Ever read an author that you don't particularly understand why people consider him so great? Is it because of one good piece? Is it one good idea in a story that people hold onto?
I just found and read a Harlan Ellison short story at http://www.instantclassics.com/ic_html/ellison.html called "The Pale Silver Dollar of the Moon Pays Its Way and Makes Change." It was all right. It was interesting how he wove in the greater world history with the events that this character relates. I found it intriguing that little bit on Carl Sandburg re-writing his poetry years later so that it could be saved by some library.
This was the guy that wrote the best Star Trek episode ever called "The City on the Edge of Forever." That's the one where Kirk, Spock, and McCoy unwittingly get sent back in time. They realize that the only way to put history right is to let a woman die, not save her. Classic.
Do we remember that one story of his? Are there better stories that I haven't read? This wasn't even written all that well, just seemed a series of ideas.
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