Hunter Thompson was a wanna-be next to Harlan.
In the mid ‘60s I belonged to something called, “The Science Fiction Book Club” and one of the first books I got in the mail was a Harlan Ellison book. I think it was called, ‘The Beast Who Shouted Love At The Heart Of The World’.. I still have that book up in the attic somewhere. ...Along with a bunch of others I got through the club, like Asimov’s ‘Foundation’ trilogy and Heinlein’s ‘Past Through Tomorrow’.