[TML] Strange societys

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 3/4/08 10:45 PM, "shadow at shadowgard.com" <shadow at shadowgard.com> wrote:

> Try to dig up a copy of "Phoenix Without Ashes" by Harlan Ellison.
> It's got the original script and concepts and goes into *great*
> detail about the way the producers fucked it up.
> 
> Yes, Harlan created it, but they fucked it up so bad that he made
> them use his registered pen name "Cordwainer Bird" in the credits
> (yes, he gave them the bird).
> 
> Anytime you see "Cordwainer Bird" or "Noah Ward" (used by David
> Gerrold) as the writer, you can be certain the show is a *major*
> turkey.

Ellison is one of the unsung heroes of SF.  Many people have never even
heard of him, but I've never read anything of his that wasn't worth my time.
I may even still have Strange Wine (or did I read that from the library...).