Harry Harrison
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born
March 12, 1925
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place of birth
Stamford, Connecticut, The United States
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Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey) is an American science fiction author best known for his character the The Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966), the basis for the film Soylent Green (1973). He is also (with Brian Aldiss) co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group.
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The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison avg rating 3.86 — 757 ratings — published 1961 9 editions |
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The Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison avg rating 3.84 — 585 ratings — published 1000 10 editions |
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A Stainless Steel Rat is Born (Rat 1) by Harry Harrison avg rating 3.78 — 473 ratings — published 1985 7 editions |
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The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You! (Rat 3) by Harry Harrison avg rating 3.68 — 411 ratings — published 1978 12 editions |
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The Stainless Steel Rat for President (Rat 5) by Harry Harrison avg rating 3.57 — 383 ratings — published 1982 7 editions |
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The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge by Harry Harrison avg rating 3.73 — 304 ratings — published 1970 13 editions |
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The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World by Harry Harrison avg rating 3.70 — 286 ratings — published 1971 10 editions |
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Bill, the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison avg rating 3.51 — 298 ratings — published 1965 9 editions |
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West of Eden (Eden 1) by Harry Harrison avg rating 3.71 — 240 ratings — published 1984 10 editions |
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The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues by Harry Harrison avg rating 3.53 — 238 ratings — published 1994 4 editions |
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"Because of the power shortage and lack of replacement parts there was only one elevator running in the Empire State Building, and this one went only as high as the twenty-fifth floor. After that you walked."
— Harry Harrison (Make Room! Make Room!)
— Harry Harrison (Make Room! Make Room!)
"We must be as stealthy as rats in the wainscoting of their society. It was easier in the old days, of course, and society had more rats when the rules were looser, just as old wooden buildings have more rats than concrete buildings. But there are rats in the building now as well. Now that society is all ferrocrete and stainless steel there are fewer gaps in the joints. It takes a very smart rat indeed to find these openings. Only a stainless steel rat can be at home in this environment..."
— Harry Harrison (The Stainless Steel Rat)
— Harry Harrison (The Stainless Steel Rat)
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