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"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

Harlan Ellison

First published December 1965
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1966 Hugo Award Best Short Fiction Winner
1966 Nebula Award Short Story Winner
2010 Prometheus Award Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Nominee/Finalist
2011 Prometheus Award Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Nominee/Finalist
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Short Story Nominee/Finalist
2012 Prometheus Award Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Nominee/Finalist
2013 Prometheus Award Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Nominee/Finalist
2014 Prometheus Award Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Nominee/Finalist
2015 Prometheus Award Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Winner

Publications (123)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1965 Galaxy Magazine, December 1965 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 135
December 1965 Paingod and Other Delusions Pyramid Books Collection 27
1966 World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 Ace Books Anthology 124
September 1966 Nebula Award Stories 1965 Doubleday Anthology 65
October 1966 Nebula Award Stories 1965 Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 65
March 1967 Nebula Award Stories 1 Gollancz Anthology 62
June 1967 The Tenth Galaxy Reader Doubleday Anthology 220
November 1967 Nebula Award Stories Pocket Books Anthology 53
1968 The Tenth Galaxy Reader Gollancz Anthology 220
October 1968 Nebula Award Stories Pocket Books Anthology 53
October 1968 Nebula Award Stories Pocket Books Anthology 53
April 1969 Nebula Award Stories 1 New English Library Anthology 54
April 1969 Paingod and Other Delusions Pyramid Books Collection 27
December 1969 Nebula Award Stories Pocket Books Anthology 53
December 1969 Nebula Award Stories Pocket Books Anthology 53
1970 World's Best Science Fiction: Second Series Ace Books Anthology 124
April 1970 Door to Anywhere Curtis Books Anthology 213
1971 Science Fiction: The Future Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Anthology 215
March 1971 Alone Against Tomorrow Macmillan Collection 130
June 1971 Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction Macmillan / SFBC Collection 109
September 1971 The Hugo Winners, Volume Two Doubleday Anthology 231
October 1971 The Hugo Winners, Volume Two Doubleday Anthology 231
1972 Above the Human Landscape: A Social Science Fiction Anthology Goodyear Publishing Anthology 87
1972 Alone Against Tomorrow Collier Books Collection 130
1972 Above the Human Landscape: A Social Science Fiction Anthology Goodyear Publishing Anthology 87
January 1972 The Hugo Winners, Volumes One and Two Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Omnibus 477
1973 Speculations Glencoe Press Anthology
1973 The Hugo Winners Volume One 1962-1967 Sphere Anthology 260
March 1973 All the Sounds of Fear Panther Collection 129
August 1973 Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume 2 Fawcett Crest Anthology 228
August 1973 Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume 2 Fawcett Crest Anthology 228
December 1973 Transformations: Understanding World History Through Science Fiction Fawcett Premier Anthology 162
1974 Another Tomorrow Pflaum Anthology 72
1974 As Tomorrow Becomes Today Prentice-Hall Anthology 381
1974 Fantasy: The Literature of the Marvelous McGraw-Hill Anthology 152
1974 Political Science Fiction: An Introductory Reader Prentice-Hall Anthology 233
1974 Valence and Vision: A Reader in Psychology Rinehart Press Anthology |37
1974 Alone Against Tomorrow Collier Books Collection 130
1974 Trumpet #11, 1974 Nostalgia, Inc. FANZINE 4
1974 As Tomorrow Becomes Today Prentice-Hall Anthology 381
January 1974 Political Science Fiction: An Introductory Reader Prentice-Hall Anthology 233
February 1974 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 295
March 1975 Paingod and Other Delusions Pyramid Books Collection 35
March 1975 Paingod and Other Delusions Pyramid Books Collection 35
July 1975 In Dreams Awake Dell Laurel Anthology 316
July 1975 Paingod and Other Delusions Pyramid Books Collection 35
1976 Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction Collier Books Collection 130
1976 Harlan! Harlan Ellison Reads Harlan Ellison Alternate World Recordings Collection
1976 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 295
January 1978 Paingod and Other Delusions Jove / HBJ Collection 35
December 1978 The Illustrated Harlan Ellison Baronet Publishing Co. Collection [33]|33.2
December 1978 The Illustrated Harlan Ellison Baronet Publishing Co. Collection [33]|33.2
June 1979 The Fantasies of Harlan Ellison Gregg Press Omnibus 29
June 1980 The Illustrated Harlan Ellison Ace Books Collection 4
1981 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Four Gollancz Anthology 2
1981 All the Sounds of Fear Granada Collection 129
August 1981 The Survival of Freedom Fawcett Crest Anthology 188
November 1981 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Four Gollancz Anthology 2
March 1982 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III Avon Anthology 2
October 1982 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III Avon / SFBC Anthology 2
1983 Paingod and Other Delusions Ace Books Collection 29
September 1985 A Boy and His Dog & "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman Warner Audio Collection
1987 The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective Nemo Press Collection 877
August 1987 The Essential Ellison Nemo Press Collection 877
October 1988 The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective Nemo Press / SFBC Collection 877
April 1989 The Best of the Nebulas Tor Anthology 63
April 1989 The Best of the Nebulas Tor Anthology 63
November 1990 The Best of the Nebulas Robert Hale Anthology 43
October 1991 The Essential Ellison Morpheus International Collection 877
September 1992 The Super Hugos Baen Books Anthology 244
February 1997 The Essential Ellison Morpheus International Collection 877
April 1997 Decades of Science Fiction NTC Publishing Group Anthology 290
April 1997 Decades of Science Fiction NTC Publishing Group Anthology 290
October 1997 "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman Underwood Books Chapbook [13]
October 1997 "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman Underwood Books Chapbook [13]
November 1997 The Science Fiction Century Tor Anthology 952
November 1997 The Science Fiction Century Tor / BOMC Anthology 952
May 1998 The Science Fiction Century Quality Paperback Book Club Anthology 952
December 1999 Paingod and Other Delusions e-reads.com Collection
February 2001 Nebula Award Stories Stealth Press Anthology 67
May 2001 The Essential Ellison: A 50-Year Retrospective Morpheus International Collection 923
October 2001 Troublemakers ibooks Collection 211
October 2001 Troublemakers ibooks Collection 211
November 2001 Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century Ace Books Anthology 145
December 2001 Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century Ace Books / SFBC Anthology 145
April 2003 The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction: Volume One Robinson Anthology 327
December 2003 Future Crimes Ace Books Anthology 100
March 2004 Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century Ace Books Anthology 145
June 2005 The Essential Ellison: A 50-Year Retrospective Morpheus International Collection 923
October 2006 The Science Fiction Century, Volume Two Orb Anthology 455
December 2008 Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press Anthology 758
August 2009 Troublemakers e-reads.com Collection
August 2009 Paingod and Other Delusions e-reads.com Collection
January 2010 Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories Night Shade Books Anthology
August 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Wesleyan University Press Anthology 367
August 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Wesleyan University Press Anthology 367
January 2011 Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories Night Shade Books Anthology 257
March 2011 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream Blackstone Audiobooks Collection |3
March 2012 Paingod and Other Delusions Gateway / Orion Collection
March 2012 Troublemakers Gateway / Orion Collection
December 2012 Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories: Second Edition Night Shade Books Anthology 257
March 2013 Future Crimes Baen Books Anthology |5
April 2014 Paingod and Other Delusions Open Road Integrated Media Collection |29
April 2014 Troublemakers Open Road Integrated Media Collection |211
June 2014 Troublemakers Open Road Integrated Media Collection |211
June 2014 Paingod and Other Delusions Open Road Integrated Media Collection |29
2015 Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press Anthology 466
January 2015 The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison Subterranean Press Collection 1
January 2015 The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison Subterranean Press Collection
April 2015 The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison Subterranean Press Collection 1
July 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology 491
July 2016 "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman Open Road Integrated Media Chapbook
July 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology |45
July 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection Vintage Crime/Black Lizard / SFBC Anthology 491
December 2020 We, Robots Ad Astra / Head of Zeus Anthology |416
December 2020 We, Robots Ad Astra / Head of Zeus Anthology |416
July 2021 I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream and Other Works Recorded Books Omnibus |2035
December 2021 We, Robots Apollo / Head of Zeus Anthology |416
2022 I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream and Other Works Recorded Books Omnibus |2035
April 2022 Troublemakers Recorded Books Collection |211
March 2024 Greatest Hits Union Square & Co. Collection 5
March 2024 Greatest Hits Union Square & Co. Collection |4
April 2024 Greatest Hits Blackstone Publishing Collection |5