Sci-fi Author Harry Harrison Dies at 87 91
tmjva writes "Per BBC's Entertainment page, author Harry Harrison died today at the age of 87. His body of work included Make Room! Make Room!, (the inspiration for Soylent Green), The Stainless Steel Rat, and Bill the Galactic Hero. From the article: 'Harrison's first novel, Deathworld, was published in 1960, while the first book in the Stainless Steel Rat series was published a year later. The last of the series was published just two years ago in 2010 and the books are widely regarded as producing one of science fiction's great anti-heroes, Slippery Jim diGriz, aka The Stainless Steel Rat. The author also parodied the sci-fi genre in his seven Bill the Galactic Hero books, which were first seen in 1965. He saw his work as anti-war and anti-militaristic.'"
Re:Sad (Score:5, Insightful)
by jdigriz (676802)
Seriously, jdigriz gets first post? How appropriate is that?
Stainless Steel Rat (Score:5, Insightful)
Don't eat the biscuits at the funeral.... (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Sad (Score:4, Insightful)
I remember reading the SSR books in my teens the late 80s. I was very surprised when I realised how OLD the first few were as some of the ideas/concepts in the books were just becoming mainstream/reality.
Harry Harrison will be missed.
Some public domain stuff for you to try (Score:4, Insightful)
Harry Harrison wrote quite a bit of stuff during the days when copyright actually could expire.
http://www.feedbooks.com/books/search?query=harry+harrison [feedbooks.com]
Noteworthy: "The Misplaced Battleship" (the first Stainless Steel Rat story) Deathworld (the first Deathworld novel)
It would be cool to see the Stainless Steel Rat adventures turned into movies. I'd love to see what a .75 calibre recoilless pistol would look like as a prop.
steveha
RIP (Score:5, Insightful)