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Harlan Ellison: “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman

THERE ARE ALWAYS those who ask, what is it all about? For those who need to ask, for those who need points sharply made, who need to know “where it’s at,” this: The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. They

Harlan Ellison: Jeffty Is Five

When I was five years old, there was a little kid I played with: Jeffty. His real name was Jeff Kinzer, and everyone who played with him called him Jeffty. We were five years old together, and we had good times playing together. When I was five, a Clark Bar