On a hilly street in Sherman Oaks, writer and producer J. Michael “Joe” Straczynski ... the eccentric author of speculative fiction, Harlan Ellison. Ellison’s career spanned six decades.

Gene Roddenberry reached out to prolific sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison for help. Ellison had, at the time already sold scripts to many television series, had written a novel, edited Rogue Magazine ...

First published as a mass-market paperback under the title The Juvies, Harlan Ellison's 1961 story collection, Children of the Street, gives an unflinching view of New York City gang life.