# Harlan Ellison wants some of Trek's Money

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 19, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harlan-ellison-wants-some-of-treks-money/490052 "2009-03-19T18:40:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harlan-ellison-wants-some-of-treks-money/490052/41 "2009-03-23T01:57:44Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
>
> [_Day of the Dove_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dove).
> 
> 😃

So remember folks, if your screenwriting department or science fiction convention is menaced by Harlan Ellison, the best course of action is to adopt a jovial demeanor and slap each other manfully until the danger passes.

This PSA is provided courtesy of the late Jerome Bixby.

(What the hell kind of first name is “Drexel,” anyway? Were you named after a pharmaceutical company or something, Bixby?)

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