Weird guy, but great SF writer.
I should say “weird when compared to people who aren’t great writers.”
Highly opinionated, but but he can also be extremely charming and nice. Harlan does NOT suffer fools lightly.
While he’s best known as a writer, my introduction to his work was actually with him as an editor, through his “Dangerous Visions” anthologies. I feel that he is one of the best “Speculative Fiction” editors around.
I rarely agree with Ellison’s opinions on politics, but I credit him with introducing me to a great number of writers that I probably never would have “found” on my own, in particular, Piers Anthony, with his short story, “In The Barn.”
Mark