Critical Insights: Harlan Ellison

Essays discuss Ellison's relationship with the science fiction and fantasy community, his sense that mainstream critics slighted his work, his easy postmodern accommodation of popular culture references and images, and his ambiguous standing in the literary establishment. Also included is a comparison of Ellison's vision of dystopian hell with that of Cormac McCarthy's, and an examination of the underlying mythological and psychological themes of Ellison's works.