User blog comment:EmpyrealInvective/On the passing of Harlan Ellison/@comment-5000412-20180707082231/@comment-24101790-20180707123112

Well said. Ellison was a champion for trying to push science-fiction as a legitimate genre. While I don't necessarily love everything he's done, I do agree with his attempts to legitimize a genre that was typically viewed on the same level as pulp fiction and penny dreadfuls.