========================================================= From: YRXU50A@prodigy.com (MR TODD M CASSEL) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 19:20:19, -0500 I was shocked to read the small number of hits on your website when I flipped to the back cover of HE Quarterly. What you need is some of them nekkid wimmen! You're NEVER gonna reach the 100,000 mark without them nekkid wimmen like them other websites. Where did you go to webschool anyway? Websites aren't meant to be interesting and intelligent like yours is,they are meant to waste your time downloading the latest nekkid picture of Alicia Silverstone just to discover that her haid just don't seem to fit that perfect D- cup body on the screen. Oh well, I try to give ya some more hits as usual. ========================================================= Rick, Ellison got me through some dark times in Vietnam, challenged my 'great unwashed' mentality, and moved me like no writer ever managed to do. I'm a better person, and still among the living, thanks to Ellison. Your web page presents the man in a way he would approve of. I can't offer you any greater compliment than that. Excellent job. Thanks. Anthony Gravante agravante@wabco.com ========================================================= From: George Smuga Hi! My name's Claire. I'm seventeen and I've been reading HE for the past few years, ever since my mom gave him to me to shut me up. I fell in love at first read. Harlan Ellison has made some significant changes in my life. For example, I knew that my beau was worth breaking up with after he put down "the Beast that Cried Love at the Heart of the World" in exchange for a seven hundred page sci-fi/fantasy novel by Robert Jordan. But I digress. I love what you've done with your page. Its really great. Keep up the nice work. You don't leave anything to kvetch about! Yours truly, Claire S. ; b : ) ========================================================= Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 20:58:44 -0400 From: PSher75083@aol.com Subject: Kudos on the web page Thanks for a great web page. Its not filled with adolescent blather; its does Ellison proud. I agree with you about his writing. I'm a compulsive reader of most everything from science fiction to cereal boxes, and for my money Ellison is simply the finest living American author. Period. ========================================================= Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 04:47:38 -0500 From: JHEto@aol.com Subject: technology Hey! I thought you didn't like computers? Okay. Okay. I'll get back to writing. I wanna see some more DREAM CORRIDOR. The first batch are mighty fine. Best, Don in Denver d.kinney@genie.com ========================================================= Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 23:25:06 +0300 From: Nilly Madar (akirsh@ort.org.il) Subject: To Mr. Ellison Hello!!! I'm from Israel and I looked for a way to contact you for a long time. I wanted to say I really LOVE!!!! your stories. It's a great thing that there are still science-fiction authors who write in the old-fashion way. I want to add that it is a real shame that almost none of your stories (and science-fiction in general) arrives to Israel. I wanted to say something clevar to end this letter, but it's late at night and I'm so exhausted I can't think of anything (it's the thought that counts). Please answer if you can. Thanks!! Nili ========================================================= Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 01:25:51 -0500 From: DeadYuppy@aol.com Subject: Thanks much,kids To Mr. Wyatt: Thank you for the page. If only someone like Phil Dick or Heinlein could've lived to see their prophecies of a "worldnet" fulfilled. Also, thank you for the rants. Often, I find that their presence is one of those precious few reasons I don't kick in the monitor(after sending viruses to everyone on the 'Net). To HE: Thank you. Just "thank you" for all your work. I only wish I could have said the same to Bob Bloch, or Asimov, or Heinlein, or Philip K. Dick, or entirely too many other people who've stroked my synapses and shaped my thoughts. Alex Berman DeadYuppy@aol.com(at least until I run screaming and gibbering away from AOL) ========================================================= Date: Sat, 04 May 1996 19:18:21 -0700 From: Megan Zurawicz Subject: Ellison Webderland I think you have got one hot shit webpage there and you've managed to capture Harlan's approach to the universe quite nicely. ========================================================= Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 00:15:09 -0800 From: sparkwah@mt.arias.net (Cookie-Puss) Subject: Ellison page Dear Mr. Wyatt: Your Harlan Ellison page is by far the finest "tribute" page I have yet to see while browsing the net. As an HE fan since I was 14 years old, it is a real pleasure to find such a great tribute to one of America's greatest writers. Keep up the great work, and I'll spread the good word about where to find you among my friends that are also Ellison fans. Not that it matter, but I will soon be creating the Louis Ferdinand Celine page, another of the world's great writers. Hopefully it will be complete in about a month. Let me know if you are interested, and I will write you when it is complete. Best wishes, Sparkwah ========================================================= Date: Sat, 06 Jan 96 11:39:37 -0800 From: Barb Schroeder To: rwyatt@crl.com Just a note to say I found your page and love it and will soon add it as a link to my own home page, which you'd probably hate, but who am I to judge your taste in Web pages? I have an HE story, except I am lousy with timeframes, I have hardly any sense of time at all, so... well, anyway... Way back when HE's Sci-Fi Buzz commentary involved a tour of his home where he showed some of his stuff including his Oz books, etc., our middle son Brian (he's 9, will be 10 in April; was maybe 6 or 7 at the time) drew some of the characters from the Oz books (his dad was reading them to him at bedtime), wrote HE a letter on it and mailed it. One day back in the, I dunno (the time thing, remember)... summer? fall?... whatever I was out one Sat. or Sun. afternoon to a movie, sort of a mom's day out. When I got home, I learned that THE MAN had gotten to Brian's letter while going through papers apparently salvaged from the earthquake and had phoned to talk to him! Brian, who will talk a mile a minute in person is a little phone shy and from I heard about it, didn't say too much, but he was pleased and excited that Harlan Ellison had phoned him. Thank goodness HE didn't heed my husband's "plea" to call back later so I could talk to him (geez, how embarrassing!!) -- I wouldn't have known what to say anyhow. I'm just very very impressed that HE took the time to call a kid who'd sent him a letter and some drawings. I was already a big fan and admirer, but my respect went up a notch that day. I think Harlan is a great guy. Keep up the great work on the page! I'll be visiting often! Best, Barb http://www.nashville.com/~DavidFsFan/index.html ========================================================= Date: Sat, 06 Jan 96 15:35:12 0600 From: satnsnatch Dear sir, I am trying to find a copy of The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. The only chapters I can find are by H.G. Wells. I don't want him. Are there any in the WWW that I may have access to? Or should I go to the bookstore? Thank you for your time. Teri ========================================================= Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 08:40:14 -0800 From: byakee@gnn.com (Herman Cantwell) Subject: karma some coworker (that's co-worker, not cow orker) left me three badly stapled (and badly xeroxed i may add) short stories. two days ago we had been talking over a morning break about insanity, and how crazy technology had gotten. i argued that i personally wouldn't mind living inside a computer. i prefer them to humans ( and to cow orkers ) so the discussion went on to scifi, and ended up in him telling me about his favorite author, and person, ellison. i couldn't comprehend his obsession. this morning, he wasn't at work, but since i was out on tuesday, he must have left the copies on my desk. i didn't have time to read them at work, but on the bus ride home i read I HAVE NO MOUTH, AND I MUST SCREAM. i got off the bus, disoriented, and somehow made it home. after a powernap i read the other two stories: SILENT IN GEHENNA, and ONE LIFE, FURNISHED IN EARLY POVERTY. so why am i ranting, you may ask ... well the overwhelming effect is one of admiration, fear, sadness, and wonder ... somewhat what i got after reading the MARTIAN CHRONICLES. i always thought LOVECRAFT was the best... now i got lots of other reading to do. i'm glad you have this webpage set up. i will order all his books (2x) one edition i will lock in my vault. the other i will devour. ========================================================= Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 22:18:19 -0500 From: RThoms9821@aol.com To: rwyatt@crl.com Subject: Ellison Webderland Congratulations on producing the Ellison Web page. You have created a valuable and entertaining interactive resource. I am doing the AOL 10 hour trial membership thing, and picked your site for my first Web visit. I work at a video production company where we are currently developing 3-D animated graphics and multimedia projects. I thought your interactive design and execution were well done. Keep up the good work. ========================================================= Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 08:14:35 -0800 From: akostyn@ix.netcom.com (Amy Kostyn) Subject: Ellison Webderland Well, I read the menu and laughed my ass off. One of your staff immediately began kicking it across the floor, screaming something about it being exactly what I needed. If it turns up in the lost and found, I'd like it back. It ain't pretty, but it makes sitting in front of a computer much easier. In the meantime, love the site. I can't believe I've been online for over two years and never ONCE did I think to look for an Ellison site. Knowing his loathing for computers, I guess I didn't expect to FIND anything. I heard about the "Enemies of Ellison" thing from Harlan himself at Dragon*Con last year (would that I had been participating THEN) and just got around to checking it out. Well, enough babbling. Thanks for all your hard work--it's great. Amy Kostyn ========================================================= Date: Wed, 31 Jan 96 14:01:13 -0800 From: Kristine Agricola Rick, Just visited Webderland for the first time, and I think it's MARVELOUS! Keep up the good work... A would-be Alice. kagricola@amhs.com ========================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Feb 96 18:48:47 -0600 From: Cosma Shalizi To: rwyatt@crl.com Wow. (I'm glad Ellison isn't running that page; I can imagine the boiling oil he would pour upon my head for being so inarticulate, and while his rants are a joy to behold, I don't think I'd survive one. Consider me momentarily stunned.) The page is fabulous. Yes, yes, everybody tells you that, but really it is. I was so impressed I even looked at the Snider Telecom pages. (They don't have anything I need.) Please, please, please keep up the good work. Yr. most humble servant, Cosma Shalizi ========================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 15:55:32 -0500 From: serge@bcn.net (Pamela Auditore) Subject: Harlan at WorldCon Hi, I'm new to this party but have been reading Harlan for twenty years. I have several questions and something I've wanted to say for those twenty years. Q: Can he sight any written works that he feels people "must" read before they check out of planet Earth--his of course are assumed. Q: Does Harlan think "Adrift off the Islets of Langerhans..."might make a good film? Q: Has he seen "Twelve Monkeys" what does he think? Q: Will Harlan be attending the LA WorldCon? Q: Has Harlan ever been interviewed by "Wired" magazine?--just curious. Harlan, man, I luv ya. The whole package. Thanks for everything: doing the writing, and doing the living. I can't tell you how important you've been to my life. Thanks, man, thanks. -- Pam A. ========================================================= From: Richard Haussmann Subject: Thanks Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 10:24:13 -0800 Hi Rick- I don't remember if wrote you the first time I dropped by your page but I'm back rereading the dang thing and I just wanted to thank you for putting the time in on the page. I mean considering I can read this for free. And because nothing is ever really free. Ever. The least I can do is drop a note of thanks for the enjoyment and thanks for having something to find when looked up HE on Yahoo or wherever. Thanks again, Richard Haussmann ========================================================= Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 10:39:00 -0600 (CST) From: lnichol@ksu.ksu.edu Subject: Ellison Webderland, what else Just wanted to drop this message to you privately. I lurk around the Ellison page and think it is absolutely wonderful. It's nice to know I'm not the only one out there who occasionally needs an Ellison-fix. Anyway, I also wanted to congratulate you on your weight loss. As a lifetime dieter I know exactly how hard it is. Losing any amount of weight is a wonderful accomplishment so don't put yourself down about it ever. And if you ever need more encouragement, don't be too shy to ask, all right? Sometimes reaching out and holding tight are the only ways to get through a day. Thanks again for Ellison Webderland. I know it's a lot of work, but believe me it is greatly appreciated. Leigh Anne ========================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 14:58:30 -0500 (EST) From: Katchoo To: rwyatt@crl.com Subject: Harlan Homepage Hi Rick, Greetings from a fellow Atlantan. Just wanted to tell you nice work on the Harlan Ellison site. I appreciate both the labor of love going into it, AND the fact that it looks spiffy without being overwhelmed by the usual website gizmos. As soon as drop/add hysteria dies down enough around here to make working on my homepage feasible (the computers at Emory are all choking on the undergrad drop/add load) I'm gonna add a link to your page. Thanks for the nice work! katchoo ========================================================= Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 20:08:06 -0500 From: Wri10@aol.com Subject: Webderland etc. Thank you. Thank you. I have been reading Harlan Ellison for many years -- I could estimate I read the first story of his when I was approximately thirteen years old, though I can't be sure. I started on SF when I was about eight, and since that's where most of his books are slotted in Greater Cincinnati's libraries, that's where I found him too. Thank you for a fine Web site... without spelling errors. Harlan would be proud, especially if he actually does type everything on a manual typewriter still (with two fingers, like many men I know). I can say I certainly appreciate reading text that's not stuffed with gratuitous apostrophes and misspellings of common English words. The quality of your English isn't, of course, the only thing that pleases me -- but it's unusual, especially in a Web page, I just thought I'd make a note of it in case nobody else had complimented you on it at this point. Also, I appreciate having a place to hang out once in a while, like a neighborhood bar without fighting drunks and guys trying to pick up a chick who's there alone. Keep up the good work! Melinda Adams (Wri10@aol.com) ========================================================= Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 08:43:16 -0800 From: Geemarc@aol.com Subject: text file oh please,oh please,oh please count me in. Are there any alters,prophecies,or other religious acouterments that i should download? send me the text file please kind sirs. ========================================================= Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 08:40:28 -0800 From: Barney Dannelke (by way of rwyatt@crl.com (Rick Wyatt)) Hey, thanks for the welcome. Howzabout dannelke01@enter.net. By the way, although we've never met we must have been standing just about next to one another for you to have gotten those to photos at the Nasfic reading. On the other hand it was pretty close in there that day. Archives,yup. I've been taping Harlan's personal appearances on the East Coast since 1977. I'm glad at least the larger cons are now providing the service. If anybody has West coast appearances and they want to swap tapes I'd be interested in hearing from them. However if you just want me to make tapes I'm afraid I've got to pass. I don't even have the time to transcribe what I have now. Hope they don't degrade but then eventually everything does. Any luck on the hour 25 front? Also if anybody has any idea where content ownership lies with the appearance tapes (I understand about the readings being copyright) I'd love to know. Letters are always property of the author - his,not yours, but surely if Harlan breaks wind and I have it on tape (I don't so stop asking) it isn't copyright Kilamanjaro Corp. or is it? TTFN. My wish for the new year is that everything everybody who comes here wants be brought back into print immediatly. Barney/(HERCmember#1)