Harry Harrison
- Henry Maxwell Dempsey
- Harry Max Harrison
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- Harrison, Harry
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- Gender
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- Date of birth
- 1925-03-12
- Place of birth
- Stamford
- Date of death
- 2012-08-15
- Place of death
- United Kingdom
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Harry Max Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey; March 12, 1925 – August 15, 2012) was an American science fiction author, known mostly 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). Long resident in both Ireland and the United Kingdom, Harrison was involved in the foundation of the Irish Science Fiction Association, and was, with Brian Aldiss, co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group.
Aldiss called him "a constant peer and great family friend". His friend Michael Carroll said of Harrison's work: "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.
Annotation
US SF writer.
Series:
Bill, the Galactic Hero
Brion Brandd
Deathworld
Eden
Matter Transmitter
Stars and Stripes
The Hammer and the Cross
The Stainless Steel Rat
To the Stars
Tony Hawkin
Last modified: 2023-03-14 (revision #126672)
Editions
Name | Format | ISBN | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
Barbarenwelt | Paperback | 3-453-12821-4 | 1997-07 |
Специалист по этике (Мир смерти —2) | Paperback | ? | 1990 |
Bill, der galaktische Held: Die Welt der unaussprechlichen Wonnen | Paperback | 3-453-07976-0 | 1995 |
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- Harry Harrison wrote Commando Raid
- Harry Harrison wrote Einbahnstraße
- Harry Harrison wrote Mute Milton
- Harry Harrison wrote Kontaktmann
- Harry Harrison wrote Primzahl
- Harry Harrison wrote Wer Gewalt sät
- Harry Harrison wrote Spielzeugladen
- Harry Harrison wrote Der K-Faktor
- Harry Harrison wrote Der Statist
- Harry Harrison wrote Deathworld
- Harry Harrison wrote A Criminal Act
- Harry Harrison wrote Wheelworld
- Harry Harrison wrote Down to Earth
- Harry Harrison wrote Homeworld
- Harry Harrison wrote The K-Factor
- Harry Harrison wrote Contact Man
- Harry Harrison wrote Heimwelt
- Harry Harrison wrote Radwelt
- Harry Harrison wrote Toy Shop
- Harry Harrison wrote West of Eden
- Harry Harrison wrote The Pad
- Harry Harrison wrote Berühmte Worte
- Harry Harrison wrote Barbarenwelt
- Harry Harrison wrote Waiting Place
- Harry Harrison wrote Ein Beamter
- Harry Harrison wrote Deathworld 3
- Harry Harrison wrote Der Endkampf
- Harry Harrison wrote Deathworld 2
- Harry Harrison wrote Die Todeswelt
- Harry Harrison wrote Die Ausrede
- Harry Harrison wrote Prime Number
- Harry Harrison wrote Ein Verbrechen
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