harry harrison

https://medium.com/framerated/soylent-green-1973-50-years-later-373f6a66fc7a What are your thoughts on this dystopian story of over population and resources shortage?

Harry Harrison, who died this year, was one of the most popular SF writers of his generation with more than 50 novels published between 1960 and 2010. He specialised in light, fast-moving and entertaining adventure thrillers, generally flavoured with his satirical sense of humour. Bill, the...

This is one of Harrison's first novels and is part of a series.. Jason DinAlt is a professional gambler who has psi powers that he can turn to his advantage. One night he is approached by a stranger with a unique proposition-gamble a huge amount of money to make a fortune worth billions. At...

Harry Harrison, the creator of the Stainless Steel Rat, Bill the Galactic Hero, and the Deathworld trilogy, died today, August 15, aged 87. http://scifibulletin.com/2012/08/15/rip-harry-harrison/

In the late 1960s when, as a somewhat lazy student, I read more fiction (nearly all SF) than ever before or since, Harry Harrison was one of my favourite authors. He wrote short, fast-paced and often hilarious page-turners, and I still have a few of his classic novels on my shelf: Bill the...

Just found this on Project Gutenberg: Harrison, Harry, 1925 Dempsey, Henry Maxwel en.wikipedia Arm of the Law (English) (as Author) Deathworld (English) (as Author) The K-Factor (English) (as Author) The Misplaced Battleship (English) (as Author) Planet of the Damned (English) (as...

i just read Bill the galactic hero, and i really enjoyed it. i wanted to know if anyone knew of any other sc-fi that is fast-paced and as adventuristic as Bill galactic hero was. please don't suggest me the othe Bill galactic hero books because i know of them, or suggest me the stainless...

i like harry harrisons writing, i have only read the deathworld series but they are very very good. i like kerk from the series the most, hes so strong! i'd like to get this started as a new thread in the authors section for when i read more of his work, so if people post on this it might happen.

50 in 50 <--New Book www.scifi.com reviews Harry Harrison's latest collection of Short Stories at http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue216/books.html (I'm going to ask and see if I can repost or at least post part of it here. They give it an A+ and also recommend his Deathworld Trilogy...I only...

Written in 1966, ‘Make Room, Make Room’ won Harry Harrison the Nebula Award, and was made into the Charlton Heston, Edward G Robinson film ‘Soylent Green’ in 1973. The book is set in 1999 (it becomes 2022 in the film). Automation, total welfare, and weekends on the moon are what most...

By Harry Harrison (legalized from Henry Maxwell Dempsey) (1925- ) The Stainless Steel Rat (1961) The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge (1970) The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World (1972) The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You (1978) The Stainless Steel Rat for President (1982) The Stainless Steel Rat...