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Harlan Ellison, Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 84

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Posted on June 28, 2018 · The writer of award-winning stories, as well as episodes of Star Trek, The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone, died Thursday.

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Posted on January 30, 2016 · A journalist, turned political aide, who found fame as a novelist. His book, The Gay Place is a work of fiction, but it captures Texas politics like no other novel.

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