Harry Harrison
Born 12 March 1925 · Died 15 August 2012
From Stamford, Connecticut, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction
Harry Max Harrison was born Henry Maxwell Dempsey in Stamford, Connecticut. He moved with his family to New York early in his childhood. On his 18th birthday, having graduated from high school, he was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps, and serves as an armourer, gunnery instructor, truck driver, and military police officer. When the war ended, he became an art student at both the Hunter College in New York City and the Cartoonists and Illustrators School. Upon graduation, he became a freelance graphic artist, providing illustrations for book covers, magazines, and comic books such as Weird Fantasy and Weird Science. He also began contributing articles to these magazines. In 1952, he moved into editing pulp magazines such as Amazing Stories and Fantastic. In 1954 he married, and their first child was born in 1955. In 1956 he became a full-time writer, and began working on his first book in addition to writing for other publications such as The Saint syndicated comic strips. Over the next decade he and his family moved to several places, including Mexico, England, Italy, back to New York for the birth of their second child in 1959, to Denmark for seven years, back to England in 1965, San Diego in 1967, and finally Ireland in 1975 where they settled. Harrison produced over 60 books, occasionally in collaboration with other well-known writers such as Gordon R. Dickson.
Quotes
“The better you are as a soldier, the worse you are as a human being.”
Bill the Galactic Hero, introduction “False modesty is the refuge of the incompetent.”
The Stainless Steel Rat, Chapter 6 “They stared at each other, man and alien, or more correctly alien and alien—for this is what they were to each other. Alien meaning different, alien meaning unknown.”
Plague from Space, Chapter 13 “The crossbows twanged like harps of death.”
Deathworld, p. 154
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Books by Harry Harrison in order
Books by Harry Harrison in the order they were published, from Deathworld (1960) to The EC Archives (2007).
- 1Deathworld
Deathworld1960 - 2The Stainless Steel Rat
The Stainless Steel Rat1961 - 3Make Room! Make Room!
Make Room! Make Room!1966 - 4The Technicolor Time Machine
The Technicolor Time Machine1967 - 5Captive Universe
Captive Universe1968 - 6Deathworld Trilogy
Deathworld Trilogy1968 - 7The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge
The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge1970 - 8Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World
Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World1971 - 9Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers
Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers1973 - 10The Best of Harry Harrison
The Best of Harry Harrison1976 - 11The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You
The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You1978 - 12Homeworld
Homeworld1980 - 13Planet of the Damned
Planet of the Damned1980 - 14The Stainless Steel Rat for President
The Stainless Steel Rat for President1982 - 15West of Eden
West of Eden1984 - 16The Stainless Steel Rat Is Born
The Stainless Steel Rat Is Born1985 - 17Winter in Eden
Winter in Eden1986 - 18The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted
The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted1987 - 19Return to Eden
Return to Eden1988 - 20Bill, the Galactic Hero
Bill, the Galactic Hero1992 - 21One King's Way
One King's Way1994 - 22The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell
The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell1996 - 23Stars & Stripes Forever
Stars & Stripes Forever1998 - 24The EC Archives
The EC Archives2007