“i’m crying for the loss of all the years i spent without you” oh, harlan ♡

How do I miss someone I never met?

Harlan is our Mark Twain.  It' is just that simple.  He is caustic, abrasive, cranky, pushy and egomaniacal.  He is also brilliant, charming, multidimensional, and iconic.

He is that rare singular thing: a genuine original.  

And let's all give thanks for that.  

I love this story. I heard Harlan read it at the first MadCon, and I am so pleased to have found this video of him reading it, so that I could listen to it again.

That was a beautiful story. It literally brought a tear to my eye.

I miss them both so much ❤️❤️❤️

Rest In Peace, Susan Ellison. You and Harlan are wherever you are now, and if you're aware of each other again, I'm relieved. For a while, you both were here, and for a while, you both mattered. End of Line.

Nobody reads Ellison as well as Ellison, and hearing/seeing this is one of the most Romantic Experiences I have ever had.

The resonance of truth is unmistakable.

I LOVE at 3:55 after he announces that his dreams had killed his first four wives - and he accents the air with his finger - "But she married him nonetheless."  And he smiles a boyish smile of accomplishment and joy. RIP Susan. I met you once at Ellison Wonderland and you were beyond charming.

I'm so glad I found and bought the marvelous book in hardcover. One of my prized possessions.

As someone who has had anger issues in the past, and has burned many a bridge because of them, this story squeezed my heart to the point of bursting.
I have been lucky enough to meet the love of my life. My 'Susan.' In fact, she recommended this story to me as she drove off to work on this Labor Day... Still working hard while everyone else takes it easy... She's the only one who sees me, and she is not afraid of my 'monsters.'
But I still cry, because she's so wonderful, and because I know our time is finite.
It's easy to say, "Enjoy every moment" but sometimes it's just not that easy, because, y'know, life. But I try. No matter how long we're together, it will never be long enough.

did not expect a bedtime story. 10/10

Not only a brilliant writer, but a consummate reader of his work as well.  RIP.

I come back to this video every now and then, it's such beautiful storytelling

Took me a few years, but i received my signed copy today. Such a beautiful piece and masterwork. Rest in peace Harlan.

I really miss him,,,

I was just planning on going to sleep. Thank you, Harlan, for the bedtime story

I miss you Harlan 🌹😑🌹

Harlan the writer, is somewhat different from Harlan the showman. Here, in this story telling, he is trancelike, able to fully respect his own beautful work of art, almost distantly, and revere the innate talent there, quite objectively, as if reading aloud from ANY other great author. He knows that he is an accomplished, multi awarded creator of worlds, that originated from another, isolated, private, sacred place in his craftman's mind. One common element of the two men, however, is to be provocative to an audience, to provoke shocking mindfulness in his listeners.