· 1996
A craftsman, visionary, and warrior, Shef has risen from slavery to become king of a mighty Viking nation. But his growing kingdom menaces all of Europe, and he has made many powerful enemies. Chief among his enemies are the Knights of the Lance, a fanatical order of soldiers sworn to bring Shef down, no matter what the cost. To defeat Shef, they will go to extraordinary lengths to find the sacred spear of Christ--and resurrect the Holy Roman Empire. Driven by dreams, Shef battles to change the course of history, but even the gods themselves may be plotting against him....
· 2024
In Harry Harrison! Harry Harrison! are the recollections of one of the grand masters of science fiction, on his storied career as a celebrated author and on his relationships with other luminaries in the field. This memoir is filled with all the humor and irreverence Harry Harrison's readers have come to expect from the New York Times bestselling author of the uproarious Stainless Steel Rat series. This also includes black and white photos spanning his sixty-year career. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
· 2011
Prolific science fiction dynamo Harry Harrison is perhaps best remembered as the creator of the story upon which the cult classic Soylent Green was based. His popular Deathworld series is also regarded as a masterwork of golden-era science fiction. In the volume The Ethical Engineer, which was also published under the title Deathworld 2, protagonist Jason dinAlt is kidnapped and attempts a daring escape among a primitive civilization for which time seems to have run backward.
· 1993
A Classic Science Fiction adventure from the creator of The Stainless Steel Rat and Bill the Galactic Hero. Brion has just won the Twenties, a global competition that tests one' achievements in 20 categories of human activities. But Brion must leave his world to help salvage the world of Dis, the most hellish planet in the galaxy. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
· 1983
Can history be changed? Can the South still win the War Between the States? Colonel McCulloch thinks so...and his gold, his gun, and some very special blueprints stand behind him to help him prove it. Sergeant Harmon is a black man who hopes not...and only his readiness, ingenuity, and withstand behind him to help him stop it. In the corridors of contemporary Washington and on the fields where Civil War battles have yet to be fought, these two men take each other on--and the winner will determine the course of history...
· 2023
Harry Harrison has created a Universe where humans have settled on untold numbers of planets and adapted to the planets rather than the planets being adapted to humans. This makes for a great read were you have an agency that finds people capable and willing to risk all to save different planet cultures from themselves. The kicker is having humans of different types both mentally and physically that can use their abilities to encourage a moral survival. The action moves fast. It's nice reading a story that support life forms that can live with or co-operate with other life forms vs. life forms that depends on survival by destroying all other life forms. It's good science fiction and its fast action kept my interest. AND I wasn't disappointed with the ending. (MsAnnie) About the author: 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. (wikipedia.org)
· 2012
“The funniest science fiction book ever written” is a space military parody about a hapless soldier from a Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductee (Terry Pratchett, New York Times–bestselling author of the Discworld novels). It was the highest honour to defend the Empire against the dreaded Chingers, an enemy race of seven-foot-tall lizards. But Bill, a Technical Fertilizer Operator from a planet of farmers, wasn’t interested in honour—he was only interested in two things: his chosen career, and the shapely curves of Inga-Maria Calyphigia. Then a recruiting robot shanghaied him with knockout drops, and he came to in deep space, aboard the Empire warship Christine Keeler. And from there, things got even worse . . . Praise for Harry Harrison “A perfectly grand storyteller.” —David Brin, Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of Star Tide Rising “Few commercial writers are more deserving of their popularity than Harrison, a fine writer who occasionally reaches brilliant heights.” —Publishers Weekly
· 2012
Starworld completes Harry Harrison's epic To the Stars trilogy with one of the most breathtaking space sequences yet seen in science fiction. The twilight planet of Halvmork is free. The Earth space fleet has left to guard the Homeworld and to prepare for the ultimate, cataclysmic showdown. For a moment, the entire galaxy seems to hold its breath... For Jan Kulozik, exiled on Halvmork, this is the moment of decision. Will he find himself a leader of a new society...or an eternal slave to the absolute power of Earth? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.