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Harry Harrison

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Harry Harrison (1925–2012) was an American science-fiction writer whose career included novels, novellas, short-story collections, nonfiction, comics, and editorial work. His fiction ranged from humorous space adventure and satire to ecological dystopia, alternate history, historical fiction, and technological speculation. His major series include the Stainless Steel Rat, Deathworld, Bill, the Galactic Hero, West of Eden, the Hammer and the Cross, To the Stars, and Stars and Stripes.

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Cover of The Stainless Steel Rat

The Stainless Steel Rat

The signature series opener and the clearest introduction to Harrison's comic science fiction.

Cover of Deathworld

Deathworld

Harrison's first novel and the opening of his foundational planetary-adventure series.

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Make Room! Make Room!

A major standalone ecological and population dystopia.

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novel-series · complete

Deathworld

A series of novels about Pyrrus, an extraordinarily hostile planet, and the human societies shaped by it.

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  1. 1 Cover of Deathworld
    Deathworld

    Book 1 · novel · 1960

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  2. 2 Cover of Deathworld 2
    Deathworld 2

    Book 2 · novel · 1964

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  3. 3 Cover of Deathworld 3
    Deathworld 3

    Book 3 · novel · 1968

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  4. 4
    Return to Deathworld

    Book 4 · novel · 1998

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  5. 5
    Deathworld vs. Filibusters

    Book 5 · novel · 1998

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  6. 6
    The Creatures from Hell

    Book 6 · novel · 1999

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  7. 7
    Deathworld 7

    Book 7 · novel · 2001

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The Stainless Steel Rat

Comic science-fiction adventures of interstellar criminal and reluctant hero James Bolivar 'Slippery Jim' diGriz.

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  1. 1 Cover of The Stainless Steel Rat
    The Stainless Steel Rat

    Book 1 · novel · 1961

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  2. 2 Cover of The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge
    The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge

    Book 2 · novel · 1970

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  3. 3 Cover of The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World
    The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World

    Book 3 · novel · 1972

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  4. 4 Cover of The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You!
    The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You!

    Book 4 · novel · 1978

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  5. 5 Cover of The Stainless Steel Rat for President
    The Stainless Steel Rat for President

    Book 5 · novel · 1982

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  6. 6
    A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born

    Book 6 · novel · 1985

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  7. 8 Cover of The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted
    The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted

    Book 8 · novel · 1987

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  8. 9 Cover of The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues
    The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues

    Book 9 · novel · 1994

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  9. 10 Cover of The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell
    The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell

    Book 10 · novel · 1996

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  10. 11 Cover of The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus
    The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus

    Book 11 · novel · 1999

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  11. 12 Cover of The Stainless Steel Rat Returns
    The Stainless Steel Rat Returns

    Book 12 · novel · 2010

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  12. 7 Cover of You Can Be the Stainless Steel Rat: An Interactive Game Book
    You Can Be the Stainless Steel Rat: An Interactive Game Book

    Book 7 · gamebook · 1985 Optional

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Brion Brandd

Two novels featuring Brion Brandd and his encounters with dangerous planetary environments and civilizations.

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  1. 1 Cover of Planet of the Damned
    Planet of the Damned

    Book 1 · novel · 1962

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  2. 2 Cover of Planet of No Return
    Planet of No Return

    Book 2 · novel · 1981

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Bill, the Galactic Hero

A satirical military-science-fiction series following the hapless private Bill through the absurdities of interstellar war.

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  1. 1 Cover of Bill, the Galactic Hero
    Bill, the Galactic Hero

    Book 1 · novel · 1965

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    Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Robot Slaves

    Book 2 · novel · 1989

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  3. 3 Cover of Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Bottled Brains
    Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Bottled Brains

    Book 3 · novel · 1990

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    Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Tasteless Pleasures

    Book 4 · novel · 1991

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  5. 5 Cover of Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Zombie Vampires
    Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Zombie Vampires

    Book 5 · novel · 1991

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    Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Ten Thousand Bars

    Book 6 · novel · 1991

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  7. 7 Cover of Bill, the Galactic Hero: The Final Incoherent Adventure
    Bill, the Galactic Hero: The Final Incoherent Adventure

    Book 7 · novel · 1991

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To the Stars

A trilogy of future-history novels about humanity's expansion beyond Earth.

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  1. 1 Cover of Homeworld
    Homeworld

    Book 1 · novel · 1980

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  2. 2 Cover of Wheelworld
    Wheelworld

    Book 2 · novel · 1981

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  3. 3 Cover of Starworld
    Starworld

    Book 3 · novel · 1981

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West of Eden

An alternate-history trilogy imagining a world in which intelligent dinosaurs survived and developed their own civilization.

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  1. 1 Cover of West of Eden
    West of Eden

    Book 1 · novel · 1984

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  2. 2 Cover of Winter in Eden
    Winter in Eden

    Book 2 · novel · 1986

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  3. 3 Cover of Return to Eden
    Return to Eden

    Book 3 · novel · 1988

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The Hammer and the Cross

An alternate-history trilogy, co-written with Tom Shippey under the name John Holm, about a transformed Viking-era Europe.

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  1. 1 Cover of The Hammer and the Cross
    The Hammer and the Cross

    Book 1 · novel · 1993

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  2. 2 Cover of One King's Way
    One King's Way

    Book 2 · novel · 1994

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  3. 3 Cover of King and Emperor
    King and Emperor

    Book 3 · novel · 1996

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Stars and Stripes

An alternate-history trilogy depicting an Anglo-American conflict and its consequences during the nineteenth century.

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  1. 1 Cover of Stars and Stripes Forever!
    Stars and Stripes Forever!

    Book 1 · novel · 1998

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  2. 2 Cover of Stars and Stripes in Peril
    Stars and Stripes in Peril

    Book 2 · novel · 2000

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  3. 3 Cover of Stars and Stripes Triumphant
    Stars and Stripes Triumphant

    Book 3 · novel · 2002

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Outside the series

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Novels (24)
  1. Vendetta for the Saint

    novel · 1964

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  2. Cover of Plague from Space
    Plague from Space

    novel · 1965

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  3. Cover of Make Room! Make Room!
    Make Room! Make Room!

    novel · 1966

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  4. Cover of The Technicolor Time Machine
    The Technicolor Time Machine

    novel · 1967

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  5. Cover of Captive Universe
    Captive Universe

    novel · 1969

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  6. Cover of Spaceship Medic
    Spaceship Medic

    novel · 1970

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  7. Cover of In Our Hands, the Stars
    In Our Hands, the Stars

    novel · 1970

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  8. Cover of Stonehenge
    Stonehenge

    novel · 1972

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  9. Cover of A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!
    A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!

    novel · 1972

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  10. Cover of Montezuma's Revenge
    Montezuma's Revenge

    novel · 1972

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  11. Cover of Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers
    Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers

    novel · 1973

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  12. Cover of Queen Victoria's Revenge
    Queen Victoria's Revenge

    novel · 1974

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  13. Cover of The Men from P.I.G. and R.O.B.O.T.
    The Men from P.I.G. and R.O.B.O.T.

    novella-collection · 1974

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  14. The California Iceberg

    novel · 1975

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    The Lifeship

    novel · 1976

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  16. Cover of Skyfall
    Skyfall

    novel · 1976

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  17. Cover of Planet Story
    Planet Story

    novella · 1979

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  18. The QE II Is Missing

    novel · 1980

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  19. Cover of Invasion: Earth
    Invasion: Earth

    novel · 1982

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  20. Cover of A Rebel in Time
    A Rebel in Time

    novel · 1983

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  21. Cover of The Turing Option
    The Turing Option

    novel · 1992

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  22. Great Balls of Fire: A History of Sex in Science Fiction Illustration

    nonfiction · 1977

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  23. Mechanismo

    nonfiction · 1978

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  24. Spacecraft in Fact and Fiction

    nonfiction · 1979

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Short fiction (8)
  1. Cover of War with the Robots
    War with the Robots

    short-story-collection · 1962

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  2. Cover of Two Tales and Eight Tomorrows
    Two Tales and Eight Tomorrows

    short-story-collection · 1965

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  3. Cover of Prime Number
    Prime Number

    short-story-collection · 1970

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  4. Cover of One Step from Earth
    One Step from Earth

    short-story-collection · 1970

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  5. Cover of The Best of Harry Harrison
    The Best of Harry Harrison

    short-story-collection · 1976

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  6. Cover of Stainless Steel Visions
    Stainless Steel Visions

    short-story-collection · 1993

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  7. Cover of Galactic Dreams
    Galactic Dreams

    short-story-collection · 1994

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  8. 50 in 50

    short-story-collection · 2001

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Essays and speeches (1)
  1. Cover of Hell's Cartographers: Some Personal Histories of Science Fiction Writers
    Hell's Cartographers: Some Personal Histories of Science Fiction Writers

    essay-collection · 1975

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