"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman is a riveting science fiction classic by Harlan Ellison. Set in a dystopian future where time is strictly regulated by the bureaucratic figure known as the Ticktockman, this story explores themes of conformity and rebellion.

The protagonist, Everett C. Marm, takes on the persona of the anarchic Harlequin, disrupting the precise schedule of society with his antics, including bullhorns and jellybeans. In a world where tardiness is a crime, Harlequin's defiance is both bold and dangerous.

However, when his love, Pretty Alice, betrays him to return to her programmed punctuality, Everett must face the consequences of his rebellion against the Ticktockman.

This story is a must-read for fans of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, offering an antiestablishment vision of a Big Brother society and the rebel determined to take it down.