Everett is in a relationship with a girl named Pretty Alice, who is exasperated by the fact that he is never on time. Marm who, disguised as the anarchical Harlequin, engages in whimsical rebellion against the Ticktockman. The story focuses on a man named Everett C. These punishments are administered by the Master Timekeeper, nicknamed the 'Ticktockman,' who uses a device called a 'cardioplate' to stop the heart of any violator who has lost all the remaining time in their life through repeated violations. In this future, being late is not merely an inconvenience, but also a crime perpetrators are punished by having their lives shortened by an amount of time equal to the delay they have caused. The story is a satirical look at a dystopian future in which time is strictly regulated and everyone must do everything according to an extremely precise time schedule. The story opens with a passage from Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau. The story has been translated into numerous foreign languages. It was first collected in Ellison's Paingod and Other Delusions and has also appeared in several retrospective volumes of Ellison's work, including Alone Against Tomorrow, The Fantasies of Harlan Ellison, The Essential Ellison, Troublemakers and The Top of the Volcano. The audio recording has since been reissued with other stories, by Blackstone Audio, under the title 'The Voice From the Edge, Vol. A version of the story, read by Ellison, was recorded and issued on vinyl, but has long been out of print. ''Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman' was written in 1965 in a single six-hour session as a submission to a Milford Writer's Workshop the following day. First appearing in the science fiction magazine Galaxy in December 1965, it won the 1966 Hugo Award, the 1965 Nebula Award and the 2015 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. Stylistically, the story deliberately ignores many 'rules of good writing', including a paragraph about jelly beans which is almost entirely one run-on sentence. It is nonlinear in that the narrative begins in the middle, then moves to the beginning, then the end, without the use of flashbacks. ' 'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman' is a science fiction short story by American writer Harlan Ellison published in 1965. 'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman ( October 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Use the lead layout guide to ensure the section follows Wikipedia's norms and is inclusive of all essential details. The lead section of this article may need to be rewritten.

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