenting with keeping flavor in low fat cooking
while removing most of the fat and other good stuff.

The other thing I would like to suggest is Volksporting. It it walking, biking or swimming
without racing. As I am sure that you are going to have to begin a
walking program then look into this as a way to make it less mundane.

I hope my spelling has not offended you and I hope you get well soon.

Regards,

Charlie Brown

Lenora McCoy (AKA Mary Jo Chrabasz) (LenoraMcoy@aol.com) Thu Apr 25 23:48:01 1996
I first was introduced to Harlan's work with his wonderful Star Trek episode "City On The Edge Of Forever" just last year. I am now trying to get around to reading more of his work. Harlan Ellison is in my prayers as I hope for his expedient recovery.
Lenora McCoy
LenoraMcoy@aol.com

Marv Howard (beowulf@iastate.edu) Thu Apr 25 23:43:33 1996
Harlan,
For some bizarre reason, every time I've ended up taking I-80 to the Bay Area, I've grabbed a handfull of your books as brain fodder to get me through the hinterlands between Omaha and Reno. If death has a landscape, that's what it must look like (only perhaps more exciting). The least I figured I could do when I heard of your recent troubles, after all you've done to entertain, amuse, and enlighten me was to drop you this note wishing you a quick recovery and my best regards. Get better, and get back to the keyboard.

David Satterfield (satro@calbbs.com) Thu Apr 25 23:36:37 1996
HE,
I was forced to read "Repent Harlequin..." in a 7th-grade literature collection and have been a dedicated fan ever since. Your stories have been and continue to be a source of inspiration, amusement, solace, outrage and a bunch of other things that I'm not sure that even you could put into words. When I read that you had gotten your plumbing rerouted I experienced the terror and relief of dropping and then catching on the fly a prized doo-dad. Now, I'll stop gushing and just wish you well. And I'll promise to make my wife read some of your stuff instead of the trash she's fond of. So flip off the doctors, toss the flowers, and get on with living! Remember, you're not alone either.

Charles Nicolosi (nicolosic@gactr.uga.edu) Thu Apr 25 23:25:02 1996
Hang in there Harlan! From what I've seen of you on the sci-fi channel, you've got the grit to get through this and make a perfect recovery. Get well real soon, b/c we're all pulling for you!

James Hunter (MyVerySelf@aol.com) Thu Apr 25 22:28:27 1996
Nothing fancy or memorable - just a heartfelt best wishes and my thoughts will be with you as you mend. Keep it up, sir, and some of us will do our best to do the same.

Jane M. Sillman (Hey, my initals are JMS too!) (jane@netgate.net) Thu Apr 25 21:37:27 1996
Hey Harlan!

I'm a fan of yours from a 'way back! I saw you at some book signing thingie in Berkeley it must have been pre-1977.

Anyway, Bab5 is the *only* thing I can stand to watch on American television, and I suppose your guidence must have
something to do with it. (Not to mention the neat computer graphics)

Sorry you had such dire health problems, but please accept this wish from an obscure, anonymous fan that the
procedure you just underwent will keep you in good shape to continue to delight us with your art and especially for
you yourself to continue to enjoy life to the fullest!

With my sincere best wishes,

JMS (the other one)

Karen Lee (karenlee@ix.netcom.com) Thu Apr 25 20:19:54 1996
Can I recommend a book? Fit for Life. Give it a month and boy will you feel healthy.
Take care and get well now. With love, Karen

Tom Colligan (oracles@mhv.net) Thu Apr 25 19:35:16 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison: I am certain you will recall me from ICON XI at
SUNY Stonybrook, LI, where, at one of the panels, I was introduced
to the rest of the audience (by a fat panel-member) as Weird Al Yankovics.
- - and you cried out "Eat it!" amidst a torrent of laughter. Besides the lifetime scar that
this session inflicted upon my fragile psyche, you have left your indelible stamp upon me both as an aspiring writer, and as a human being trying to figure his way through this world. Without my intending for it to happen, your work has influenced my own.
What more can I say. When I heard the news on the IAFA Listserv, my own heart began to sink. I am so happy to hear that your recovery is well under way, and wish both you and Mrs Susan all the very best. You are already aware of this, I am sure, but let ME say that you are loved by many. Anyway, I am starting to feel silly, so I'd better stop. My friend, Dave Kochler (who was with me at that con) sends his warmest regards. If you ever manage to reply to me, I stand ready. Yours with Great Affection and Sincerity, Thomas F. Colligan aka Weird Al -- 83 Mansion St -- Poughkeepsie, NY-- 12601 (914) 486-0044 email Thanks for all the wonderful worlds you've made. . .

Stephen Bye (steebye@indigo.ie) Thu Apr 25 18:58:47 1996
Hey Mr. Ellison,
I didn't spot any messages from this part of the world so I thought
I'd send you one. I'd just like to say a big GET WELL SOON from
Ireland.
S.

Richard Barrier (rbarrier@deltanet.com) Thu Apr 25 18:11:35 1996
Harlan,
Get well soon.

Mitchell Polley (mitch@chem1.chem.swin.edu.au) Thu Apr 25 15:46:12 1996
Dear Mr Ellison,
Best of luck with the newly re-plumbed heart. I'm sure I speak for all of us B5 fanatics down here in Australia (despite our local stations playing silly buggers) when I say that I wish you a speedy, nay supersonic, recovery; B5 would probably lose its distinctive "feel" without you.
Again, Best Wishes to you and your wife.

Peter Wong (peterw@ncgate.newcollege.edu) Thu Apr 25 14:53:21 1996
HE--

My feelings about you and your work have always whipsawed since I first saw you at a San Francisco Star Trek convention in 1977. I've gone from guilt to having mental volcanic eruptions to annoyance and disappointment at seeing you and hearing your works.

Yet even though Neil Gaiman argues that death is part of the process of life, I'd prefer that Death keeps her hand away from you a little while longer. Because no matter how many times I disagreed with your opinions about favorite things (the virtues of Allen Steele and Peter David come readily to mind), you've more often turned out to be right than I have. So I want to hear your irascible voice and read your newer works.

I do hope you recover fully. Not because I have an inflated belief in the juju of my words. But because it is human and necessary to feel that people, especially professional liars like yourself, deserve to have the blessings of more life granted to them at least a few times.

belinda forman (picasso@sprynet.com) Thu Apr 25 14:04:43 1996
H-DESPITE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE WAY TOO MEAN TO DIE, PLEASE GET WELL SOON-THE WORLD WOULD BE EVEN SCARIER WITHOUT YOU! MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU--FONDLY, BELINDA P.S.-I WORK AT A GREAT HALF PRICE USED BOOK STORE, WE GET SOME REAL TREASURES(INCLUDING SOME OF YOURS)CONTACT ME WITH ANY REQUESTS--

belinda forman Thu Apr 25 13:53:48 1996

Daryl Davis (ddav3346@acc.fau.edu) Thu Apr 25 13:26:12 1996
Harlan, dude, get well! You've made it past at least five of your 'I will die when...' scenarios, go for ten!!
Saw you at Florida State University in Tallahassee, in 1990, and I swore that you'd live forever.
(Note that YOU have no say in the matter....)

Besides, the world needs someone who'll rub its collective nose in its shit occasionally and say, 'BAD world! BAAAD world!
Now clean it up!!'

Best wishes,
D.

Paul McElligott (archerc1@aol.com) Thu Apr 25 12:59:27 1996
Harlan,

As Hannibal Lecter said, "The world is more interesting with you in it." I'm just writing to express my relief at your quick recovery. But about this, Harlan, obviously you need to stop keeping things bottled up in side of you. Speak your mind. Don't be so shy about expressing your feelings. I know it will be difficult for you, but it's for your health, after all... Best wishes,

Paul McElligott

James Gilmer Thu Apr 25 12:34:52 1996
Dear Harlan,
Best of luck and speedy recovery. Your stories though dark offer better examples of the human condition and of hope than ninety percent of the trash that's out there. Glad to hear White Wolf is republishing your works and myself and several friends look forward to seeing you at the Chicago Comic Con (if your up to attending). Thanks for being such a hard ass and staying true to your beliefs, when I see an Ellison recommendation on a book I know I'm going to be reading something special. From Effinger to Gaiman, and all the other books and movies you've recommended (Sandman, Xombi, Babylon 5, etc.) you've opened my eyes and taught me not to settle for sub-standard shit. Thanks Harlan for everything! Get well soon.

Jim Olsen (jolsen@pond.net) Thu Apr 25 12:22:12 1996
Mr. Ellison: Please accept my best wishes for a speedy recovery from your recent illness. We met just once, many years ago,through percussionist Steve Rehbein, but your works have been a major influence on my music.

Steve and I have managed to drift apart in recent years, but I'm sure that he would also want to extend a hearty "get well!" or two. Take care, and best wishes from here in Oregon.

Jim Olsen

Joseph Trela Thu Apr 25 12:18:01 1996
Get well soon, and keep showing up in dem Saturday morning cartoons!

Michael G. Thompson (miket42@clark.net) Thu Apr 25 11:53:44 1996
Gay gezint a haysh, Mr. Ellison. Even though I despise my current Rabbi, I will ask for a misha berach in your name. Sincerely, Michael, Maria, and Leona Thompson.

Linda Kuczwanski (kuczwans@wsp1.wspice.com) Thu Apr 25 11:53:20 1996
Nine out of ten doctors hope you get well soon!
The other one thinks you may still have some money left....

Tim Hagman (hagmanti@cps.msu.edu) Thu Apr 25 11:50:54 1996
Thank you for the stories. I have no higher sentiments.

Jo Carter (jocarter@badlands.nodak.edu) Thu Apr 25 10:37:59 1996
I'll add my best wishes to the murmuring throng. One question though: can we expect a Harlan Ellison diet and exericse book now?

Elizabeth Bartosz (Bartosz@fslcd2.physics.fsu.edu) Thu Apr 25 08:34:39 1996
Mr. Ellison,
I never took the time to write to Dr. Asimov, and profoundly regretted it. I'm writing to wish you well after your heart surgery. I'm a nuclear physics PhD candidate and owe my following of scientific urges to Isaac; I owe any irascibility I have to you! My father recovered from a 6-ply bypass to have many wonderful years with his family, and I hope the same for you.
A fan.

Jane Spaulding-Xenakis (xenakis@cris.com) Thu Apr 25 08:07:43 1996
It's a good thing you are so darned "onery" isn't it.
Otherwise, I might not be able to type this to you.

Jane and Al Spaulding
Atlanta Ga.

Christopher Page (pagec5@cs.man.ac.uk) Thu Apr 25 05:41:49 1996
I am very happy to hear that you are recovering well.

QUADRUPLE BYPASS! man that is one hell of a heart job!

Get well soon; the whole of the B5 community (at least the ones that
I know) were on the edge of their seats when the news broke.

GOOD LUCK!

Chris Page, Team AMIGA and avid B5 fan.

Warren W. James (wwjames@earthlink.net) Thu Apr 25 03:30:32 1996
Harlan,

I want you to know that you have always been an inspiration to me because you're willing to speak your mind and not worry about what other people are going to think. You speak your truth clearly and passionately and I have always admired that. And more than that, you're willing to walk the walk and not just talk the talk.

The world is a richer place because you are in it.

Best wishes and my hope for a full and speedy recovery,

Warren W. James

mcham1701@aol.com Thu Apr 25 03:15:41 1996
Congratulations on your steadily improving condition. You are in the thoughts of millions, may you grow extremely old and cantankerous as any crafty old writer should.

Thomas E. Reed (tomreed@sundial.net) Thu Apr 25 03:02:31 1996
Mr. Ellison: You were the first science fiction author I ever bothered to wait in line for, at the last Dragon*Con. You are worth it. And you proved it when, bothered by the long line still waiting, you leaped out of the signing room and ran down the queue, signing books for people at random. (I couldn't help but hum the Wicked Witch's theme from "Wizard Of Oz" as you dashed past.) I'm cheered by your recovery. You can't leave us here with Rush Limbaugh, The Big Fat Idiot, still alive and stinking up the mental landscape. Welcome back!

Jerry Gilio (gilioj@interaccess.com) Thu Apr 25 01:32:03 1996
Dear Harlan,

It was my pleasure to work with you, Suzan, and Joe Strazynski at the 1994 Chicago ComiCon. (I was one of the grunts who looked after you.) It has been my greater pleasure to read your work for years.

I want to add my wishes for your speedy recovery. My mother underwent a sextuple bipass in December and is looking better than she has in
years. I'm sure Suzan will take excellent care of you. So, relax for
a while. Evsise is not ready to gather a minyan to sit shivah for you yet.

Jerry Gilio

Charles Nuetzel (can@ix.netcom.com) Thu Apr 25 00:50:02 1996
Harlan,
Sorry to hear about your unlucky attack of the heart. Hope things are well with you by now. You might not remember me, but I put the second edition of your MEMOS for Powell Publications out.
Best,
Charles Nuetzel

David Dahlbacka (ddahlbac@ix.netcom.com) Thu Apr 25 00:29:02 1996

You don't know me, and I don't know you except through your writings. However, I am moved to say one thing to you, as one human being to another: You have done a good job thus far of living the myth of the Angry Prophet who speaks harsh truths.

If you ever want to do something really obnoxious, here's a suggestion: Quit the prophet business. Do something else. Take up a contemplative religion, one that does not entertain its followers with moral outrage.

Your devoted fans will feel betrayed, but hey -- you're the one who just had quadruple bypass surgery. You've paid your dues.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

David Dahlbacka, Somerville MA

Michael Curtis (mlrcurtis@aol.com) Wed Apr 24 23:22:00 1996
Glad to hear that you're feeling well and on the road to recovery. I'm sure that your fandom would prefer to have you back behind your trusty Olivetti, but personally I hope that you slow down to smell the flowers, coffee, or whatever it is that turns you on. My best, as always, to you and Susan.
Michael Curtis

Tanya Jones (jonest@ziavms.enmu.edu) Wed Apr 24 23:10:56 1996
Hi! I'm sorry you're laid up. I have enjoyed you writings for a long time now. I was in the AF when an acquaintance turned me onto your books and short stories. I miss your segment on the Sci-Fi Buzz show. I'm currently taking a sci-fi class co-taught by Jack Williamson. I regret I wasn't in attendance when you were a guest speaker at the lectureship a few years back.

Well, take it easy. Get well soon Give the medical staff hell! :-)

TMJ

Maria Pranzo (mpranzo@mhv.net) Wed Apr 24 22:17:32 1996
Is it POSSIBLE to kill you Harlan? I don't think the hereafter is ready...glad to hear you're recovering well. This world isn't done with you yet (and I, your adoring fan, would miss you terribly). Be well and be ornery.

Mat MacKenzie (matm@va.pubnix.com) Wed Apr 24 22:06:36 1996
I'm 27 years old and have been reading your stories for half my life. I consider myself a better person for the experience, and until now have never stopped to thank you. Your World Wide Web site says your house "smells like an Algerian whorehouse" from all the flowers--good for you, even if they're unwelcome. If everyone could earn that many admirers the world would be at peace. I've never been to an Algerian whorehouse but I'll settle for sending this message.
As a lifelong heart patient I've got a small idea what your last few weeks have been like. Every operation leaves a note of fear and something that itches, and those tiled hospital halls always echo too much. But the ONLY secret to survival is finding something low-sodium-fat-free-only-good-cholesterol that still qualifies as food. If you can manage that, based on my experience, you've got a good 27 years ahead of you. :-) I look forward to reading and hearing and watching your ever-running commentary on those years. So, thank you, and best of luck!

Christian Wagner (cwagner@io.com) Wed Apr 24 21:43:10 1996
Get well, you bastard. We can't afford to lose you.

Carol Thatcher Hall (jimncarol@earthlink.net) Wed Apr 24 20:21:52 1996
Heard you were sick through the politics mailing list of all things! Just a little note to tell you that we really want you better and writing for a long time. Remember Diana Adkins (now St. Onge) from Merced, CA? She's my best friend. She sends her wishes, too.

Take care, Harlan.

Adam (Bera@grx1.bio.bnl.gov) Wed Apr 24 20:17:29 1996
Harlan,
I'm delighted to hear that you're feeling better, for the world would definitely be a poorer place without you. However, LEARN TO RELAX! Try burning just a little less brightly; your passion and brilliance will always be recognized, but there's much to be said for longevity.
My very best wishes to you and Susan.
- A Fan

George (graposo@tor.hookup.net) Wed Apr 24 19:24:04 1996
To the Don Cherry of science fiction, wishing you a smooth recovery.

Zack Smith (whoami) Wed Apr 24 18:22:52 1996
Glad you're alive, Harlan. With so many great writers like Zelazny and
Bloch dying lately, it's nice to know you'll still be with us for a
long time. The world would be a for worse place without you around.

Sincerly,
Zack Smith

Mark T. Vantaggi (mtv@en.com) Wed Apr 24 17:23:57 1996
All I can say is Get Well Soon. : )

Donald Palumbo (enpalumb@ecuvm.cis.ecu.edu) Wed Apr 24 16:15:18 1996
Hi, Harlan!

I first heard of your quadruple-bypass surgery on the IAFA list, but almost immediately afterward learned (from the same hi-tech source--and more specifically from Bill senior) that you were in fine shape afterwards and that you ground his ass to hamburger--over the phone, I guess so that you could get it through those little, tiny holes--for calling you and adversely affecting your recovery by preventing you from getting much needed rest. So here is an e-note that you'll get at the end of April, wishing you the best--and most specifically a very quick and trouble-free recovery. Your own home page claims that you are as irrascible as ever, and I certainly believe (although I thought Bugs Bunny was irrascible, and believe a stronger adjective is required in your case)!

--Don Palumbo

Tim Richmond (I am not a real webperson) Wed Apr 24 15:07:36 1996
Dear Harlan & Susan,
I remember speaking to you after you're GoH speech at the I-Con a few years back, and wishing you a better year in the aftermath of the quake, the VoE etc. And now this. However, although you've probably been avoiding this kind of surgery, it usually delivers a new vitality. Look what it did for Jerry Lewis. Seriously, do everything they tell you (I'm sure Susan will leave you no choice). I have been enjoying what seems to be a multimedia rebirth for you. Apparently this is a shot at a physical rebirth. Take some time, get weller than you were, and run with it.
We love you, take care
Tim & Lisa Richmond

Megan Miglionico (mmiglio3@immaculata.edu) Wed Apr 24 14:29:32 1996
One more thing tell death to "GET STUFFED"

come on Harlequinn don't be turned off

Megan Miglionico

John Fluke Wed Apr 24 14:27:23 1996
Since I was a wee tike I have admired your command of the language and obvious yearning for the minnimalistic viewpoint of bull**** and the way that you strip the harmful illusions away from our eyes. Please recover quickly,Harlan. Sometimes a good RANT can be better for society than all of the honeyed words of a poet...

Megan Miglionico (mmiglio3@immaculata.edu) Wed Apr 24 14:25:04 1996
Mr. Ellison,
Hi my name is Megan Miglionico and I'm a freshman at Immaculata College. In my themes in Literature Class we just read your "Repent Harleyquinn..Said the ticktock man" and I loved it. I enjoyed the jellybeans the most. I wish I knew where you were so I could send you a bunch of Jelly beans to get you to laugh. I prefer the black licorice ones. I hope you get better and I am praying for you . Get well soon. I hope to hear from you.

Love and best wishes Megan Miglionico
mmiglio3@immaculata.edu

Mark C. Dooley (mdool00@mail.cpbx.net) Wed Apr 24 13:39:38 1996
Yeah, like a heart attack could kill a guy like you. Not in a century of Sundays, Sparky! Rest, get well, and I hope to see you at Chicago Con ripping #$#$%% out of somebody (with my luck, it'll probably be me). Deena's and my best to both you and Susan.
Mark C. Dooley
De Boss of the Whoosier Network
Indiana's Doctor Who, Babylon 5,
and Sci-Fi Connection

Al Ortiz (al.ortiz@segaoa.com) Wed Apr 24 12:53:26 1996
Harlan... Dammit, hang in and get better! We need you to shake us up and open our eyes. And much, much thanks for your wonderful stories and essays. Keep 'em coming. They've helped me become a sonofabitch in my own right!

Novelist@concentric.net Wed Apr 24 12:36:28 1996
Once again, those obnoxious spirits of the netherworlds, who have brought us Hitler, Vlad Tapes and Newt Gingrich, have made all their sacrifices in vain. They had boiled the goats blood for fourteen days under the new moon; they had taken the hopes of young girls(using ancient arts, extracted each dream through the heel of their foot using a gold-tipped needle dipped in alabaster) They mixed this unholy brew at the darkest hour of the night and prayed to those unamed demons and devils that H.P Lovecraft warned us all about, and they asked to be delivered from "He Who Speaks His Mind."
Although, the power they had weilded was great, enough to have toppled any man, they had neglected to take into consideration the outcome of such a manuever. Harlan realised that he must really be getting to some of these whackos, I mean the time involved in the ritual alone means he had become more then just a pain in the ass, he had made thousands upon thousands of those miserable old men angry and upset. Harlan would not miss that for the world and the opportunity to get to them all, well....let's just say Harlan will be around a lot longer then even he anticipated at first. And believe me Hell will have frozen and melted into a small puddle of grease by that time.

Good to have you with us still Harlan, please keep writing, I promise to send you all my hard earned cash.

Brian Kornfeld (75703.1340@compuserve.com) Wed Apr 24 12:26:46 1996
Get well, you Angry Bastard, it's people like you that keep the rest of us honest.
Brian Kornfeld, a lifelong fan

Peter Rosengarten (advcomix@pop.erols.com) Wed Apr 24 12:06:44 1996
Mr. Ellison;
My family and I hope for your speedy recovery. We wish you well in these trying times and look forwards to your next project.

john t. gonzales (hellboy@mail.utexas.edu) Wed Apr 24 12:04:33 1996
i love you! i love the show! get well soon, dude! need i say more? bye!

Sherry Kenney (skenney@wrsystems.com) Wed Apr 24 11:46:27 1996
I wish you a speedy recovery so that you can get back to all the things you love to do (and all those things we love to read of yours).

Ken Houghton (klh@panix.com) Wed Apr 24 11:40:17 1996
Best wishes for a strong and healthy recovery and future. Most
especially best wishes and kudos to your wife for her tea and
sympathy, care and support.

Claire Schwartz (HERC member) Wed Apr 24 11:14:55 1996
Dear Harlan,
Nu? So how you feeling? Cracked like a walnut, eh? Oy! Such a thing! My father just had the same operation in February and he is doing better than ever. So kvetch all you want, you have earned it. It will take a while till you feel up to snuff, so relax, work on your breathing, and enough with the blintzes already!
I was getting ready to write you and Susan anyway to thank you for sending the Kadak tape! A mitzvah you've done, I'm telling you. I laughed till I plotzed! Such a pleasure to read Yiddishe stuff.
Anyway, take care of yourself and listen to your menchike wife. You are in my prayers.

David Powell (david.powell@wash.coll.edu) Wed Apr 24 11:06:22 1996
Hey Harlan:

I know you asked us all to stop sending get well messages, but I decided I had to be an asshole and
send you one anyway. (At least I didn't FTD out some flowers to add to that 'Algerian'
Ambience.)

I've been a fan of your stuff for awhile, starting in its most strong form in my High School
years when one night when I watched an Outer Limits Marathon on TNT, catching "Demon
With a Glass Hand" and "Soldier." I had seen your name on stuff before (City, etc)
but never seen your real work. "Demon" wastruly awesome and the next day I suddested it
to my teacher of a film course that itshould be shown to students as an
example of how to really kick some ass writing.

Anyhow, I am a B5 fan too, and think you did a bang up job of it on the computer.
(Believe me, that is the way I think a real computer _would_ talk if it could)
Anyhow, I look forward to your continued influence on this show, which is truly great
Science Fiction and a hell of a story... not to mention your continued works
(Your autobiography.. for instance...! ;+)

Anyhow, I'll stop rambling now... I got a Term paper to finish editing that is
due in an hour.. I look forward to the summer, when I'll pick up the
original version "City" script and take anotherlesson in your school of kick ass sci fi.

Get well quick, Harlan... And God bless.

-David Powell

John Ellison (JEdo217@aol.com) Wed Apr 24 10:44:47 1996
Dear Harlan:
Our thoughts and prayers go out to you from here in Ohio. We're glad that you doing so well. I'll keep this short since you have so many other well wishers. Relax and heal.
John

George McGregor (mcgregor@ncifcrf.gov) Wed Apr 24 10:39:27 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison: I won't pretend to know you or presume familiarity. I do want to wish you a VERY speedy recovery and to thank you for all the enjoyment your works have given me. Best wishes to your family and friends, as I know how stressing this time may be for them. Sincerely, George McGregor

hoop (hoop@cdc.noaa.gov) Wed Apr 24 10:13:50 1996
I've enjoyed your works for most of my lifetime, and for that I am grateful. I don't know you, of course, but I strongly suspect you're just too hard-nosed to let this health setback keep you down for long. Best wishes to you both.
-hoop

Dan Recchia (@MamaroneckNY.com) Wed Apr 24 10:13:45 1996
Ellison, you nut...you've made my life infinitely more enjoyable (especially when my illustration for "Prince Myshkin, and Hold the Relish" appeared in the Record Collection newsletter). My one wish before you kick the bucket is that you write a review of "Once Upon A Time In America". Take care!

VIc Radin (vradin@ibm.net) Wed Apr 24 07:59:12 1996
Dammit all. Then double dammit again. The world is filled with folks who have tact, but not enough who are honest. I missed my chance with Ted Sturgeon and Asimov, but not this time. It was writings from you three guys that got me through some really bad times, so thanks. Now I'm slowly giving them to my son. BOY is he in for a surprise. Best wishes, speedy recovery, all that stuff.

Hugh Blair (hblair@interaccess.com) Wed Apr 24 07:53:19 1996
Harlan, I just can't bear the thought of a world without your fresh writing. Catch your breath, relax for a few, then come back strong. You are in our prayers.

Amy Kostyn (toyboat@qed.net) Wed Apr 24 07:48:52 1996
Dear Harlan,
Good god, you're a tough sonofabitch! And I'm glad that you are.
with undying affection (even though you picked on me last year),
Amy

Rick Setchell (rsetchel@monarch.papillion.ne.us) Wed Apr 24 07:40:25 1996
Not that I'm the suspicious type, but I find it curious that the same week Sparky is done away with, (at least that's when it aired around here) you go down with heart problems. Coincidence? I'm not so sure. Perhaps the next time JMS asks you to take an active part in B5, you might want to take a pass.

Rick Setchell

Sherry Hopper (sherry.hopper@uc.edu) Wed Apr 24 07:39:05 1996
So sorry to hear of your troubled health. But in this golden age of Medicine (?), anything is possible these days. I hold all good hopes that you'll recover quickly and completely ... ah, but the stress of the world will still be lurking out there, so don't take it so seriously! Best wishes for your speedy recovery. --Sherry Hopper, Cincinnati, Ohio (a long-time fan of your work)

Miriam Pittenger (sigillum@interramp.com) Wed Apr 24 07:38:27 1996
Just another loyal B5 fan with a get well and stay healthy wish. The show needs you. The fans need the show. From this there can be only one logical conclusion... After all, what would we all do without Sparky?

Miriam Nathan (jamie1990@aol.com) Wed Apr 24 06:11:11 1996
Harlan, You know, it doesn't matter how bad you think what you say is, because no matter what, you come out looking so right in the end. From the one who was from the "BBS," not the "BBC" at WorldCon in SF (perhaps you remember): your commentaries have always fallen on deeply appreciative ears and eyes -- right through the abrasiveness shines the truth of the person inside. That person is extremely special, Harlan, so treat him right, make him heal, please. We need him around as long as we can possibly ge

Tim Caldwell (irish17@ix.netcom.com) Wed Apr 24 05:19:44 1996
Dear Harlan,

We've never met, but you are a great inspiration to me. I am a writer (yet to be deemed publishable by the Gods of Fiction) and strive to meet the example you have set. Geez...if I'd never picked up that copy of "The Essential Ellison" my life might have turned down the path marked "Banal", and I'd have never known the worlds you weave.
Thank you for your uncompromising wit, your provocative insight and your exacting craftmanship.
Get better...we still have to meet.
The Gray Man hasn't come for you yet.
Best Wishes,
Tim Caldwell

Sam Longoria (sam@thewildside.org) Wed Apr 24 04:50:30 1996
Mr. Harlan Ellison
Lying on his bed of pain.

Dear Harlan,

I don't know if you'll remember, but we communicated a couple of times, originally when I found your garbage in my theatre dumpster, and when
Columbia Pictures used your magazine article "In The Heart Of The
Darkness," as an excuse for a memo to tell Col writers to dumb down
their scripts.

You gave me kindly misogynistic advice that carried me through my
unhappy divorce, right when a man needs to hear that kind of thing.
(As I recall, you said that the first divorce is difficult, but
subsequent ones get easier and easier. Excellent advice, as it
turns out. Thank you.)

Yep, it's me, Sam from The WILD SIDE Theatre. We've been doing wacky
improv shows, most notably "SIMUL TREK," a lip-sync parody of
you-know-what, with us simulcasting on a LA radio station. A great
deal of fun, and I think you'd like it, even though it is a travesty,
a mockery, and a sham, of everything you hold dear.

(I'd like to say we never dubbed "City On The Edge Of Forever," out of respect for you, and that it's my favorite episode. Well, it IS my
favorite episode, but we've never been on the same night they've
telecast it, so it hasn't been an issue. Gesundheit.)

And now I'm doing little funny feature movies. I've recently turned
forty, against my better judgement, and am doing what I should have
done in high school. Dating teen-age girls.

But enough about me, and what I've been doing.
What have YOU been doing?

You have had a heart attack, and a quadruple-bypass surgery.

Do you think this was wise?

I don't know much about these things, but it seems kind of extreme to
me. I hear that it caused you no end of distress. Perhaps you should
have started with a smaller ailment, a sprain or small broken bone,
and worked your way up, gradually.

Please reconsider, and try to avoid this in the future. You are one
of the most talented men alive, so please stay that way. I would hate
to hear that you had carried this thing too far, and died.

You might consider healthier activities. I can recommend
vegetarianism, as you would be the one doing it, and I'm just doing
the recommending.

Actually, I've been a vegetarian for quite a while now, and feel
terribly healthy. Everything tastes better, including me (according
to the teenage girls.)

I know that you are famous for being so angry. But anger causes heart attacks, and you have had enough of those, and should STOP BEING
ANGRY! AT ONCE, DO YOU HEAR?

(Besides, you are quite successful now, you don't REALLY have to be
angry anymore, you're set, boyo.)

Perhaps you could just pretend to be angry, and only when people are
around. When the coast is clear, you could relax, and smile. Whistle
a little tune, or do a little dance, if you like. No one will know.

Learn to ignore the stupidity of others, even though they surround you and your genius. I have learned to do so, and it has changed my life. Get better!

Sam Longoria

sam@thewildside.org
http://thewildside.org/tws/

Moshe Feder (moshe@dorsai.org) Wed Apr 24 04:24:49 1996
OK, we didn't send flowers, or even a card, but we feel compelled to at least send our good wishes for a quick, comfortable and complete recovery. There's still stuff we have to talk about. Love - Moshe Feder & Lise Eisenberg (Hang in there, Susan!)

Jonathan Stover (jstover@bosshog.arts.uwo.ca) Wed Apr 24 00:26:03 1996
To quote the Simpsons, "Brevity is...wit," so I'll keep it short and try to avoid the testimonials. Get well, keep causing trouble, the best to Susan, and if you get the chance (and haven't already checked them out), take a look at Alejandro Carpentier's The Kingdom of this World, Timothy Findley's Headhunter, Paul Quarrington's Whale Music, and a quartet of Canadian films: Perfectly Normal; Highway 61; Whale Music and Jesus de Montreal. And thanks for all the writing so far.

Curtis Turner II (cturner@hubcap.clemson.edu) Wed Apr 24 00:25:11 1996
Glad to hear you're recovering, hope your back to top shape and keeping the B5 crew on track soon. I'd suggest eating healthier, but I'm not that much of a hypocrite, so eat the good stuff and leave the grass to the rabbits. :) Caio!

Eric T.Gilreath (zerath@aol.com) Wed Apr 24 00:15:20 1996
Mr. Ellison you probably don't remember me, but you signed the last book my father ever read.
Your work was a great comfort to him as he was dying of cancer. There is no way to repay what you gave to him,
but you have my best wishes. I hope your recovery is speedy, and my mother (who had a double bypass in September) wishes you well.
Thank you.

Tom McCarthy (tdmmc@ix.netcom.com) Tue Apr 23 23:10:40 1996
You are way to stubborn to let a little thing like this slow you down. Get well soon.

Bill Seligman (seligman@nevis1.columbia.edu) Tue Apr 23 22:05:58 1996
Get healthy, stay smart, and keep angry! The world needs you.

Patrick Nobles, MD (pnobles@txdirect.net) Tue Apr 23 21:50:47 1996
Dear Harlan:
I just wanted to pass on my best wishes on a speedy and full recovery. I appreciate your dedication to your craft, and hope that you continue to live long an happy. (and enjoy writing) Gee, I still remember _When_Harlie_Was_One_...
Patrick

Mark Maxham (max@apple.com) Tue Apr 23 20:49:20 1996
I'm not much into Fandom, but I have greatly enjoyed your work.
The only reason I kept watching B5 was because I knew you wouldn't
put your name on something that wasn't worthwhile. Now I'm hooked.

Looking forward to the next guest appearance of Sparky the Computer,
max

Michael Rodifer (rdfr@sirius.com) Tue Apr 23 20:32:21 1996
Harlan:

Hey, stick around, willya???? I've been an avid reader for over 20 years, and your example, your wit and your absolute refusal to suffer bullshit have encouraged and instructed me throughout. You're no god, mind you (well, DUH!) - but I'd miss you more than I could ever describe. I finally met you, saw you, experienced your LIVE in-personnness at the Cartoon Art Museum (you won't remember, I'm sure, but I'm the ponytailed smartass who asked you exactly what WAS the best way to stimulate a chicken, to which you replied with the Hawaiian Good Luck sign - yes, I remember the Pueblo, dammit) -- my beautiful wife (whose hardcover "Love Ain't...." you graciously signed and remarked upon - were it another man, you'd be spittin' bloody Chiclets) and I were thoroughly delighted. Selfish shits we are, admittedly, but we would love to have another chance.

Thanks for many years of kicking my intellect and critical-thinking mode out of stasis. I can do it without you around, but I'd rather not have to. Besides, who would stimulate all those chickens?

Get well, Harlan. Our love, support and thoughts are with you.

Thanks.
Michael and Valerie Rodifer

Bomoon (ron@rniquett.mv.com) Tue Apr 23 20:24:25 1996
I'll be dipped. The short guys really DO have the longest veins!

Martin Novak (mnovak@erols.com) Tue Apr 23 20:13:53 1996
"Recover, Harlequin."

Best regards,

Ticky

Suzu (renauds@pathcom.com) Tue Apr 23 19:33:05 1996
The world is a more joyous place with you in it. Recover. Rest. Eat chick peas. Watch "Double Indemnity". Carry on kicking ass.

Get well.

--Suzu

John Herbert (jherbert@direct.ca) Tue Apr 23 19:19:20 1996
Harlan:
Get well, get up, and get healthy.
And keep fighting the good fight.

Yours,
John

John A. Nemesh, Jr. (jnemesh@lascruces.com) Tue Apr 23 18:53:09 1996
Wow! The news that you had a heart attack really stunned me. I guess I still think of you as being the young upstart sci-fi writer. Blame that image on Larry Niven, Dr. Asimov and a couple of others who have written about you in the past! :) I wanted you to know how relieved I am that you are well...or at least getting there. You have done something wonderful for me and millions of others...you have made us think. You have given us, time and again, the spark that fuels the fire of our imagination. This is something I can never repay you for (except for the royalties!:). Please accept my thanks, and my prayers for your swift recovery.

Jay Hinkelman (lord_julius@iquest.net) Tue Apr 23 18:49:56 1996
Mr. Ellison:

Your short story "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" was required reading in one of my college English classes (Hail, Hail, to Old Purdue). I was struck by how dark it was, but also by how clear and complete it was.

But the first time I came across your name was as a preface to one of the horrible American re-prints of the "Doctor Who" TV-episode novelettes, and I will always be indebted to you for so eloquently defending the show. To this day, I'm not sure whether or not you were serious. Don't care, either. Thanks.

God's Blessings for a speedy recovery (yeah, I'm one of those Jesus Freaks, what're you gonna do about it, throw your IV at me?)

P.S. The BBC and the FOX network have collaborated on a new Doctor Who TV-movie, to be aired May 14th. You probably already knew this. It will probably only be a shadow of the original, but we TARDIS-junkies are aching for a fix.

MIchael Lipman (lips11@Aol.com) Tue Apr 23 18:24:33 1996
Hello Harlan.
I wish you a speedy and complete recovery. I saw yu speak at a booksigning i L.A. back n the mid-80's and was terribly impressed with your quick wit, and fearless denouncements of most things stupid.
Great to see you still crankin' and cranky!

P.S. I also liked your brief interview in "Blender" magazine.

-- Michael Lipman

Mark Silverstein (silverst@erols.com) Tue Apr 23 17:38:47 1996
Sir-
Most of the time we fans do not let the folks who entertain us know that we care about them. This is to wish you a speedy recovery, or as some of us say in synagogue, "a rafuah shlemah."

Stig Olsen (solsen@arcadis.be) Tue Apr 23 16:51:30 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison,

I was very sorry indeed to hear about your heart attack. Take care and get well soon.

Best wishes
Stig Olsen

Jason Kuroshima (105B Pendragon ave. Avalon) Tue Apr 23 16:39:04 1996
Mr. Ellison, glad to hear you're doing better. Why does it have to be the good guys who get sick, and not one of those Jesus Freaks who pass out flyers saying that the U.N. and the feminist movement are parts of a communist plot to take over the world. (It's a true story! I'll tell it to you when I see you at a convention soon)

Jason Kuroshima

Silvio Sosio (silvio.sosio@pobox.com) Tue Apr 23 16:15:29 1996
I migliori auguri ad Harlan da parte mia e di tutta la redazione di "Delos Science Fiction"!
Get well, Harlan! Best wishes from the editors of Delos Science Fiction!

Ken Offer (koffer@io.com) Tue Apr 23 15:38:36 1996
Hang in there! Thanks for plenty of honest writing.

keegan Tue Apr 23 15:34:28 1996
Glad you're hanging in there and giving Wyatt whatfor on the phone! The news of your homecoming and progressive recovery was most welcome. I plan to buy many, many more of your works now that I've settled up with the Feds and I want you around to reap the residuals. Greetings to Susan (try not to give her too much trouble).

Okay, I'm on the verge of "overstepping" here, so I'll just absquatulate. Gone, man (but SOOOO glad *you're* not)!

lauri

Jean Lamb (tlambs@gp.magick.net) Tue Apr 23 15:27:20 1996
Hang in there--have lots of lowfat and fatfree recipes lying about, holler if
you want them!

Russell K. Watkins (rkw1@gate.net) Tue Apr 23 15:27:07 1996
Hi Harlan: How's the old memory box working? I'm an old time fan/friend from your early days of Dimensions. You were about 14 then, I believe. You bragged a lot but you accomplished everything you said you would. Your fanzine becames the biggest. And your life of writing, etc. also. Bob Silverberg, a close friend of yours, I know, was a correspondent at the same time.My fanzine, along with fan Lester Fried (who died young) was entitled "Dawn and the Imaginative Collector" to refresh your memory possibly. A lot of water went under the bridge since then. I became a structural Engineer and am now retired. I worked at NASA some, one of my dreams, and kicked the tire of one of the space shuttles.

I wish you the best of all world, and may my God bless you real good. Take care, Russ

Martin Geissler (geissman@aol.com) Tue Apr 23 15:25:49 1996
Best wishes and a quick recovery

Robert Darlington (oakiev@slip.net) Tue Apr 23 14:52:38 1996
I hope your recent illness doesn't mean that you'll have to give up your pipes! It's hard to imagine you without one. I must admit that I took up the briar after you spoke to my high school class in 1969. (I'm from the San Fernando Valley.) I'm lighting a bowl at this moment, letting the smoke lift my prayers to the gods for your quick and complete recovery. Thanks for twenty-seven years (and many more!) of great reading.

Mark Stapleton (mstaple@insync.net) Tue Apr 23 14:42:05 1996
Jeez, couldn't you find an easier way to blow off the book-signings?

Be sure to have your specialist look after the work on your leg. From
bitter experience, I know that it'll need looking after, too.

Just read your _I, Robot_ screenplay. It's nice of you to show a new
aspect of an old friend.

Take care---and get some rest, huh?

Tammy (tmetz@lan.tjhsst.edu) Tue Apr 23 14:23:19 1996
Get well real soon, but stay there! Best wishes for the rest of your days.

Janis Cortese (cortese@netcom.com) Tue Apr 23 14:20:02 1996
Hope your up and putting sand in the machinery soon, dude. Oh, god, I said dude. Heaven help me, I'm turning into a California.

Susanne Luesse (jaluesse@htonline.com) Tue Apr 23 13:53:07 1996

You still don't know me. It's still O.K. I already sent support. Now I nag.

Susan - be sure that leg surgery is seen to by a specialist. At my age we trade treatments with recipes. The most common complication of Bypass is the body concentrating on chest repair at the expense of the leg.

Can't let such a lame excuse for sitting around develop.

Sean Eric Fagan (sef@kithrup.com) Tue Apr 23 13:34:45 1996
You have to get well, Harlan -- who else is going to keep the yokels on their toes?

Jen Raffensperger (meercat@Glue.umd.edu) Tue Apr 23 13:34:04 1996
Wishes for you are coming from all over the world, and my corner as well. Take care of yourself, dodge the mistletoe next time, willya?
thanks,
Jen

Manzieri Maurizio (mazier194@ns.sinet.it) Tue Apr 23 13:18:22 1996
Dear Harlan, I am an Italian cover artist and I have just published
a couple of artworks on Interzone, England.
While I was reading and dreaming about your introduction to the recent
Barclay Shaw artbook, I received a bulletin from Ansible announcing
bad news.Pls Harlan...perhaps in a few years I'll need an introduction
to my own artbook...I wish you luck and long life

Bye
Maurizio

Lou (Moore) Edgar (edgarml@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu) Tue Apr 23 13:16:09 1996
Wishing you a speedy recovery. Take care.

Susan Neighbors (sneighbors@grci.com) Tue Apr 23 13:06:53 1996
Harlan,
Speedy recovery. Did you have to go to such a length to take a 'break'?

Kay Albright (albright@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu) Tue Apr 23 12:57:05 1996
Harlan - you were the only thing that kept me from dying of a hangover after a graduated from high school 20 years ago...Love ain't nothing but sex misspelled was a graduation present and you have been one of my favorite writers ever since (although I've often wondered what you did to the book store chains in the Midwest -- almost none of them seem to carry your books.) And thanks for keeping B5 as good as it is. Cheers, Kay Albright

Sid Tue Apr 23 12:50:35 1996
You will live forever!

TRUTH WILLIAMS Tue Apr 23 12:49:07 1996
Harlan, you are my favorite writer, and if you die my world will never
quite be the same. Get well little but large man, get well....

Biff Henson Tue Apr 23 12:47:01 1996
I HAVE NO HEART AND IT MUST BEAT

George Hupka (downstream@sasknet.sk.ca) Tue Apr 23 12:46:28 1996
Harlan,
Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
(It ain't poetic, but it IS short, which should be appreciated right about not.....)

Lee Reamans Tue Apr 23 12:45:13 1996
Harlan, I love you man.

Lee Beamans Tue Apr 23 12:42:57 1996
Please Harlan, don't die. I beg of you please don't die. When is the next dangerous visions coming out. Please Harlan don't die....

Lee Leamans Tue Apr 23 12:38:08 1996
Harlan, get well bro.

Keith Kanik (kkanik@com1.med.usf.edu) Tue Apr 23 12:18:51 1996
Well at least you're not stuck in Middletown CT. Hope you tolerated the CABG, and are doing well. I'd offer unsolicited medical advice, but I'm a little smarter than I used to be. Anyhow, I do hope you have an uncomplicated recovery. Regards to Susan.
BTW, Babylon 5 is just too good for words. Take Care & Zei Gesund.

Dave Konkel (Galveston TX) Tue Apr 23 11:43:18 1996
I've long admired your work, both in print and on-screen. Glad to hear you're doing well. I'm not including my e-mail address so that you won't feel any need to respond. Continued good health and creativity!
-- Dave K.

Larry Johnson (Maltster@ix.netcom.com) Tue Apr 23 11:40:28 1996
I just want to wish you a speedy recovery, Mr. Ellison, and to take this opportunity to thank you for the many ours of pleasure that your work has afforded me. Your works have always been so much more than "reading entertainment" (although, they were that also). I know that you have many of these messages to read, so I'll not keep you. Again, thank you and good luck.

Christopher J. Hoover (choover@usd.edu) Tue Apr 23 11:23:27 1996
Mr. Ellison:

It is with your words and ideas that you have moved, inspired,
and amazed us, and, when we've needed it (which has been quite
often), made us damned uncomfortable. From "Repent, Harlequin" to
"Midnight in the Sunken Cathedral" (which I read just two days ago),
from "I Have No Mouth" to "Paladin of the Lost Hour," from the late,
lamented _New Twilight Zone_ to the wonderful bits of chaos you
contribute to Mr. Straczynski's masterwork, you shall continue
to touch another new life daily well into the next century, without
even knowing it, even if you should never write another word and
instead set out on the Quixotic quest for the fat-free doughnut.

For it matters far less to many of us that you stick around to write
more for us than it does that you simply continue to live and be
happy.

My own passable facility with the language seems inadequate to
express the gratitude you richly deserve from every thinking reader
for your remarkable body of work to date, or the warm feeling of the
many of us who are _not_ candidates for mention in "Xenogenesis II,"
who wish to simply and sincerely wish you and your wife the best of
health, happiness, and long life.

But I can try.

Warmest wishes,

Chris

Mike Worth Tue Apr 23 11:01:02 1996

Boy, it must be strange reading all of these messages! In a way, it's like an audience that couldn't be heard now applauding, even giving a thunderous standing ovation. As for me, if I were forced to list a hundred reasons why it's good to be alive, one of them would have to be "Getting to reread a Harlan Ellison story." (I can hardly wait to read the story that comes out of this.)

Jeff Prince (prince@lc.lindenwood.edu) Tue Apr 23 10:25:36 1996
Best wishes for a speedy recovery. . .for purely selfish reasons.

Any favorite charity you'd like to see get the cash, unless you get kickbacks from floral delivery companies? ;-)

Robert Devereaux (bobdev@fc.hp.com) Tue Apr 23 09:38:01 1996
Harlan, I just read the update about your coming home. My very best wishes to you and Susan, and my appreciation for all your kindnesses. Recover well, be well. May your psyche continue to explode with creativity and your cup runneth over. Yours in love and gratitude, Robert

Andrew Fuller (af42517@mail.ltec.net) Tue Apr 23 08:45:29 1996
Harlan Ellison was wrong once. I saw it! In his last book, I spent more time pondering the dedication page than the story meat‹because the story was a very efficient "toad strangler"‹I didn't breath at all through the furious reading of the novella.
The dedication to Mefisto In Onyx is for Dean Koontz, "a true mensch," Harlan says, and I'll have you know I'm absolutely nobody (all agreemeents scream in here!) and you, Harlan, are now officially wrong for the first time in your life.
Because the cosmos has a few singularities, totally unique pieces among all the empty gods and random structures and wailing entities. The word for it in one immature language, cheaply put, is rule‹­and here's one atcha, so get on it nowŠ
There is only one mensch.
And it's Harlan Ellison.
I was reading the intro to Harlan's Living In Oblivion by a guy named Stephen K. (no relation to Joseph, killed for a crime he was never told what) and Stephen stated that if he was on the verge of death it would be Harlan Ellison he would want with him rallying the doctors and carrying his body through the hospital. Not Stephen's wife, not Stephen's agent--but Harlan Ellison. And all I could think was, "That's the man." That's what he is.
I just confirmed by travel plans to get to the 96 World Horror Con, because I heard a rumor Harlan Ellison might make an appearance. And I chose my fate (oxymoron) for a weekend. I've been thinking about this trip for a few months now, and thinking little more than what would I say to Harlan Ellison if I met him, and even more furiously how it gets hard for me to touch a story in progress because I worry "What would Harlan do to me, even in harmless words, if i did that in this piece?" (I worry this daily). And Stephen lent me an idea­­I'd tell Harlan to his face that he had a friend. Nothing magificent, nothing cosmic--if i could be there for him 35 Levendis days of October I would. If I could carry his body through a hospital--I would with my teeth and fingernails against merciless sterile tiles. If I could keep the griffin bird away from his liver for all eternity, I would (cuz he brought me fire, it goes without saying & I say it anyhoo). But i can't really get out of the sixty terrestrial human years i've got, and all i have to offer him is friendship. There's probably a better word for it. Sertsa or something. Only a few people know the real meanings of words. Harlan certainly knows mensch, among others. And that's all the pigeonholing I'll do of him.
He's got a friend, and all the power that comes with it. And I'd tell him to his face, and walk away.
Now I found this webpage, and latest news--so i'll add "get well soon."

Alyx Dellamonica (alyx_dellamonica@mindlink.bc.ca) Tue Apr 23 08:41:06 1996
Harlan, we haven't met, (although I'm hopeful our paths will cross someday, perhaps this summer at Worldcon?), but I wanted to let you know your writing has been one of the biggest influences on my life and my writing. So I'm taking the chance to say thank you now. I hope you're on your feet and feeling absolutely terrific soon. - alyx dellamonica

Kathleen Coleman (coleman@cnp.cldx.com) Tue Apr 23 08:04:34 1996

Harlan,

Best wishes for a full recovery from a long-time fan. Ain't
middle age hell?!!? All those years of jumping off cliffs and
worrying about the bottom on the trip down come back to haunt
you (and me!). Truly hope you are feeling much better by now!
To quote Hannibal Lector (paraphrased): the world's a much
better place with you in it.

K. Coleman

Nick Pedicini (jnybny@ix.netcom.com) Tue Apr 23 07:14:33 1996
I suppose in some way, the news of your illness hit me like Lennon's assassination hit people a few years older. Though I haven't kept up with your writing the last decade or so, you are definitely a shaper, in some fashion, of who I am. I'm very happy that you came through this in good shape. The world is definitely a more interesting place for having you in it. NJP

Lisa Beglinger (lisab@bdt.com) Mon Apr 22 23:11:32 1996
_Angry Candy_ helped me to get through a particularly nasty and loss-filled time in my life. Thank you, please be as well as human frailty will permit. Eat the damn rice cakes. (I'm hypothyroid and get that kind of nagging All The Time.) Write a script for Babylon 5 ferchrissake! (It's been too long since I've seen your work traslated to *any* screen.) From a reader, mommy & PC slave in Walnut Creek, CA

Keith Allen Daniels (kdaniels@ix.netcom.com) Mon Apr 22 22:57:58 1996
Hi, Harlan --

Glad to hear you're alive and well and "up to your ass in diet books." We received a post card from you (dated April 11), and shortly thereafter heard from Dean Wesley Smith on Genie that you were recovering from a
heart attack. I thought of checking your Web page and was relieved to
learn that ELLISON UNDER GLASS need not be retitled ELLISON UNDER
GRASS (or ELLISON IN AN URN, depending on your preference).

Glad you're enjoying Blish's book of poems, by the way.

All best wishes,

Keith Allen Daniels & Toni Luna Montelalegre
Anamnesis Press

Christophe Carter (ar622@lafn.org) Mon Apr 22 22:25:39 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison:

I read today on the science-fiction mailing list of the Library of Congress a report by Mike Resnick that you had again suffered a heart attack.
Please accept my sincere wishes for a speedy recovery from the attack. Over the years I have read a fair number of your works, and even listened quite often when you were the host of the "Hour 25" radio program on KPFK in North Hollywood.

As a very gifted, and hard-driving, type A personality, please stay around for a few more years. I sincerely hope that that you soon discover the emotional and positive medical benefits of meditation as a part of your life.

I am, with best wishes,

Christophe Carter

Ed Francy (edf@connix.com) Mon Apr 22 22:19:56 1996
Hey, Sparky, we knew we couldn't turn you off that easily...
there is nothing artificial about your intelligence and so much sincere about your writings - that it frightens me more than those eyes in the courtyard.
Keep up the horse pucky!

Roy M. Griffis (griff@pe.net) Mon Apr 22 22:04:57 1996
Sensei:
Writing to you inspires a little fear...what can I say that will touch your heart (so to speak) the way your writing has touched mine? I do hope you are resting well, and my thoughts go out to your wife, Susan, whom you once told me has brought you much happiness. I know how scary the illness of a loved one can be.
And I address you as Sensei in all seriousness. Your short stories were the first I'd read that showed me the emotional power of words. I'd discovered the magic part of writing when I read E. R. Burroughs at age 10. It was a magic that I wanted to be a part of, but Burroughs was a mere alchemist compared to the sorcery that I experieced when I first read you.
While I don't know if inspiring young writers is what you planned on doing, you certainly inspired me. And give me a chance to weave a little magic myself, once in a while (sold a short story to small lit mag this January, and I've got a movie of the week - wince - under consideration at Fox). And you're responsible...I hope the MOW part doesn't hurt you too much.

Take care, Harlan. You, too, Susan (try to get enough rest yourself! Vitamins, whatever.)

griff

Dave Dyer (ddyer@netcom.com) Mon Apr 22 22:03:44 1996

I don't know about a "possible heart attack", but your're certainly
recovering from a "certain quadruple bypass". Those guys don't
use kidd gloves! I hope you won't be renewing your aquaintance
with Asimov any time soon.

Dan Sikorski (ikaros@infinet.com) Mon Apr 22 21:55:45 1996
Whatever the temptation, please don't go to trade barbs with Isaac again just yet -- there are few enough geniuses left us in these degenerate days.
We met once -- one of a million meetings for you, one *in* a million for me -- and all I can say is thanks for that moment, and thanks in advance for what's yet to come.
Get well, and raise hell!

Rick Wyatt (webmaster@harlanellison.com) Mon Apr 22 21:52:36 1996
I have just saved off the comments for future reference and updated this page. If you just posted something here, make sure it didn't get nuked when I did the update (I'm pretty careful, but it pays to make sure)...

Lillian Lee (lillian.lee@sonoma.edu) Mon Apr 22 21:49:25 1996
Well, what does one say to Harlan Ellison. Gosh, hello, would be a good place to start. I'm pretty new to science fiction, but I catch your commentary on the Sci-Fi channel every once in a while and I see your name in the Bab 5 credits. And I know what Shangri-La is. I also think that if there is a bright star in the science fiction firmament, it would be you. Good health and prosperity to you, Mr. Ellison. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Peace. Lillian Lee

Ken Becker (Ken@Wanderlust) Mon Apr 22 20:45:55 1996
Mush, mush, mush! You probably get more than your share of mush for
meals at the hospital. So I'll just say,Get well soon, Dammit!

Graham Robins (grobins@microfone.net) Mon Apr 22 20:35:00 1996
I have been reading Science Fiction for 35 years and you are the greatest. Thanks

Kevin Kirby (sunlight@earthlink.net) Mon Apr 22 19:45:50 1996
Get well soon.

Craig Peters (CraigKPC@aol.com) Mon Apr 22 19:20:23 1996
Hey, you lazy bum! Enough treacle from the well-wishers; quadruple-bypass is like a tonsillectomy these days...you wanna push the envelope, try one of those operations where they suck the fat out of your butt and inject it into your face to build up your supermodel cheekbones. Otherwise, grab yourself one last alcohol rubdown and get the hell back TO it--the world needs you to keep kicking ass for at least another 30, 40 years, so cut the crap already.
(And when the HELL are the two volumes of The Glass Teat gonna be reissued? If you still need SF Book Club copies of Dangerous Visions, I'll trade ya! I gave some crumbum frined of mine both Teat volumes when he decided to go to LA and be a screenwriter; figured I'd let you clue him in on some of the vines in the jungle. Anyway, it's seven years later, he didn't sell diddly and now manages a vitamin store, and I'm still down two prized Pyramid volumes. Karma brought him his, but I'm still screwed. So goes the world.)
By the way, I recently reread "I Have No Mouth..." and am now compelled to order the CD-ROM: The ironies of that story in light of the worldwide webmania are seemingly infinite.
ILLEGITIMI BYPASSMEDICI NON CARBORUNDUM!
...or SOMETHING like that.
Hang tough, HE

Lance J. Konover (scw@tiac,net) Mon Apr 22 18:44:54 1996
Wishing you a speedy recovery from your illness. I have enjoyed your writing for some time, and I hope that you are still writing at age 100. You are one of those writers with the gifft of making the reader feel like a personal friend.

Mike Rios (mike.rios@imd.cig.mot.com) Mon Apr 22 18:35:17 1996
To Mr. Ellison:

Best wishes to you from me. Have a speedy recovery, and as long as I'm here...thanks for everything!

Rick Lupert (RickPoet@wavenet.com) Mon Apr 22 18:24:32 1996
Dear Harlan,

Thanks for everything. I won't bore with details of what I mean by that. You can use your imagination. A speedy recovery and may you live forever. (I don't mean that as a curse).

Rick Lupert
(ex-Carol Hemingway engineer at ex-KGIL)

Zachary Kirk (?) Mon Apr 22 17:47:44 1996
To the word God helth and very long life, as to continue your "coruption" as the humans need it.

Nicholas Sinisi (nsinisi@aol.com) Mon Apr 22 15:54:46 1996
Harlan: Glad to hear you're "on the mend!" My best wishes are with you for a complete and speedy recovery! Give 'em hell!

Bill Selby (haulyc@aol.com) Mon Apr 22 15:16:45 1996
Dear Harlan, you taught me that if everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. Best wishes for a spectular recovery, peachy keen health and prolific longevity. You've been a lifelong source of inspiration to me, not to mention being partially responsible, through incitement and kind encouragement, for turning me into a writer (you once told me at one of your book signings that I was a "good guy"). Well, you're a good guy and we need you around as long as possible. May the great wind continue to

kelton@netcore.ca Mon Apr 22 14:44:42 1996
Get well soon. love your computer game. Still waiting for your babylon 5 stories.

Wesley Struebing (strueb@ix.netcom.com) Mon Apr 22 14:21:41 1996
Harlan;

Best wishes for a speedy recovery! Some people will do *anything to get away from JMS for a while.

Seriously, take care, and illegtimi non carborundum! (loosely translated...) Oh, and I never agreed with Elliot Shorter at Worldcon in 1969. "...at the Heart of the World was NOT the rest of the story. (There was at least another page...)

Go with your Ghod...

Wes Struebing

Michael Fitts of Columbia, SC (Mikeeditor@aol.com) Mon Apr 22 10:06:55 1996
Note to the Reaper:

Screw you, you can't have him!
You've got us by the proverbial short hairs, so we're prepared to deal. We'll give you five inane talk-show hosts, just let our man be.
You might not want him, anyway. He's liable to take over and can be a pain in the ass.
He's our pain in the ass, though, one to be treasured.

Alistair Robb (cinglesa.br.com) Mon Apr 22 09:30:12 1996
Hi Harlan,
just a get well message from Brazil. I hope that everything
is going okay. I don´t know if I got my e-mail address correct but if you want to connect via snail mail just write to me c/o Cultura Inglesa , Piedade, Av. Bernardo Viera de Melo, Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco. Brazil. I hope that everything is going well and that you get better soon. I know what it´s like to be off your feet and unable to do much.
Hope to hear from you (or not, as the case may be.) soon.
Cheers and felicitations
Alistair.

Jared Falvo (luposian@ktb.net) Mon Apr 22 03:33:15 1996
Dear Harlan "AM" Ellison,

Until my friend bought the game "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream", I didn't even know you existed. I'm not much of a literary reader and the few authors I know of I've learned either through forced reading (at school) or by coincidence (browsing a book story of library). The online news of your recent surgery gave both of us quite a shock and, of all things, I wouldn't have known about it had I not been browsing the Web site of a company named "Bungie" who makes Macintosh games.

Here's wishing you the best to a quick and complete recovery. Afterall, you're not ready for the Totem of Entropy just yet... (grin)

Latre!

Jared

edward carter (ed.carter@cbis.com) Sun Apr 21 23:13:17 1996
Harlan & Susan:

Take care of yourself old man. Your words have a far greater impact than even you might realize. You have done much more than just touch hearts and souls ... you have stirred the imagination and unlocked the door to possibilities. What an incredible thing to do!

Best wishes to you both. Godspeed (whatever that means - but it sounds faster than a junp gate) on your quick recovery. Remember, the mind is a powerful tool, you have proved that. So think POSITIVE thoughts about your health and recovery. (I've read your books - so I know this may be difficult). So GET WELL damn you!

With sincerity,

Edward N. Carter, III. (a long time fan - parttime free thinker)
Orlando, Florida

Menachem M. Pastreich (mpastrei@students.miami.edu) Sun Apr 21 22:36:12 1996
Stay well.
Stay happy.
Stay healthy.
Let your mind soar.
May it only be limited by your own imagination, and even then, may it chart new boundries to consider, ponder, and question.
May this note only find you in good health,
Menachem Pastreich

Dan Appelquist & Allison Lambe (allison@evatac.com) Sun Apr 21 21:53:15 1996
Cut down on the high fat foods. But seriously, we've
enjoyed your work and very much hope you continue to live. All the best.
D & A.

Lori Holuta (hawklady@voyager.com) Sun Apr 21 18:34:12 1996
Harlan, glad to hear you are doing better. Like they could keep you down for long! And I'm relieved to know that the artifical intelligence in the B5 computer won't have to use that substitute voice anymore. It keeps ordering Earl Grey, hot, and scaring EVERYBODY. Please come back and kill it. Cheers, Lori

Jennifer Smith (Pememue@aol.com) Sun Apr 21 17:59:28 1996
Harlan: Glad to hear you're out of the woods. It's not your time to go, yet--too many things still left to say? (Thank God.)

Matteo A. Masiello (MSAM56RA@aol.com) Sun Apr 21 17:49:52 1996
Get well soon. Glad to see you didn't end up as one of the list in "Angry Candy"--at least, not yet. I guess I won't send you that Xmas card with the cat on it.

Julia (degges@fc.net) Sun Apr 21 16:43:16 1996
Mr. Ellison, my thoughts and prayers are with you.
The things you have done over the years (writing, editing of the Dangerous Visions books, Babylon 5) have been a wonderful part of my life, and I look forward to more from you. I wish you a speedy recovery.

Robert Cowling (gonzoid@cris.com) Sun Apr 21 14:34:28 1996
I missed you on Sci Fi Buzz. I thought that may be you had been tossed off the show. I remember your comments on a particular show about the 'old masters' that have been forgotten over time. Obviously these people (and I) will not let you go that easy.

I've never read any of your books (hope that is not a crime) but will drop everything to see you on the Buzz. Don't hurry back though, enjoy this time to heal and mend. I want to see you back giving the Buzz-heads something to think about!

Robert

'Be good and you will be lonesome' Mark Twain

Jean M. Flynn (Jeanfigmen@aol.com) Sun Apr 21 13:55:29 1996
Best wishes for a quick recovery. "Resting" may not be recovery for
you. Simply do what you love best and be well. Thank you for a
singular and sustaining body of work.

Steve Fletcher (fletcher@cu-online.com) Sun Apr 21 13:21:00 1996
Sorry to hear about the operation. But, at least I know it won't affect your writing ability. You're to stubborn for it to put you down...... :) I wish you luck. Guess I'll have to get out my signed copy of the Essential Ellison and start reading it as a vigil........

Good luck,

Steve

Ed Burgess (cpnbludd@pipeline.com) Sun Apr 21 13:20:06 1996
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, and thanks for the great body of work.

George Haberberger (geohaber@inlink.com) Sun Apr 21 13:18:52 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison,

There are quite a number of messages here and I wonder when you'll ever have the free time to read them all. You are an important part of a lot of people's lives.

I am a member of F.O.E. I wrote to Peter David to qualify with the story of the letter I wrote to you in 1980 asking you to explain the ending of Croatoan to me. You were kind enough to write a very thoughtful reply. Since then I have never believed those stories of what a hard-hearted s.o.b. you were.

Get well. Take care of yourself. Keep writing.

George Haberberger

Regina Franchi (firedog@aloha.net) Sun Apr 21 13:12:57 1996
My thoughts are with you, please get well soon. I'll take this opportunity to head to Boarders and get the Essential Ellison to take with me to Japan, I'm in the Navy and will be out of the country for 6 months, I'll thank you in advance for the company of your writing.

Regina

Bernie Dy (BernieDy@AOL.com) Sun Apr 21 12:50:12 1996
Hello Harlan,

Thanks for the interview opportunity last October. It will always be one of my life's favorite moments.
I've been browsing this huge list of comments to you, and thinking about how many pages of well wishing you'll have to read through. Oh, my, isn't it terrible? All this gushy sentiment is too much! Don't these people know who they're dealing with?

Bernie Dy

PS: Get well soon. Sorry! I couldn't resist. I suppose you can lament human nature all you want, but you can't change all of it. We love your work, sir. Deal with it.

Alwin Hawkins (ahawkins@teleport.com) Sun Apr 21 12:29:37 1996
Hope that this finds you mending well and feeling better. I know how exhausting and painful recovery from CABG surgery can be. Hoping that you are home and resting soon, Alwin Hawkins RN

Eric Jackson (pma_news@pananet.com) Sun Apr 21 12:17:08 1996
Even at this little outpost of Latin America's English-speaking press, we find news of your illness and surgery a true threat to the literary heritage of the Anglophone world. Get well quickly!
If you need to rest and recuperate in the sun, LA is OK, but Panama's the place. If you ever feel disposed to visit, we can assure you some free, quiet, beautiful places to stay, and a guided tour of our wonderful little country, contact The Panama News at (507) 263-9133; pma_news@pananet.com; or by fax at (507) 269-2035.
Most sincerely,
Eric Jackson
long-time fan
editor, more or less, The Panama News

Rhonda Halushka (rhoz@calweb.com) Sun Apr 21 11:48:17 1996
Somehow I had a feeling that even a quadruple bypass operation wouldn't keep you down for long!
Get well wishes from one of your fans in Sacramento, CA (well, really a die-hard Babylon 5 fan first but that got me interested in reading your other works).
Sincerely,
Rhonda Halushka

Spadoink (3mph1@qlink.queensu.ca) Sun Apr 21 10:39:19 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison,
I have heard that after many years of trying, life has made its most serious attempt at removing you as a player. As we all know life can certainly be a bastard, but i am certain that a person that has the drive and character that you exhibit in every facet of your interactions with life will most definately have no trouble thwarting it once again.
Thank you for being you. You are inspiration incarnate.
Good thwarting!

Robbie Laliberte Sun Apr 21 10:16:00 1996
Mr. Ellison, I am devestated to hear of your condition. But, knowing a few things about what you've endured in your life, I'm sure you will not only survive but thrive. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart for some of the most enjoyable times in my life. You'll be in my heart and mind until I know you are better, get well soon!

Alan Abentrod (aja@msen.com) Sun Apr 21 09:20:05 1996
Hi Mr.Ellison,
Hope your doing well and hope you make a full recovery soon.
looking forward to the day when I'll see a episode
of Babylon 5 written by you.
take care.

Teresa Dowd (tmdowd@cs.millersv.edu) Sun Apr 21 09:14:02 1996
Best wishes for a speedy and (as much as possible)
comfortable recovery! A relative had the same quite a few years ago,
and is still quite a pain in the posterior. You can too ;)
.

Rosalind Brinson (RosalindB@aol.com) Sun Apr 21 08:04:04 1996
I'd just finished watching "Ceremonies of Light and Dark". Went online to check the comments and saw the announcement about your attack. I went from laughing to yelling "oh shit!" That was just too eerie for me. Praying for you and your wife.
By the way, my boyfriend drives just like the character 'George' in "Along the Scenic Route".

Eric Reinholt (e.reinholt1@genie.com) Sun Apr 21 01:48:34 1996
Mister Ellison,
I hope you are feeling well. I'm sorry to hear of your illness.
I've enjoyed your writings for years and I've enjoyed your
screenplays.
Don't eat any Angry Candy while recovering
and I hope "Sparky" returns soon toBabylon 5!
Eric

Dan O'Brien (dobrien@mail.win.org) Sat Apr 20 23:25:40 1996
Dear Harlan,
I am a brand new fan of yours. I just started to read your books last week. I saw them at a library and decided to try a couple. Since then, every book of yours I've picked up I have completly without stoping. Your books are amazing. I have told all my friends about you and they love your books too. I am excited about your new book coming out. I love to read, I just finished Mefisto In Onyx today(what agreat book). Well, I am going to stop rambling on now, I hope you get well soon!! When you feel better, please send me some e-mail, I'd love to hear from you.

Buster C. StJohn (Bcsj@aol.com) Sat Apr 20 22:50:35 1996
Harlan, I know you don't remember the guy you threatened to mace in the elevator at the 1976 San Francisco ST convention, but I want you to know I'm still a big fan (have been since first seeing your Outer Limits shows), and wish to add my sentiments to those wishing you get wells and good lucks.

Steve Bellaire (sbellaire@firstam.com) Sat Apr 20 21:35:48 1996
Mr. Ellison,

I have been reading your works since I was 14. They have played a great part in making me the slightly cynical 30-year old I am today. I just found out about your surgery and am concerned. I read that you were out of intensive care, and am happy for you as, I am sure you are. Keep up the fabulous work. I can empathize with being in the hospital. I spent about 5 months recovering from a, thankfully non-permanent, head injury sustained on a Vespa. So, my last words are: sell any motorcycle you posess! Or don't. Whatever.

Daevid Machen ("Dave from Nordheim"---ask Tom Snyder who I am) (none (I'm at a cybercafe)) Sat Apr 20 20:24:53 1996
ESSENTIAL, ...WATCHING and the HORNBOOK have been getting me through one helluva lotta nights of late. I was just reflecting on the fact that Phil Ochs took himself off the count 20 years ago this month (both you and he memorialised Kitty Genovese in classic artworks, remember). Keep howlin', brother. You're still here, and you still matter.

Barney Dannelke (dannelke01@enter.net) Sat Apr 20 19:30:32 1996
I think being killed by a meteorite in a public venue would be a much more more appropriate way for you to handle this, don't you? And Susan, you insatiable... I'm sorry, sarcasm is my first line defense against news like this. As you know, I want you to live forever and myself about 2 weeks longer then that. Please do SOME of the things the doctors tell you to do and all of the things that Susan tells you to do. You are in our thoughts and we wish you a restful and full recovery. Our love and best wishes, Barney and Lenora. PS. The next time I see you with a slice of pizza in your hand I promise to hand feed it to you. I'll choose the orifice. Threats motivate you better than love and you know it. Barney HALLMARK tm.

Lynn Gitelis (Lynngi@aol.com) Sat Apr 20 19:01:57 1996
Best wishes and prayers for a speedy recovery! I am one of the many fans who finds your work enriching and intriguing -- and hopes you will be with us for many more years to keep us thinking!

SUZANNE WILLSON (K Brown ma@AOL.COM) Sat Apr 20 18:21:08 1996
MET ME AT OXFORD BOOKS IN ATLANTA AND YES, THE EARTH DID MOVE.
GET WELL SOON

Sarah Callery (SpockSarah@aol.com) Sat Apr 20 17:29:59 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison,
I am not someone you know, but alas, I feel that I know you to the depths... Your writing, your passions for your work and your world have inspired me beyond what my limited command of the language could begin to express.
I pray for your continued improvement, and thank you as well for this chance to tell you how you have touched my life. There is a plethora of darkness in this world, and the people who bring to light some of that darkness are to be cherished. I have always thought you one of those... Thank you for your existance, and my wishes are that it continues for many, many years to come.
Warmly,
Sarah Callery

Darlene Meyer (slpry@ix.netcom.com) Sat Apr 20 14:44:35 1996
to Harlan Ellison:

Life is a posession of it's owner.
Take care, recover, and be well-too many impotent wastes of oxygen are waiting in the wings to take over.
[Suggestion: the MacDougal Plan ;-)]
Thanks for the headache remedy you gave me at ICON in '94. (About 60-80% effective-migraines, you know).

And thanks for deciding to make a living off of your talent. Definitely worth the price of admission on my end of the stick.

I send this message because-what can I tell ya-I give a shit, and because I believe that the power of my words are more than just the lines on this page.

So it is done.

Take care, take care.

David Burton (NYHQ23B@PRODIGY.COM) Sat Apr 20 14:21:34 1996
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Ellison,

I hope that this finds you both doing well, and that Mr. Ellison is feeling better. I pray for a speedy and full recovery {:)

Respectfully,
David Burton

Angelo DeFazio (wadsbrau@aol.com) Sat Apr 20 13:29:51 1996
It is rare anymore to find a writer whose passion for "the story" remains with them. It inspires the same in their audience. Be well, your story still awaits. Thank you for stories that matter. Angelo DeFazio - Tacoma Public Library, Tacoma Washington

Anakin O'Hara (TBA) Sat Apr 20 13:21:15 1996
Harlan, you're a survivor, get well soon, so when you read one of my
short stories, I want you to be there to chew me out.

Chris Thomas (cthomas@irus.rri.uwo.ca) Sat Apr 20 13:10:32 1996
Gert well soon, Harlan! You're too damn ornery to let this slow you down. We're all pulling for you!

Steve Hatton (steve@dash.u-net.com) Sat Apr 20 09:10:42 1996
Dear Harlan & Sue

Hope you get better soon, lots of people hear in the UK send their best wishes and hope you can visit these shores soon.

I'll be thinking of you both and hope to speak to you soon.

Love

Steve

Jaime M. de Castellvi (3cjmd@qlink.queensu.ca) Sat Apr 20 06:45:48 1996
Dear Sir:

I'm just one amongst the multitudes that you have touched without ever having personally met them. We all flitter about more or less busily somewhere a tad beyond the peripheries of your consciousness. There are many of us in the universe, and at this time we have all come together to wish you and your lovely wife well.

On another note, your impersonation of Sparky in "Ceremonies" is bound to get a cult following started for that episode alone. This begets the question, "Will we ever get to see you in a full cameo?" If both you and Mr. Straczynski are agreeable enough on this for it to happen sometime, it would be great fun. Sparky certainly was.

Finally, here's wishing that the Chaos whose sinews you have twisted into glad Creation forcibly and often may feed the insatiable hunger of your soul once more, and again, and again, and again...

Keep on Living!

Jaime

Chris Warren (ianking@khs.scotborders.co.uk) Sat Apr 20 06:42:41 1996
It's working with that JMS that does it!
Shock, Horror... Hope you recover promptly.

Jeannette (faa35@dial.pipex.com) Sat Apr 20 05:01:56 1996
So it's not enough that you should scare us with your stories, eh?
Take care...and listen to the SO.

Andy Young (ayoung@pacifier.com) Sat Apr 20 01:08:40 1996
Nothing pithy comes to mind so I'll keep it simple: Get Well.

Robert Zebrowski (drbtg1@ix.netcom.com) Sat Apr 20 00:46:36 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison,
Just wanted to send along my best wishes to you for improving health and continued happiness.
(Of course, if that happiness interferes with your work, well, just forget I said that.)
Take care of yourself.
Robert Zebrowski

Maria S. Gilmore (mgilmore@prodigy.com) Fri Apr 19 23:54:16 1996
First I turn 40 a few months ago, now this. We need your type, Mr. Ellison, now more than ever, I think. Please endeavor to get well. Your contribution to my--and so many others'--worlds is not slight.

Apryl Howell (arpsh@fast.net) Fri Apr 19 23:49:05 1996
O Great and Powerful One-
Please accept my wishes for your rapid recovery. We all need you to put us in our relative places and keep us running for our dictionaries.
Try not to drive the doctors and Susan too far toward the edge...
Respectfully,
Apryl Howell

Maria S, Gilmore Fri Apr 19 23:44:25 1996

john R. Turner (ScoperJohn@aol.com) Fri Apr 19 23:12:25 1996
harlan: we have met before, in Iowa city and in chicago---you threatened to killme when I opened a book of your to the half-title page and not the full title page for your signature. You spared me that time, but I still look forward to the honor of dying by your hand. You will, however, have to be alive to do this. So hang on and recover. OK

Bill Mason (data1701d@aol.com) Fri Apr 19 21:31:17 1996
Hey, I'm not done discovering Harlan Ellison yet. Get well so we all have new things to look for!
--Bill

Phalanx (phalanx01@datasync.com) Fri Apr 19 19:48:32 1996
Hey, you!
Heal up quick, ya loud opinionated arrogant lug. Speculative Fantabulation wouldn't be the same without you.

Phalanx
(But if you _do_ go before the rest of us... could you do me a favor look for Howard Hughes? I've got a bet to settle.)

David Berg (berg@fnal.gov) Fri Apr 19 19:27:32 1996
Dear Harlan,

Please get well. I suspect we are all figments of your fevered imagination. My first personal encounter with you was at the Univ. of Rochester, NY, in April of '77. The film society was showing "A Boy and His Dog", against which a very vocal group of local feminists had mounted a boycott. You came to Rochester (at your own expense) to engage them in rational discourse. It was a memorable evening.
I am looking forward to your appearance at the Chicago Comicon.

- David

Gharlane of Eddore (gharlane@ccshp1.ccs.csus.edu) Fri Apr 19 15:59:00 1996
Just wanted to say thanks for all the special and instructive work
you've done, and for all the work you'll do.
That donkey-hind Samuel Johnson notwithstanding, no one writes as
well, with as much respect and care for his craft and his reader,
as you do, without having achieved a level of commitment and
awareness that's all too rare in the world. Your unique viewpoint,
your dedication to excellence, give us all something to shoot for,
even in other professions.
So rest easy, heal good, and remember, nobody's nudzhing you, you
owe no fealty, no responsibility, to anyone but yourself. Concentrate
on getting well and feeling good, and remember how many people out
here wish you well.
Everyone who's ever read a line you wrote has been touched by you,
and, presuming even marginal literacy and taste on their part,
wants you to live a long, happy, prosperous, and fruitful life.
Count on it, man.... your stuff doesn't sell because people
need lining for birdcages. Your stuff sells because you do
good work, and people appreciate you. Now stop wasting your
energy reading this, watch "PINKY AND THE BRAIN," and rest and
heal.
By the way, if you need blood donations or organ transplants,
just let us know. Somewhere there's a prejudiced redneck with
a perfect tissue match for you, who will never be missed and we'd be delighted to find
him for you!

Mark Sutton (msutton@usgcrp.gov) Fri Apr 19 15:32:50 1996
Harlan: you are still the best at what you do! My best wishes for
a speedy recovery. You've been a lifelong inspiration and perspiration
generator to me, both in vision and concern. There's a whole new
crop o' kids who'll benefit greatly from your "pragma-witi"cisms! Please
stay around and stir them up.

Sincerely.... Mark

Dan Blanks (blanks@nemohp3.csc.ti.com) Fri Apr 19 15:00:01 1996
Mr. Ellison,

I don't think the hereafter is ready for you AND Asimov at the same
time. Please take care of yourself and stick around a little longer.

Regards,
Dan Blanks

(P.S. -- I was going to say "Live Long and Prosper", but I figured,
why risk another attack?).

Lars-Erik Hillberg (larse@hs.sll.se) Fri Apr 19 14:36:49 1996
Dear Harlan.

"Don't you dare die on us", the Tick-Tock Man said quietly, sincerely, extremely dangerously. He used dogs. He used probes. He used cardio plate crossoffs. He used teepers. He used bribery. He used stick tites. He used intimidation. He used torment. He used torture. He used finks. He used cops. He used search and seizure. He used fallaron. He used betterment incentives. He used finger prints. He used the bertillion system. He used cunning. He used guile. He used treachery. He used Raoul-Mitgong but he wasn't much help. He used applied physics. He used techniques of criminology. And what the hell, he got better.

Laura Packer (bard@usa1.com) Fri Apr 19 14:28:04 1996
I think everyone has said it all ready-
Get well, or we'll track you down and make you read horrible writing or worse.And thank you, for everything. And for Dan Simmons.
My thoughts are with you.
Laura

Linda Kuczwanski (kuczwans@wsp1.wspice.com) Fri Apr 19 13:46:03 1996
As they say down on the pig farm, "You cured yet?"

Keith McCrosky (z_mccroskyka@titan.sfasu.edu) Fri Apr 19 12:59:01 1996
In an attempt not to get all drively and stuff, I will share with you what a friend told me after a hellacious little break-up type thing, and which still remains the simplest and best comments for conveying sympathy is nasty situations:
"Wow, that sucked!"
Take care

Cathi, Eric, and Katie Piccione (EricP@magnet.com (not yet on-line)) Fri Apr 19 11:56:05 1996
Dear Harlan:

We were so glad to hear that everything has gone well with your surgery and that you will be home soon. Well, the next time you visit Burke, Virginia I'll have to make sure the Macaroons are healthier! (Don't worry, I'll make sure they're still sinfully delicious!) Here's a little ditty I concocted for you:

Hope all goes well
while you're recovering in bed;
don't let this situation
get to your head.
Just keep up that spirit
we've all come to know.
We're looking forward to seeing you
at your next "show."

(OK, so it's a little cheesy, but at least it does rhyme!)

P.S. The newest Piccione, Katie (six months old), is looking forward to meeting you.

Aaron Maupin (maupin.6@osu.edu) Fri Apr 19 11:15:53 1996
There is so little space on the shelves, and so much stuff gets pushed under the bed or in boxes under the desk. But the Ellison stuff goes right up there next to the Lafferty and Chaucer.
Glad to hear you're feeling better. Walking around the Ohio State University day after day is much more amusing thinking of your exploits here.
Aaron Maupin

William Denton (buff@io.org) Fri Apr 19 10:53:08 1996
I hope you get better, you talented bastard.

John W Kennedy (kennedy1@bwmail1.hcc.com) Fri Apr 19 10:26:22 1996
You don't know me, but my wife and I know Eric Shanower through the Oz Club. We were speaking to him last night on club business, and mentioned your illness, of which he was not aware. Naturally, he sends his best wishes, as do we. Though the transmogrification from enfant terrible to elder statesman gripe, we all need you a little longer yet.

Paul Riordan (Riordan@magic.dcrt.nih.gov) Fri Apr 19 09:20:11 1996
Mr. Ellison,

I was sorry to hear about your recent heart attack. I hope that you recover completely and swiftly. I have enjoyed your work for many years, and your commentaries on the Sci-Fi (sic) Channel are marvelous.

Get well soon.

Sincerely,

Paul Riordan

Ken MacLeod (kenm@ocs6.mis.ed.ac.uk) Fri Apr 19 08:48:03 1996
Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery, and for the future.

Tom Smith (tomsmith@izzy.net) Fri Apr 19 06:36:03 1996
Sir, I've been reading your works for over twenty years. You helped me get through puberty (not like what you're thinking, ;) although Catman was pretty interesting); you helped me focus my ethics. You've been a damn fine influence on me, and even though you might bust my head for some of my puns, I've always wanted to meet you. (I was Filk GOH at DragonCon 1994, the one you couldn't get to, and MAN did not meeting you then hurt.) I hope some day to shake your hand and thank you in person, but for now I'll just say, "Hey, man. Damn good stories. Lots of 'em. Thanks a hell of a lot."Now don't leave us if you're not ready, hey?

Daryle Lewis & M.J. (lewis@fel.com) Fri Apr 19 01:54:12 1996
Get well soon. The world needs people like you to tell it where to get off!

Dave Blackston (davidb@cs.berkeley.edu) Fri Apr 19 00:45:19 1996
Mr. Ellison,

Though we have never met, I, along with thousands of others,
felt a terrible combination of fear and sadness at the news of
your difficulties. It is impossible to place a value on what
your writing has meant to me, but I want to thank you both for
the stories you have written that have sung to me, and for the
stories you will write that will challenge and excite me.

Warmest wishes,

Dave Blackston

Richard Yocum (ryocum@third-wave.com) Thu Apr 18 23:40:38 1996
Please return soon. Hell, I haven't found out yet what you thought of 12 Monkeys or The City of Lost Children or The Secret of Roan Inish or whether you got the Val Lewton laserdisc collection with The Ghost Ship or any number of things. Take care.

Haydn Rawlinson (hrawlinson@spin.com.mx) Thu Apr 18 23:37:24 1996
I don't think the world in general knew how close it came to being a much poorer place last weekend. Best regards for a swift recovery.

Stephen Dornburg (sdorn@twave.net) Thu Apr 18 22:59:30 1996
Mr. Harlan,....

We met once at a DragonCon about 4 years ago. I was the shadow and proege of Brad Linaweaver (perhaps not such a thing to brag about)! You were holding court on the current state of political afairs at the time and I was amazed that you and Brad could remain friends being so opposed in political view! Anyway,... this bypass will, in all liklihood, return you to the brilliant and crotchety person that you were several years ago! I hope so,... there is nothing like a fiery and thought provoking Ellison work! Get well fast and keep 'em coming!

Steve Dornburg

George W. Peterson (z004406b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us) Thu Apr 18 22:41:51 1996
Harlan,
On behalf of everyone at the South Florida Science Fiction Society, let me offer our best wishes for a speedy recovery.
We met once, several years ago in Sarasota, Florida. I was the guy to got the replacement mug from Fort Lauderdale. If you don't remember, don't worry about it. Just live long, and keep writing those wonderful stories.
So long, Skippy, and take care of yerself, ya hear?

Ken Bussanmas Editor, SFTV Magazine (Osiris@idir.net) Thu Apr 18 22:11:40 1996
Gee, Harlan, you really go to extremes to avoid our interview in Chicago. I'll make you a deal: you make it to Chicago and I'll give you that twenty bucks I owe you!
Seriously, I really do hope you're doing better. All best to you both.
KJB

Mark Bender (Mark.A.Bender@cdc.com) Thu Apr 18 21:55:51 1996
Harlan, Very sorry to hear this news. Screw all the commitments that you don't want to keep! Spend the rest of your life doing what YOU want! God, Me , & Thee know you've earned it! All the best to you...respectfully , Mark Bender

Richard Jensen (jens3569@TAO.sosc.osshe.edu) Thu Apr 18 21:54:37 1996
Dear Harlan:

Since my last posting, I find it necessary to add both a correction and an addittion.
One: My next to last sentence should have been "Best wishes for you and your wife" NOT "You and
youe life" (Yes, I am a refugee from the Califorina school system.)
Two: I also need to pass on the most sincere best wishes for a speedy
recovery from Dr Dale Luciano.(Formerly from "The Comics Journal" and now chair of The Theater Arts department at Southern Oregon State College
in Ashland, Oregon. Anyway, glad to hear you're feeling better.
Hang on.

Richard Jensen

Nicholas Thuren (Thuren97@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu) Thu Apr 18 21:04:30 1996
Get well soon! We need you back on Babylon 5 for (hopefully) it's fourth awesome season!!!!

Vicki Mitchell and Jon Gustafson (victoria@uidaho.edu) Thu Apr 18 20:39:06 1996
Just a brief "get well soon" from the gang in Moscow, Idaho -- particularly Jon and his wife Vicki.

Jamie Plummer (jcp9j@virginia.edu) Thu Apr 18 18:38:35 1996
Just wanted to say best wishes for a speedy recovery. I certainly don't always agree with you, but you spin a damn good yarn and make us think.
I read elsewhere you didn't much care for wellwishers. I'm wishing you well anyway - I don't know why, but I am.

Mike Goforth (mgoforth@mindspring.com) Thu Apr 18 18:38:12 1996
Tibi seris, tibi metis

Rick Thu Apr 18 18:14:18 1996
THIS SPOT MARKS WHERE I CUT OFF THE FIRST COPY. ALL COMMENTS BELOW THIS POINT WILL BE SENT TO THE ELLISONS TONIGHT. I WILL PROBABLY SEND ANOTHER BATCH ON MONDAY.

Thank you all very, very much for your overwhelming and heartfelt response.

Jim Craig (jccraig@darkwing.uoregon.edu) Thu Apr 18 18:01:05 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison,
Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Your writing has inspired me, frightened me, baffled me, made me think and pissed me off. I look forward to reading more of it in the future. I also hope you'll have recovered enough to attend the World Horror Convention to be held in our city at the end of May (this is, of course, a selfish wish... do take all the time you need to recover).
All my best to you and Susan.
Jim Craig

John Staats (staats@inx.net) Thu Apr 18 17:09:25 1996
You've touched us all, Harlan, can you blame us for trying to comfort you?

Behave and take care of yourself.

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes (djdaneh@mpdsrv.pacbell.com) Thu Apr 18 16:09:23 1996
Mr Ellison,

I learned with great sorrow of your coronary. I won't bore you with
a catalog of the wonderfulness of your work, or what it has meant to
me over (mumble, mumble) years. I will gleefully report that I
did *NOT* first come to know your name as "that Star Trek writer,"
though, but rather as the editor of that very impressive anthology,
DANGEROUS VISIONS.

Well, I came across that book when I was in my early teens, just
beginning to realize that there was not a damn thing in the world
that meant more to me than putting words down on paper that made
people _feel_ something. The more so as I have become convinced,
looking at teevee, movies, and especially newspapers, that our
"society" (I use the word loosely) is full of people who have
forgotten how to feel, become so numbed that feeling is irrelevant
to their daily lives. You know all the different kinds of non-
feelers I'm talking about; another catalog is omitted here.

From DV I was led to your various short story collections, essay
collections, the all-too-few novels. . . and I realized that this
(meaning you, Harlan Ellison) were The Man. Not the one I wanted
to knock down in some idiot brawl, but the one I wanted to _impress_.
-- not, mind you, with some idiot vision of getting that last open
spot in LDV, but just because you were worth impressing, more so than
most of the editors who actually _buy_ stories. Kind of like the
way I guess you felt when Dorothy Parker made nice on GENTLEMAN
JUNKIE, only in the mode of wish-for, not how-in-hell-did-that-happen.
It's (too many) years later, and I'm just beginning to sell what I
write with any regularity. It would probably be a while yet before
anything I write actually came to your attention.

So, Goddammit, Ellison, *live*, and *be healthy*. Write more, many
more, of those stories. Keep Joe Straczynski on the straight and
narrow. Noodzhe the world, it needs noodzhing.

Blessings on you and your house,

--dan'l

L. E. McClintock (LEMcClintock@prodigy.com) Thu Apr 18 15:33:29 1996
Harlan, I hope you get well soon. Take time, and relax, and recover. I hope you can get back to writing in not too long. We need more of your words on pages. Peaceful best wishes, to you and Susan. Take care, and be well...

Cordially,
LEM

P.S. Your voiceover work on Babylon 5 as "Sparky" was really excellent...

Neil Kolson (szgilalu@cassatt.ucdavis.edu) Thu Apr 18 15:31:11 1996
I remember reading _Dangerous Visions_ as a teenager. Fast forward a few decades....for some reason I picked up _An Edge in My Voice_. After that, I ran around rooting out every single book I could find of yours.

When I found out your birthyear, I felt angry (and still do, a little)...angry that I didn't read more of you works earlier. Angry that you weren't 20 years younger. Angry that I missed so many years of your life.

NOW HEAR THIS, CFB! (Clear as a F***ing Bell). You *are* going to live for at *least* another 20 years, ya hear? If you don't, there will be quite a few of us who will make your life miserable, NUDZHING you.

Get well, please, and stay well. I am trying to imagine a world without HE and I just can't do it without a lump forming in my throat and tears welling up in my eyes.

Sincerely,

Neil Kolson

Kieran Sanchez (ksachez@westernmicro.com) Thu Apr 18 15:07:51 1996
Harlan, we don't know each other, but after hearing about your operation I felt the need to convey my best wishes to you and your family. Through your work you have touched many people. I am one of those people. When you go through a traumatic experience you have the time to reflect on life and what you have done with yours. You are part of that rare club of people who have done something meaningfull. Thank you for all you have done. May your recovery be quick and full so that you can return to that which gives you joy.

Joe Walker (walkerjo@sage.cc.purdue.edu) Thu Apr 18 14:32:55 1996
Hey Harlan--

If I was a half the writer you are, I'd have something great to say here. All I can think to say is that *my* heart nearly stopped when I saw this news. Something like fifteen years ago I bought _An Edge in My Voice_ because I recognized the name of a Star Trek writer. I haven't watched Star Trek in years, but I've never stopped buying your books. Right now I've got the image from the front of that book hanging in front of my eyes--you with the pen, looking straight into the reader, uncompromising, completely honest, and completely caring. That's how a writer should look. I've only actually seen you once, at the Chicago Comicon in '94, and you were every inch what I'd expected, constant motion, constant humor, the sharpest man in the room. I'm rambling now. Thanks for all the words, Harlan. I can't wait to read more of them.

Joe

Robert Reini (sisu_man@msn.com) Thu Apr 18 14:30:28 1996
Ah, Sparky... how i remember the fall of 1971 in Albuquerque. Your charm, wit, and grace under fire at our little podunk sf con. So in control of all situations, conversations and the very souls of these young (and no so young) fans.
The very idea that we would lose a voice like yours to times tide chills me to the soles of my feet.
Get better Sparky... we need you.
(p.s. 25 years ago in the crush of fans at that long forgotten con, you stepped on my foot. My left foot. i have washed that foot many times since and still is the memory yet green.)

you know who in Ithaca, and if you don't, Wyatt does Thu Apr 18 13:42:54 1996
Hey Harlan-

If the doctors ever allow candy into your diet again, I know where to cop some more Clark bars. Don't push it; follow medical advice. But if the day should ever come when you get the green light for a sweet, say the word and they're on the way.

Spencer Farrow (sfarrow@radford.com) Thu Apr 18 12:47:04 1996
Mr. Ellison -

Best wishes for a speedy recovery, and know that the worst of the ordeal is over.

My dad's bypass surgery was quite traumatic, but his quality of life has since improved greatly. The process is unpleasant, and the initial recovery difficult, but the results are worthwhile.

Regards - Spencer Farrow

Tatiana Falk (tfalk@umich.edu) Thu Apr 18 12:37:04 1996
Hope your recovery is quick and easy. I was a friend of Glenn Wright, and hearing of your attack reminded me FAR too much of when we lost him.

Alex Schor (aschor@pniltd.com) Thu Apr 18 12:32:38 1996
Harlan:

An uncle who was something of a black sheep in my family died recently, and suddenly, of a heart attack. There has been a history of heart disease in my family. My father's reaction as soon as the funeral was over was to warn me and my brother to get our lipids and cholesterol checked.

It's not that I don't listen, it's that his words aren't exactly encouraging. He's cynical and depressing, but depression's another little family legacy. How fun for me.

There are many disadvantages to checking out, so while it is beyond human beings to prevent the inevitable, I will hope God makes an exception in your case for at least another 20-30 years: by that time I might finally be able to meet you again (we met once before, at a signing) and say thanks for saying we are not alone. Of all the introductions and feelings your stories have provoked in me, that is the one I cherish the most.

Get well fast.

deborah (kaplan@deshaw.com) Thu Apr 18 12:06:43 1996
Get well and stay well, dammit. Didn't you know, public personalities aren't allowed to live for themselves? You've gone to all this work to make us love you - don't you dare run out on us now.

h j giostra (pnchclck@aol.com) Thu Apr 18 12:05:06 1996
i met you once, in dreamhaven bookstore in minneapolis, on the coldest day of a long, dark winter. you signed my book, and told me i had "powerful hair", some of which i will lend you, if you think it would help.

i know they must have screwed up something in the hospital, so crank up the old revenge machine and get going. it would be depressing and wasteful beyond measure to have you placed on the litany of the dead from "Angry Candy", so piss off Death the way you piss off most people, and stick around.

Christophe Carter (ar622@lafn.org) Thu Apr 18 11:39:38 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison: One the stories that you wrote that most deeply impressed me was "Repent Harlequin, Said the Ticktock Man". Well, the worldwide Ticktock Man has not yet been defeated, and I think we need you around to see his final defeat. So, my best wishes as to your recovery from the heart attack. Please don't be as uptight as old Ticktock.

roger flynn (rflynn@wsnet.com) Thu Apr 18 11:39:26 1996
As a kid in the Bronx more years ago than I care to remember, I picked up - and read - a book called "Web of the City". You've affected me ever since. Don't stop now, dammit!

Joseph Escue (JosephE867@aol.com) Thu Apr 18 11:31:56 1996
Damn, Harlan. Don't check out yet. We need somebody around who's not worried about being politically correct. Get well soon so you you can keep our butts in line. My wife, Sharon, sends her regards also. She's not a sci-fi fan, but she always stopped to listen to your commentary on the Sci-Fi Channel. She loves to hear you speak. Anyway, hang in there; I'd still like to meat you in person someday. Our prayers are with you and your wife.

Jim Smith (73430,3261@compuserve.com) Thu Apr 18 11:29:14 1996
I have spent many a rainy day in the used book stores of Chicago in search for your works, and finding an old copy is like finding gold. Thank you from the bottom of my soul for the emotions your words bring forth. Please get well soon, so the few of us who do appreciate your work can continue to do so! Best wishes from Chicago!

Joe Cache (jcache@hbuhsd.k12.ca.us) Thu Apr 18 10:55:38 1996
Best wishes on recovery and whatever you do, don't eat the hospital food, it'll kill ya! (j/k)

It's gonna be hard (my G-ma had triple) but to quote a managers' line, 'I have the upmost faith in your ability to handle this situation'
Have fun, relax and get better soon!

Arthur Perlman (shooter@serv2.fwi.com) Thu Apr 18 09:50:32 1996
The first story of yours that I read was (excuse me if the title is not exact) "I have no mouth but I must scream". I believe that it was in a collection of short stories. I have loved your work from that moment. Please get well soon, we cannot afford the loss of another Science Fiction Giant.

R. Wilbanks Thu Apr 18 09:43:01 1996
Twenty-odd years ago, while wondering blindly through the trashy side of life, I tripped and tumbled down a particular Rabbit Hole....And found the literary "Ellison Wonderland". I'm not so much a fan as an "appreciator"; you make me laugh, you make me cry, but best of all, you make me think. For that, thank you from the deepest regions of my own heart. You made the tears come briefly when I heard the news. Please don't do that again! Besides, you haven't done the sequal to "Demon With a Glass Hand" yet! So get up and get moving (within reason, of course).

Mrs. Ellison -- please take care of him and yourself. We need you both. Blessings in abundance.

Renee Anderson Thu Apr 18 09:17:24 1996
Why does it take reminders of our mortality to make us say what we really wanted to say all along?

To Harlan and Susan: strength, peace, and much love. To Harlan: Thanks for being a right royal Pain in the Ass to all of us. You're just what we need to remind us of our frailities and our strengths. Besides, we want to usher in the new Millennium with you! Take care, both of you.

Bill Dennis (N/A) Thu Apr 18 09:13:39 1996
Listen, you conscience-intruding S.O.B. Ever since I read an introduction to one of your stories in DREAMS WITH SHARP TEETH, I've never again been able to tolerate a sloppy rabbet--in my wordworking OR my writing. So if you need someone to build a bed mount for that damned clackity old typewriter or yours while you're recovering, let me know.
P.S. Considering the number of well wishes in this list from all around the globe, it looks like things have finally come around to their proper order, and the world is shouting love at the heart of the beast. So am I.

Phillip Cairns (M-601) Thu Apr 18 08:56:24 1996
Harlan,

DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN!

Judith Perry (judy@psyk.uit.no) Thu Apr 18 07:51:54 1996
Good Luck Harlan,

I have been reading and enjoying all that you have written for over twenty years and I hope to continue learning from you for twenty more years. You have made me think new ideas many, many times. Great well Harlen you would be missed if you left us.

Mark Scheid (mscheid@iquest.net) Thu Apr 18 07:47:47 1996
Get better soon. We all miss you.

Daniel Taylor (mat4dft@leeds.ac.uk) Thu Apr 18 03:53:12 1996
Get well soon, and best wishes for the future.

Graeme Fricke (g.fricke1@genie.geis.com) Thu Apr 18 02:55:03 1996
Harlan:

We've never met and probably never will, but your words hit me where
I live. Neither of us has much use for the divine, it seems, but:
"May God be between you and the empty places where you walk."

Thanks for all of it. And please get well soon!

Richard Vasquez (lazarus@hub.ofthe.net) Thu Apr 18 02:54:20 1996
Damn it Harlan! After I finally pass the stage of acknowledging that you exist for the past 15 years I've heard of your name and then decide to actually read your books, you go and do this to us.
Ah well. It'll let me catch up on my reading so you won't do an Asimov on me and leave me forever behind. Seriously though, I'm a new appreciator to your work, and while some of your essays/stories pissed me off, and others made me shudder and/or think, the time is too soon for you to shuffle off of this mortal coil.
Get well. The speculative fiction world needs you to provide that raw edge that Heinlein and Asimov (couldn't/wouldn't?) give us. Feh. This is sounding like a whiney fan-boy letter, nu? Good health to you, Harlan, and I hope you have a speedy recovery.

Jon A. Bell and Joan Frank (joanjon@sirius.com) Thu Apr 18 02:37:49 1996
Harlan,

I've been meaning to say this to you ever since I wept after reading
your memoriam to Dr. Isaac Asimov. You stated that you "would like to
think that the good Doctor is shooting pool with Archimedes," and I
thought, "that's the title of a story that Harlan *needs* to write.
A story of healing, beauty, and of *hope* that there *is* something
else beyond this life." And art, not religion, is a better arbiter
of what that "something" is.

But, dammit, you've got to be around to write it, so... stick around. You have decades to go before any of us will let you join that pool
game.

Lee Cochenour (leecoke@airmail.net) Thu Apr 18 00:38:12 1996
Harlan,
I certainly hope that you are back to writing soon, there are a lot us out here who really respect your talent. My wife is not a reader (still haven't figured out how we hooked up) but I read "Jefty is Five" to her one night, and it was the first tie I ever saw her cry. I manage a bookstore and I sure as hell want your books to keep popping up on my shelves on a regular (HA!) basis. My family's thoughts are with you and Susan.

Daniel Barer (danielp@loop.com) Thu Apr 18 00:08:39 1996
Hope you recover with blinding speed. Your writing played a huge part (for better or worse) in my development into a semi-aware being from adolescence through the present. (I'm a 31 year old lawyer now. I don't blame the lawyer part on you.) I want you to maintain your existence in this world as a maelstrom of progressive, directed, chaos. With all best wishes, Daniel Barer

James Wesson (jwesson@hiwaay.net) Wed Apr 17 22:08:31 1996
Hope you have a full recovery Harlan. My heart sank when I heard the news. The world wouldn't have the same wonder without your works (especially the grand Dream Corridor). Get well.

Carl Rains (PontiX@aol.com) Wed Apr 17 21:59:41 1996
Have I waited too long to thank you for your work? Thank you for beauty of "Jefty" and "Susan." Your writing has helped me, and I thank you for it. I haven't written to thank you for fear of soundling like a fool. And with your admonition, "don't write me 'cause I read everything and that would just take time away from my writing" firmly in mind, I beat down the impulse. I once waited too long to try to tell someone how much they meant to me. I don't want to carry anymore.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery and a long, healthy, happy life.

Marcy Hartman (marcy@eng.sun.com) Wed Apr 17 21:51:23 1996
Dear Harlan:

I have read almost everything you have ever written, including
your TV reviews! 8^}

Your writings have touched my heart, my mind, my soul. The
world is a better place with you in it.

Get well and stick around for awhile longer.

Marcy Hartman

Matthew Grage (gragem@interaccess.com) Wed Apr 17 21:49:48 1996
Mr Ellison,

I hope get get well real soon. I also look forward to seeing you
at the Chicago Comicon if you are well enough to attend. Take care.

Best Wishes,
Matt

Ivy Lee (lwyndham@awod.com) Wed Apr 17 21:47:54 1996
Mr. Ellison, Take care of yourself. Our good thoughts and wishes are with you....and try not to get too mad for awhile, ok?

Lenny Raymond (lraymond@well.com) Wed Apr 17 21:32:01 1996
Get well soon, but in the meantime, enjoy the jello! We need you, Harlan, take care of yourself.
BTW, "Sparky" was a brilliant performance!

-Lenny

Autumn Hughes (autumn@usit.net) Wed Apr 17 20:25:00 1996
Dear Harlan,
Please don't begrudge the familiarity...it's just that when I read what you write, I tend to lay my soul bare and let the words wash over me. Some words cut, some phrases grind, and some stories pour salt--but I know I can survive that pain and grief because there's always another of your wondrous works to soothe and cleanse those wounds you have laid open. Your writings make me question and reevaluate what I think I believe/what I believe I think--they make me more conscious of the world around me. For that I thank you. (Yes, I know I sound sappy, but you mean a lot to me!)
As Donne(?) said, "Every man's death diminishes me," --I hope that you won't take a little piece of me with you anytime soon. I want to meet you in person again, except this time I promise I will be more articulate (DragonCon '95: my mouth was moving but no words would come out and my little synapses wouldn't bridge--and for your information I don't come there often except when you're in town, thank you very much!).
Get well soon and let the doctors and nurses and your beautiful Susan make you all better. I look forward to more good news of your recovery.
Autumn Hughes (and Thomas Nelson)

Bill, Zal, Chad and Josh Coe (jgpx06a@prodigy.com) Wed Apr 17 19:59:56 1996
I(Bill) have been reading your books for 20 years or so. Recently, my two boys and I have ordered several books from the HERC and appreciate the fact that you took time to sign each one. So it appears that your influence is continuing into future generations. We look forward to more new stuff so hang in there.

Bill, Zal, Chad and Josh Coe Wed Apr 17 19:46:02 1996

Annette Fraser (a.fraser@uow.edu.au) Wed Apr 17 19:43:59 1996
Get well soon. You're an inspiration to the world!

DTS (None) Wed Apr 17 19:24:08 1996
"God be between you and harm in all the empty places you walk." -- Best wishes, Dorman & Marcia & Anya

DTS Wed Apr 17 19:21:21 1996

Lewis Murphy and Jayne Rogers (lmurp02@emory.edu) Wed Apr 17 19:15:39 1996
Your work has been an inspiration to me as an aspiring and struggling writer. My wife and I wish you a speedy recovery, and send our best wishes to Susan.

Lewis Murphy & Jayne Rogers

PS. We look forward to your next appearance on Politically Incorrect.

Steve Harbert (harbert@bright.net) Wed Apr 17 19:05:06 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison,

I first discovered your writing at my Junior High library. Since that day when I missed my lunch to finish "I have No Mouth and I Must Scream," you have remained my favorite author during the last 15 years. Your writing never fails to leave me a bit changed, and sometimes I even learn something I didn't know about myself.

Best wishes from my wife and I, to both you and Susan. Get well soon.

Darren Goossens (Darren.Goossens@sci.monash.edu.au) Wed Apr 17 18:47:51 1996
All the best and then some.

Liav Koren (tkoren@interlog.com) Wed Apr 17 18:26:52 1996
Mr. Ellison, please get well. Give death the bird. :)

Lorne Beaton (beaton1@server.uwindsor.ca) Wed Apr 17 17:59:31 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison:

One learns the function of dream sleep by slow, painful steps over the course of a lifetime. On Friday, April 12, 1996, the death of my friend taught me my first lesson. Four days later, I learned of your condition. I pray you, sir, do not teach me a second.

I hope you will forgive my damnable self-indulgence in airing my private grief in this way. Long may you run.

Elton Tucker (tuckere@cadvision.com) Wed Apr 17 17:48:15 1996
Best of luck to you Harlan.

Hope to see you on your feet again soon. After all who the hell else is gonna stop Straczynski from writing "the feel good story of the year" *shudder* :-)

Give 'em hell.

Michael A. Faries (michael@faries.com) Wed Apr 17 16:48:24 1996
Harlan,
Heal well, heal soon.
You continue to soar ever higher in your creative endeavors. I'm looking forward to you being around to contribute even more.
All the best for good health and happiness!
Michael Faries

Calvin Clark (caclark@microsoft.com) Wed Apr 17 16:44:48 1996
You once wrote that your biggest fear was that you'd die before you got a chance to get out all of the stories inside of you. Well, I just want to let you know that you're still behind. I've counted about 800 things you haven't addressed yet, and they're all about the human condition, so they're all worth saying something about. So get off your butt and catch up.

Paul Vieira (paul1115@aol.com) Wed Apr 17 16:41:06 1996
Get well soon!

Grant Fuhst (Glas gobln@aol.com.) Wed Apr 17 16:20:20 1996
Hey Harlan! Hope this message finds you feeling much better. Please don't die on me, I already lost my mother in February and thats enough for one year, O.K.? Hope to see you at the San-Diego Comic-Con in July. Take it easy and for God's sake don't do this again!

David Gladfelter (dkg5@po.cwru.edu) Wed Apr 17 16:04:49 1996
I hope you recover soon from your surgery. Don't be afraid to take it easy for a while and find your limits.

I am a sci-fi fan who has been meaning to pick up one of your works, but even if I never do I'm glad you are around to keep sci-fi honest. For example, I think JMS of Babylon 5 fame is a talented writer, but I am glad you are there to keep him on the path.

Raven Victoria Erebus (raven@mozilla.com) Wed Apr 17 15:24:49 1996
I thought I'd drop you a note and write some dorky little thing about how you're my favorite author and all that rot.
I'm glad that you haven't quite kicked the bucket just yet. (My grandma always says she's too mean to die...could that be the case here?)
Anyway, I hope your recovery is swift and easy, and they don't make you do horrid excercises.
ra

Trey Gordon (gordon@xrsrv1.med.ge.com) Wed Apr 17 15:24:15 1996
Mr. Ellison-

Hang in there, bud. Hope you get well soon - I look forward
to seeing you at the Chicago Comicon in June! By the way,
I am a medical physicist whom developes cardiac cath lab x-ray
imaging systems here at GE Medical Systems, let me know if you
need any information. I am sure you will have your share of
coronary angiograms before this ordeal is over!

Chris Aylott (spacrime@crocker.com) Wed Apr 17 15:20:15 1996
Get well soon, Harlan! (We need you out there chewing on the twits, fakers and idiots of the world!)

Betty Gage (mesmer@well.com) Wed Apr 17 15:02:12 1996
Dear Harlan
Our love and prayers are with you.
Shocked to hear the news, but know you'll win this
struggle, too ! Frome Chicago to Studio City to San Deigo
to God-knows-where iI've been forced to follow you.
This all began when my son Mark announced he had to go to
to the Con somewhere BECAUSE Harlan Ellison was to be there.
Your words inspired me,too.I have read all your books and
now follow Babylon 5 to see your names in the credits.
Remember the 1983 World Fantasy Con? Chicago?
You were trying to convince the desk clerk that you were a famous author
( like Robert Bloch ) who was standing beside yousaying nothing.
You turned to me and said," Tell her I'm a famous writer."
I did and thank God I was there, she believed me and gave you
a room. Then there was the smoke-filled room upstairs somewhere
in Studio City , late at night ... you were to speak on a
panel ... feelin sickly ... but you courageously rose to the
challenge and spoke. Seems there was a harlan doll at your side
it was your birthday. You and your doll were wearing matching leisure suits.
Ah for the memories. Take care have to go now
see you at the next con - San Deigo World Con - July 1996.
Betty ( Mark's Mom) somewhere near Cincinnati

John Grow (jgrow@mabooks.com) Wed Apr 17 14:56:48 1996
The last of the masters--certainly the only one who's telling the truth. Nietzsche once said what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, so you'll be back better than ever! I and everyone on this list are pulling for you!

Jim Wile (jdw@pacifier.com) Wed Apr 17 14:18:11 1996
All right! Get your butt out of bed and get back to work. I want two new story ideas by next friday! Get well Dammit
.

Julian Rodriguez (jrodrig@vertex.ucls.uchicago.edu) Wed Apr 17 14:15:22 1996
Aw jeez. Here I am reading the intro. to Angry Candy and you go and scare me like this. This is the kind of syncronicity I don't like. Get well real soon.
Julian Rodriguez

Terry Robinson (st1robt@doc.ntu.ac.uk) Wed Apr 17 14:02:24 1996
Hi Harlan,

So the old ticker nearly gave out eh ?

Have NO fear - the universe can't continue without 'ya !!

At least now you can call your B5 follow-up "demon with a glass heart" Get well soon, me old china !!

Bye - Terry Robinson.

Sue Luesse (jaluesse@htonline.com) Wed Apr 17 13:55:16 1996
You don't know me. It's O.K. I only know you as a picture on the inside back flap of a bookcover. In a black, leather biker jacket. In the long ago, when I was young and black leather jackets meant something. In a generic section of the bookstore "Fiction - other E".

And, of course, I have visited through your eyes the many places your mind has been. I don't know if I am a good audience or not. I do know your insights are now part of me.

For reasons I can't explain, my mind runs back to 'Try A Dull Knife'. If it is possible to "return to sender' the support and streangth I have received from your writings - consider it done.

James C. Hess Wed Apr 17 13:37:12 1996
Mr. Ellison:

I'm sitting here, having just heard the news and at this point I'm not sure exactly what to say. (What does one say in times like this?)

So I'll just put down what I can the best way I can.

We have met but you don't know me. And I have to tell you that that meeting forever changed the direction of my life. And even though, according to an unnamed source, you hate my writing and me, I will always be grateful and thankful to you for the inspiration and unknown guidance you have provided to me through the years. Had it not been for you and your recorded escapades ie land of dreams, shadows and lights called H*O*L*L*Y*W*O*O*D* I would have never thought I had a chance there myself. And when I found myself being bullied and cornered by the slippy sleazy types who fill the halls and buildings of the film industry, I would have never had the courage to stand up to certain jerks--certain self-proclaimed artistes--and say, with all the rage and fury and passion you have shown over the years, that you have passed on to me:

There is NO lesbian gun toting nun in this script for Chrissakes!!

Or whatever it was and is I say to those who would challenge my writing efforts.

I have two hopes for you and your wife, Susan. One, that you have many more years ahead of you. That you continue to rally against the blah and mediocrity that pollute the silver screen and the glass teat. Two, that some way, some day I can demonstrate to you all I have learned, all I have taken from your writings and hear you, A Writer (if ever there was one) say those words every person who writes with unconditional passion, commitment, and dedication wait to hear:

You are A Writer.

Now, getting a little mushy here, let me just add this:

Get well, get out of that bed, and get back to writing. Or I *WILL* come to your house.

Respectfully and forever an admirer,

James C. Hess

Darrin Earl (dearl@acs.ucalgary.ca) Wed Apr 17 13:23:04 1996
Glad to hear your ticker's still ticking! Know that my prayers are with you and Susan... make sure to get better and back to work so we can hear the return of Sparky the AI!

Victoria A. Bolles (vbolles@cybercom.net) Wed Apr 17 13:15:27 1996
Harlan,

My best wishes are with you; my sympathy is with Susan.

Go well,
Victoria A. Bolles

Jason Kuroshima (yu104681@yorku.ca) Wed Apr 17 12:43:08 1996
Does this mean you're going to have to rewrite the ending to 'The day I die' essay in the Hornbook? I hope you're going to be all right. Personally if it came down to you vs. the Grim Reaper, I'd bet my money on you, and if Death is a spunky seventeen year old girl with some funky eye liner, I know she'd be to fond of you to take you away. From someone who was pulled from the abyss by your stories, your work means more than I can say. While you might not have reached as many people as your contemporaries (you have no peers) there's no other author who touches their audience as deeply as you do, and that's what's important.
All the best to you and Susan.
Jason Kuroshima
p.s. Kick Mr. D's ass once for me!

Zach Griffin (kregon@iconn.net) Wed Apr 17 12:25:48 1996
Dear Harlan,
When you spoke at Dragon-Con in 96, you said that your doctors believed that you could live another 20 years. I'm holding you and your doctors to that promise. In all seriousness, in this decade I have seen some of my favorites pass on. People like Isaac Asimov, Frank Zappa, and Bill Hicks. I would really hate to add you to this list. I'm happy to know that you are recovering well. Don't let the bastards take you without a fight.
Thank you for the words,
Zach Griffin

Espana N. Sheriff (espana@Catch22.COM) Wed Apr 17 12:24:43 1996

Of course you will get well soon, and of course you'll
outlive us all. This note is just to wish that you dont let this slow
you down (as if you would) or mellow you out (as if it could).

We need your stories and we need you. Get well soon.

Denise Inglis (dinglis@acuvax.acu.edu) Wed Apr 17 12:00:42 1996
Quadrulple bypass! Dang! You don't do anything in halves, do you? Tell the Ticktockman to kiss your ass, and get well soon. I'll be saying a prayer for you and Susan.

Rick Wed Apr 17 11:48:05 1996
The "Get-Well" board was down for about 10 minutes due to a server problem. Please send me e-mail (webmaster@harlanellison.com) if you notice any problems...

Guy Rochette (rochettg@alpha.aston.ac.uk) Wed Apr 17 11:18:07 1996
Very sorry to hear about the possible heart-attack. Sincerely hope you get well soon and can get back to writing so you can continue to enl

Izaak Mirro (mirro@nmt.edu) Wed Apr 17 11:11:46 1996
I have only met you through your stories. From wonder to tragedy you have
entertained baby-boomers and us twentysomethings. Get well Harlan, keep on writing.
The worlds needs more like you.

Tim Hewitt (thewitt@scsn.net) Wed Apr 17 11:05:49 1996
Dear Harlan:

Over the years you've given me tremendous pleasure with each new story. This wish for your quick and complete recovery is a small, but sincere way of saying "Thank You" for the stories written and the stories to come.

Guy Rochette (rochettg@alpha.aston.ac.uk) Wed Apr 17 11:02:15 1996
Very sorry to hear about the possible heart-attack. Sincerely hope you get well soon and can get back to writing so you can continue to enlighten us for many years still. The world would be a very dreary and boring place without you.

All the best.

MAtthew Mielke (mmielke@bsc.edu) Wed Apr 17 10:52:52 1996
Dear Harlan, my wife and I heard you read "Paladin of the Lost Hour" at the Atlanta World Con in 1986. It was just after our marriage beganand we wer in Atlanta for part of our honeymoon and spent a couple of days ot the Worldcon. That was her first exposure to Harlan Ellison though I had long been a fan. We are still married and are now both fans of your work (even Sparky the Artificial Intelligence). This overlong note is a heartfelt wish for a speedy and complete recovery. You have challenged us to think our best and touched our hearts. Please keep yours thumping for a while. The world still needs Harlan. All my best to you. Matt Mielke

Matthew B. Tepper (ducky@deltanet.com) Wed Apr 17 10:37:50 1996
Harlan who? Get well, be well, live happy. Best to Susan.

Bob Halloran (rkh@ucs.att.com) Wed Apr 17 10:30:16 1996
Very upset to hear about the attack, very glad to hear you're bouncing back. Best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery from a longtime fan...

Benita Grunseth (NMPie@aol.com) Wed Apr 17 10:28:56 1996
We have met a few times through fandom, and while you don't remember ME, I certainly remember you. I had a very rigid and restrictive home life and your writings introduced me to a wider world of thought and expression at a time when I really needed to know that I wasn't crazy for thinking differently than the "everyone" else around me. Thank you so much. My thoughts and prayers are with you for your recovery. Benita

Tom Davis (tmd@bga.com) Wed Apr 17 10:11:43 1996
Dear Harlan,

(Forgive the first name, but I feel I know you from 20 years of reading your introductions.)

I'm glad you are recovering well from the attack -- the world needs you. Your voice of reason and intelligence are necessary in this age. Stay with us!!

Craig Klein (Kleinc@alpha.montclair.edu) Wed Apr 17 10:03:11 1996
Dear Harlan,
It was a great shock to hear the news of your hospitalization (I didn't think missing "Ceremonies of Light and Darkness" would upset you THAT much!) but I'm glad you're recovering. You and your writing have been very influential to me, even though I've only been reading you for two years. And I know you'll recover. You're just too damn ornery to die.
Sincerely,
Craig Klein

Leigh Metcalf Wed Apr 17 09:32:05 1996
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Lee Martin (lmartin@dcccnet.dccc.edu) Wed Apr 17 09:29:21 1996
Best of health for a speedy recovery! "The repaired vase is doubly treasured." - A Persian proverb (I think)

Kevin Carter Wed Apr 17 09:28:49 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison,

I was utterly horrified when I read the news about your possible heart-attack. I would like to send you my warmest wishes for a complete recovery (which I know will happen as I'm sure neither heaven or hell is, or ever will be ready for you!) I'm really sorry I had to send my wishes over this damnable medium (ie e-mail), but I wanted you to hear wishes from a true admirer. Take care!

Be seeing you!

Kevin D. R. Carter
(lost somewhere in SE Mo.)

Tim Kyger (tim_kyger@commerce.senate.gov) Wed Apr 17 09:20:31 1996
Harlan --

You probably don't remember me (there are so many people that pass through one's life) but I was the punk 22-year-old kid that was the Chair of IguanaCon II, the WorldCon where you were Pro Guest of Honor. I am saddened to hear of your illness, and I want to wish you a speedy, full, and as free from pain recovery as is possible.

I've been working in Congress now for about 8 years; working space issues. I'm part of a crazed bunch of folks who are really truly trying to revamp this nation's space program and get us, the human race, into space. One of the reason's I'm here is because of _you_. Your insistence at IguanaCon to the fans around you that they all get out of their little simulators and to _get involved in the real world_ pushed me over a precipice I was already standing before.

So: Thanks for the push.

Get well. Truth is molten.

Steve Patterson (spatterson@wwdc.com) Wed Apr 17 09:06:04 1996
I was shocked to hear about the heart attack; legends don't let things like that happen to them! One positive note about this; it should put to rest those nasty rumors about the absence of said organ from your corpus!

Best of wishes on your recovery!

Sandy Johnson (Sandy57@ix.netcom.com) Wed Apr 17 08:57:29 1996
Mr. & Mrs. Ellison,

My thoughts and prays are with you both. I know what a tough time this is for both of you. My husband had a heart attack in '93. Please take care and get well soon Harlan. Susan, a special word to you-take care of yourself you won't do you or Harlan any good if you don't. I know - been there done that. Good Luck!

Christine Reynolds (reynolds@aztec.lib.utk.edu) Wed Apr 17 08:29:03 1996
I won't go all mushy, even though I'd like to, because that might make you gag and retch--and that sort of thing's not good for a recovering heart patient, so I'll just say: I love you, Harlan. You and Susan are in my thoughts and my prayers. Christine

Bill Hayes (bhayes@unl.edu) Wed Apr 17 08:24:45 1996
I wish you a speedy recovery. I've enjoyed your thought-provoking and
intelligent work over the years, and it's good that you are so actively
involved with Babylon 5. I am looking forward to seeing more of your
work once you're on your feet.

Best wishes,

Bill Hayes

Don Semmens (don@mwbb.com) Wed Apr 17 08:19:30 1996
Harlan:

Let's see if I have this right:

1. JMS writes about someone's foot and someone breaks her foot.

2. JMS writes about someone's arm and someone breaks his arm.

3. JMS writes about some AI's voice being shot with a PPG and someone has a heart attack.

If I were involved in Babylon 5, I'd want a peek at his scripts. :) Take care.

Samuel B. Kimpton (sbkimpto@eos.ncsu.edu) Wed Apr 17 08:11:12 1996
Get Well, Mr. Ellison. I greatly admire your work, and the work you've done on Babylon 5.
Take Care, and best wishes

Rae Augenstein (72752.1653@compuserve.com) Wed Apr 17 07:32:34 1996
Dear Harlan, Hope you feel better soon! We enjoy your work with Babylon 5 and Space Cases, among other things. -- Rae & Craig in Tennessee

Frank Crownover (CWFF78A@prodigy.com) Wed Apr 17 07:22:13 1996
Harlan- I was shocked and worried to read that you had suffered a heart attack. I was very happy and relieved to find out that you were recovering well. Please don't leave us yet- the world needs your voice. Thanks for the nearly 30 years of reading pleasure your work has given me, and for influencing me to become a better person.
Sincerely,
Frank Crownover

Rob (Robert.bielby@physiol.ox.ac.uk) Wed Apr 17 07:06:29 1996
Very sorry to hear of your ill health.
I appreciate all the effort you have put into your work on B5
Please don't leave us just yet

Jon Hoopingarner (jhoop@sgi84.wwb.noaa.gov) Wed Apr 17 06:32:10 1996
No great prose or anything like that is to be found in this message, I'm afraid. Just a thank you for all the profoundly entertaining (and maddening and disturbing) stories and a deeply felt hope that your best are yet to come.

Ashok Katwala (ashok@enterprise.net) Wed Apr 17 06:29:24 1996
For all you have made us think about -- get well soon.

Ashok from England.

Lonnie Perkins (perkins@voyager.reno.nv.us) Wed Apr 17 05:59:05 1996
I don't know you, or your work, but I plan to find out. I'm a Babylon 5 fan and I've seen your name in the credits. My best wishes and prayers for a speedy recovery.

Rachel R. Walker (rwalker@awod.com) Wed Apr 17 04:54:59 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison,

Tell the Grim Reaper to get stuffed. I've already seen too many obituaries for my favorite writers; I don't want yours to be the next one I read. Best wishes, Rachel

Jon Green (jonsg@pobox.com) Wed Apr 17 04:36:03 1996
Harlan,

Thank you for a profoundly weird and highly enjoyable time. When you need a little strength, draw it from the people around you who've admired and enjoyed your work, and can at least contribute some support in return. Get well soon. Very soon.

We've never met. If the trade winds blow aright I hope to change that someday.

Take care, and accept our strength and support,

Jon
Cambridge, England.

Robin Shortt (s3033469@student.anu.edu.au) Wed Apr 17 03:05:10 1996
Well, the news really kicked me in the teeth, but I think I can string together a semi-coherent comment now. Harlan, you might remember me from the convention in the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia (I was the guy with glasses in the next-to-front row who asked the barely-not-stupid questions). That was the high point in my life. You hang in there, man.

Ken Uhland (UhlandKF@AOL.com) Wed Apr 17 02:39:36 1996
Hi, Harlan! I'm sure you don't remember me, but I definitely remember you. We met at the World Science Fiction Convention in Phoenix a number or years back. Somehow, I don't recall giving you permission back then to upstage me -- I had a very small heart attack myself nearly a year ago -- but I guess even if I had expressly forbidden it, it would have been like telling a revolving door to stop revolving! Anyway, get well soon. B5 needs you.

Mark Gage (mesmer@well.com) Wed Apr 17 02:15:34 1996
Okay,okay;So now you can say that you've survived a quadruple bypass.
Jeez.Hang in there,and stay IN the hospital at least until Susan can
get ready for you to come home.You hang in there man.
I'll kill you if you die on me.
Give Susan a few days.Screw the deadlines.Feel better,and I'll be in touch.
You might remember me as the "kid from Ohio"
maybe not.be cool.
Mark

Mitchell GIl Maltenfort (mitchm@netzone.com) Wed Apr 17 02:11:09 1996

Harlan:

My first reaction on hearing the news was Oy.

My second reaction was to try to recall the essay in 'Stalking the Nightmare' where you indicated you would a) live forever and b) smuggle messages from behind enemy lines should the Grim Reaper take you as a POW.

What I've settled on is this: we ain't done with you yet, fella. The need for locusts is greater than ever.

And I'm pretty sure Susan, JMS and PAD still have plans for you, too.

Mitch Maltenfort

Robin Shortt (s3033469@student.anu.edu.au) Wed Apr 17 02:00:16 1996
Get well soon, Harlan.

Larry Wayne (lewayne@netcom.com) Wed Apr 17 01:12:06 1996
Get well soon. Your writing has made a difference to me for a lot of years and I certainly hope you're not ready to shut up now.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery,
Larry Wayne

Larry Wayne (lewayne@netcom.com) Wed Apr 17 01:12:01 1996
Get well soon. Your writing has made a difference to me for a lot of years and I certainly hope you're not ready to shut up now.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery,
Larry Wayne

Steve Vale (STVALE@JTSA.EDU) Wed Apr 17 01:02:17 1996
Harlan, get well soon. I am graduating from rabbinical school in one month (when last we met at the University of Judaism, I was six years away from graduating). It was a lots of fun to hear your voice on Babylon 5. Your voice, in its many forms, is always a delight to hear. Keep talking. Some of us listen. May you speak in strength, love and health until a ripe old age.
Erev Rav Steve Vale

Lane Taylor (drl@interport.net) Wed Apr 17 00:45:12 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison

I'm sorry this happened.

I've read and reread your stories since I was 16 years old. Thank you so much they've given me such pleasure.

I just wanted to tell you how profoundly happy I am that you exist and that you bother to write stories.

My best wishes to you and your wife.

Lane Taylor

mike masters (mmasters@aol.com) Wed Apr 17 00:27:03 1996
Mr. Ellison-
I have been a fan for years. Hang in there. You are an original voice. Don't let the bastards get you down. mike masters, seoul, south korea

Larry Edelstein (ledelste@well.com) Wed Apr 17 00:09:46 1996
"Mr. Ellison, I don't know if you're listening, but this is not
going to get you out of any rewrites, so please cut the crap and get
back to work. No one is fooled, I assure you."

--long time fan Larry Edelstein, evincing apparent skepticism about
Harlan Ellison's purported health problems

Bill Bottke (bottke@kepler.gps.caltech.edu) Tue Apr 16 23:40:00 1996
Harlan, get well quickly! We need someone around to demolish the status quo, energize the great unwashed, and piss off the establishment!

Lespier (drl@interport.net) Tue Apr 16 23:36:14 1996
Dear Harlan,

Although I feel you'll recover just fine from this (your just too dam cranky not to) This seems as good a time as any to thank you for taking my then young and impressionable mind two decades ago and blowing it wide open with a concience and conciousness that to this day I would be hard pressed to find an equal of. I say without reservation sir that without your words I would not be the person I am today (you get the credit, not the blame).

Please remember that you are loved by people you may never meet whos names you may never know but whose lives you have changed for the better. I hope that you and your family will draw on that certainty and the certainty that the universe (such as it is) is simply not going to let you get away that easily.

Get well!

Peace

Lespier

Richard Jensen (jens3569@TAO.sosc.osshe.edu) Tue Apr 16 23:33:34 1996
Dear Harlan:

I'm glad to hear that you're resting well after your recent
operation. I've beeen a fan of yours since high school and your
work has quite simply changed my life. I'm glad now for the chance
to thank you. I was afraid I'd never be able too. My best wishes
towards both you and your life. Get better. The world needs you.

Sincerly yours...

Richard Jensen

Deanna Priest (dmpriest@nhr.com) Tue Apr 16 23:27:03 1996
Just had to put my two cents in. I know you have been through a lot, but I have heard that a successful bypass surgery can make you feel like a whole new person! (Which could prove most interesting for your future works and influence on Babylon 5.) Most of all, I wish you a full and speedy recovery. Best wishes to Susan as well.
Sincerely,
Deanna Priest

Rick Rattie (gaylaxn@tssnet1.tss.net) Tue Apr 16 23:24:43 1996
Our thoughts and prayers are with you as you recover from the by-pass. May God look over you as you recover. God Bless

Joel Rosen (JoelR54785@aol.com) Tue Apr 16 23:11:46 1996
Mr. Ellison,I just wanted to take a quick moment to wish you a speedy recovery. Your work, in all its forms, has stimulated thought and enjoyment in many facets of life. I wish you well and hope that you are returned to your family and your health as soon as possible. I look forward to any and all work that you are part of in the future. Take care.

Splitting Image (Joanne@splitting-image.com) Tue Apr 16 22:37:57 1996
Our best wishes to you for a speedy recovery.
Your friends at Splitting Image...
Joanne, Stan, Colby, Brigitte, Christopher T., Christohper P.,
Geric, David, Jason, Patrick, Linda, Angelica, Chet, Martha

Linda Reynolds-Burkins (burkins1@aol.com) Tue Apr 16 22:08:40 1996
Get well soon, Harlan! Your writing changed my life by teaching me to question authority (and myself). Okay, maybe I was already questioning authority anyway when I discovered your writing (way back in the dark ages known as the 1970's) - but your writing definitely showed me I was on the right track! The world needs more of your anger and your bold ideas. Don't leave us now!

Mathew Binkley (binklmj5@wfu.edu) Tue Apr 16 22:04:08 1996
*Get Well!* And that was not a request.
"The more you complain, the longer God lets you live." - Anonymous

Scott & Jessica Werbin (sjwerbin@epix.net) Tue Apr 16 21:48:50 1996
Dear Harlan & Susan- Living life on the edge again, are we? (sigh.) Hope you feel better soon. Please try to take it easy. Best Wishes!

Michael Zuzel (mzuzel@teleport.com) Tue Apr 16 21:48:46 1996
Dammit, man, get yourself well and get back to work. You've got a lot of stories left to tell.
Best wishes, ZUZ

Sam Gafford (sgafford@ix.netcom.com) Tue Apr 16 21:43:40 1996
Mr. Ellison:
It was with no little fear that I learned of your heart attack and bypass operation. My father underwent a triple bypass a few years ago and I can understand the suddenness and anxiety that comes with such an event. My sympathies are with you and your wife through this ordeal and I wish you a speedy recovery and a swift return to writing!
At the risk of sounding like a gushing fool, I have enjoyed your work for many years now and the thought of such writing being cut short fills me with anger. In these days in particular, we need all of the gadflys we can find. I look forward to hearing news of your rapid recovery and return to your typewriter.
After all, we Gerald Kersh fans must stick together. There are so few of us as it is.

Best wishes for your continued health and productivity,
Sam Gafford

Tom Restivo (TomR@Fred.Net) Tue Apr 16 21:29:44 1996
Harlan:
Recover and come back. Someone's got to watch out for Joe S. (smile)
Susan:
Take care and watch out for Harlan.

Angus MacDonald (angus@well.com) Tue Apr 16 21:23:24 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison - Please take care of yourself. I hope you have a
speedy recovery.

Bill Gelber (billdir@aol.com) Tue Apr 16 21:09:37 1996
Dear Mr. Ellison, I was shocked to hear about your heart attack, but I am glad you are recovering. Your work has always meant so much to your fans, the thought of there being no more new Ellison to pore over and read again and again is hard to imagine. Best wishes for a speedy recovery from a long-time fan.

keegan (keegan@lightlink.com) Tue Apr 16 21:09:27 1996
Dear Harlan and Susan-

I am thinking of you both and wish you strength of spirit and a speedy recovery. It's amazing how strangers can sometimes touch your heart. You have both touched mine with your kindness (not to mention how much I've learned from Harlan's work) and it is appreciated. I am saddened by your misfortune. Hang tough!

Lauri

Will Schneeberger (william@math.princeton.edu) Tue Apr 16 21:05:43 1996
Mr. Ellison,

Best of luck for a speedy recovery and everything else.

Dave Brussee (mnsr32a@prodigy.com) Tue Apr 16 20:54:09 1996
Dear Harlan & Susan,
Hope you both can put this behind you soon. Follow your doctor's advice, and take it easy!

Chris James (cjames@sctcorp.com) Tue Apr 16 20:40:13 1996
Hi,
just another one of the faces on the other side of the tube. You've had a big operation and some pretty big challenges ahead. From what I've seen of your works, I know challanges are nothing new to you (But JEEZ, you could do without the life threatening ones!) I'm glad your still with us (sure you are too!) Take care of yourself. While I'd like to see B5 survive to it's full lifetime, I'd also like to see you around for yours. Be well! Many thanks,,,
Chris James.

Melissa Hollern (cyhlhxa@grove.iup.edu) Tue Apr 16 20:34:54 1996
Hello Mr. Ellison.
I wanted to extend my best wishes to you for a very speedy recovery
and recouperation. I am a big fan of your work, especially on
Babylon 5. Your creativity and input there help give the show a
definite "reality" as far as science-fiction can go. I send you my
sincerest wishes, and hope that you will get well soon.

Robert Ewing (R.EWING@student.anu.edu.au) Tue Apr 16 20:34:23 1996
Get well soon, Harlan! The world needs you.

Amy McGovern (saavik@andrew.cmu.edu) Tue Apr 16 20:32:44 1996
I hope you get well soon!

Rick Wyatt (webmaster@harlanellison.com) Tue Apr 16 19:42:56 1996
If you can see this, this thing is working. Please hold discussions of Harlan and his hospital stay on the regular comments board and reserve comments here for messages directly to HE. Thanks!

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