Harry Harrison
Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, 1925–2012) was an American science fiction (SF) author, best known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and for his novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966). The latter was the rough basis for the motion picture Soylent Green (1973). Harrison was (with Brian Aldiss) the co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group.
Aldiss called him "a constant peer and great family friend". His friend Michael Carroll said, "Imagine Pirates of the Caribbean or Raiders of the Lost Ark, and picture them as science-fiction novels. They're rip-roaring adventures, but they're stories with a lot of heart."
Novelist Christopher Priest wrote in an obituary, "Harrison was an extremely popular figure in the SF world, renowned for being amiable, outspoken and endlessly amusing. His quickfire, machine-gun delivery of words was a delight to hear, and a reward to unravel: he was funny and self-aware, he enjoyed reporting the follies of others, he distrusted generals, prime ministers and tax officials with sardonic and cruel wit, and above all he made plain his acute intelligence and astonishing range of moral, ethical and literary sensibilities."
Speculative Fiction Novels (61)
The Stainless Steel Rat Returns (The Stainless Steel Rat #11 / 11) 2010 | science fiction |
The Stainless Steel Rat Omnibus (The Stainless Steel Rat) 2008 | science fiction |
Stars and Stripes Triumphant (Stars and Stripes #3 / 3) 2002 | alternate history |
50 in 50 2001 | science fiction, short stories |
Stars and Stripes in Peril (Stars and Stripes #2 / 3) 2000 | alternate history |
The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus (The Stainless Steel Rat #10 / 11) 1999 | science fiction |
Stars and Stripes Forever (Stars and Stripes #1 / 3) 1998 | alternate history |
The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell (The Stainless Steel Rat #9 / 11) 1996 | science fiction |
King and Emperor (The Hammer and the Cross #3 / 3) 1996 | fantasy, alternate history |
One King's Way (The Hammer and the Cross #2 / 3) 1995 | fantasy, alternate history |
The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues (The Stainless Steel Rat #8 / 11) 1994 | science fiction |
Galactic Dreams 1994 | science fiction, short stories |
The Hammer and the Cross (The Hammer and the Cross #1 / 3) 1993 | fantasy, alternate history |
Stainless Steel Visions 1993 | science fiction, short stories |
Bill, the Galactic Hero: The Final Incoherent Adventure (Bill, the Galactic Hero #7 / 7) 1992 | science fiction > military science fiction |
The Turing Option 1992 | science fiction |
Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of the Hippies from Hell (Bill, the Galactic Hero #6 / 7) 1991 | science fiction > military science fiction |
Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Zombie Vampires (Bill, the Galactic Hero #5 / 7) 1991 | science fiction > military science fiction |
Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Tasteless Pleasure (Bill, the Galactic Hero #4 / 7) 1990 | science fiction > military science fiction |
Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Bottled Brains (Bill, the Galactic Hero #3 / 7) 1989 | science fiction > military science fiction |
Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Robot Slaves (Bill, the Galactic Hero #2 / 7) 1989 | science fiction > military science fiction |
Return to Eden (Eden #3 / 3) 1988 | science fiction |
The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted (The Stainless Steel Rat #7 / 11) 1987 | science fiction |
Winter in Eden (Eden #2 / 3) 1986 | science fiction |
Spaceship Medic 1986 | science fiction |
A Stainless Steel Rat is Born (The Stainless Steel Rat #6 / 11) 1985 | science fiction |
West of Eden (Eden #1 / 3) 1984 | science fiction |
A Rebel in Time 1983 | science fiction, alternate history |
The Stainless Steel Rat for President (The Stainless Steel Rat #5 / 11) 1982 | science fiction |
Invasion: Earth 1982 | science fiction |
Starworld (To the Stars #3 / 3) 1981 | science fiction |
Wheelworld (To the Stars #2 / 3) 1981 | science fiction |
Planet of No Return (Brion Brandd #2 / 2) 1981 | science fiction |
Homeworld (To the Stars #1 / 3) 1980 | science fiction |
The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You (The Stainless Steel Rat #4 / 11) 1978 | science fiction |
The Lifeship 1976 | science fiction |
Skyfall 1976 | science fiction |
The Best of Harry Harrison 1976 | science fiction, short stories |
The California Iceberg 1975 | science fiction, young adult |
The Deathworld Trilogy (Deathworld) 1974 | science fiction |
Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers 1973 | science fiction |
The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World (The Stainless Steel Rat #3 / 11) 1972 | science fiction |
A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! 1972 | science fiction, alternate history |
Stonehenge 1972 | fantasy |
The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge (The Stainless Steel Rat #2 / 11) 1970 | science fiction |
In Our Hands the Stars 1970 | science fiction |
One Step from Earth 1970 | science fiction, short stories |
Prime Number 1970 | science fiction, short stories |
Captive Universe 1969 | science fiction |
Deathworld 3 (Deathworld #3 / 3) 1968 | science fiction |
The Man from P.I.G. 1968 | science fiction |
Two Tales and Eight Tomorrows 1968 | science fiction, short stories |
Technicolor Time Machine 1967 | science fiction |
Make Room! Make Room! 1966 | science fiction |
Bill, the Galactic Hero (Bill, the Galactic Hero #1 / 7) 1965 | science fiction > military science fiction |
Plague from Space 1965 | science fiction |
Deathworld 2 (Deathworld #2 / 3) 1964 | science fiction |
Planet of the Damned (Brion Brandd #1 / 2) 1962 | science fiction |
War with the Robots 1962 | science fiction, short stories |
The Stainless Steel Rat (The Stainless Steel Rat #1 / 11) 1961 | science fiction |
Deathworld (Deathworld #1 / 3) 1960 | science fiction |
Others non-spefi books (4)
Harry Harrison! Harry Harrison! 2014 | non-fiction |
The QEII is Missing 1980 | thriller |
Queen Victoria's Revenge (Tony Hawkin #2 / 2) 1974 | thriller |
Montezuma's Revenge (Tony Hawkin #1 / 2) 1972 | thriller |