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

A perfectly appropriate post. Harlan Ellison was easily one of the most influential figures for me, and that goes beyond just writing. The first stories I read by him were what got me reading seriously, and set me on the course to really care about what I was writing. His work has also been a perfect example of how genre fiction can be just as complex, meaningful, and varied as more literary genres. While I was expecting his passing to be rather close, it still saddens me to know he's gone. He lived long, but his work will live a lot longer.