Harry Harrison

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Harry Harrison (August 2005)

Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey on 12. March 1925 in Stamford , Connecticut , died on August 15 2012 in Crowborough , East Sussex , England ) was an American science fiction - writer , best known as the author of the original novel for the film ... year 2022 ... who want to survive and as the creator of the character Jim DiGriz, the "steel rat", and author of the steel rat cycle. He wrote dozens of SF novels and around 100 short stories. He was also the editor ,Editor , critic , comic book writer and illustrator.

Life

Harrison is the son of Irish-born Henry Leo Dempsey and Ria Kirjassoff, who immigrated from Russia at the age of 15 and came from a family of rabbis and teachers. Henry - family Harry or "Hank" - Maxwell Dempsey is Harrison's maiden name, corresponding to the name of the father. In later years, however, he named himself after his stepfather Harrison and Henry therefore grew up as a Harrison, this name also appears on his school reports. Only when he got his birth certificate for a passport at the age of 30 did he learn that Harry Dempsey was his real name.

When Harry was two years old, the family moved to Brooklyn. The father worked irregularly as a printer and typesetter and Harrison grew up in difficult economic circumstances, which caused frequent changes of residence and thus school. He started reading early, soon sci-fi, after discovering Amazing Stories at the age of seven , and in 1938, when Harry was 13, he became a founding member of the Science Fiction League in Queens , founded by Hugo Gernsback - another founding member was the 15 years older Sam Moskowitz . In the following year, the first Worldcon was to take place in New York and the members committed to participate.

Harrison graduated from Forest Hills High School in 1943 and was drafted into the military soon after. In line with his inclination, he was trained as a technician with the US Air Force and in the following years had the task of training gunmen on an electronic target device, the Sperry Mark I , a kind of early one at locations in Laredo , Texas , and Panama City , Florida Computer. After the war he served as a military policeman for a while. He did not experience combat missions, but his military service gave him a lifelong aversion to the military and everything military.

After his honorable discharge with the rank of sergeant , Harrison began studying art at Hunter College in New York with financial support from the GI Bill , where he took private tuition with John Blomshield for two years. At the same time he attended the Cartoonists and Illustrators School . From 1946 on he worked as a freelance artist and comic artist in New York. From 1953 he also worked as an editor for various magazines, namely Science Fiction Adventures (December 1953 to May 1954), Fantasy Fiction (under the pseudonym Cameron Hall, November 1953), years later SF Impulse (October 1966 to February 1967), Fantastic Stories (November 1967 to December 1968) and Amazing Stories (December 1967 to November 1968).

In 1951 Harrison had published an 11-page short story Rock Diver in Damon Knight 's Worlds Beyond magazine. In 1957, a first short story with the antihero Jim DiGriz, the "steel rat" who would become Harrison's most famous character, appeared in John W. Campbell's Astounding magazine . The first steel rat novel was published in 1961. Harrison's first novels from the early 1960s already show its breadth: there is his first novel Deathworld (1960), Hard SF, about the struggle of colonists against the ecosphere of a planet, followed by The Stainless Steel Rat (1961), interstellar adventure with clearly humorous impact, then Bill, the Galactic Hero , the first in a series of Space Opera - parodies , and finally Make Room! Make Room! (1966), a serious examination of the problem of overpopulation, a dystopia that is still impressive today and the basis for the film Soylent Green .

In 1954 he married Joan Merkler and a son was born in May of the following year, and a daughter followed in 1959.

Harry Harrison has lived in different parts of the world in the course of his life, including Mexico , England , Denmark and Italy . Most recently he lived in Dublin . In his books, the artificial language Esperanto is often used as the lingua franca of future worlds, especially in the Steel Rats series and the World of Death trilogy.

Awards

bibliography

Series and Cycles

The rows are arranged according to the year of publication of the first volume.

World of death

  • Deathworld 1 (1960), German Die Todeswelt (1966)
  • Deathworld 2 (1964, originally published as The Ethical Engineer ), German Die Sklavenwelt (1966)
  • Deathworld 3 (1968), German Die Barbarenwelt (1969)
  • The Mothballed Spaceship (1973) (final short story)
  • Deathworld Trilogy (anthology of all three novels, 1974), German death worlds (1985)

Brion Brandd

  • Planet Of The Damned (1961), German savior of a world (1965)
  • Planet Of No Return (1981), German in Der Planet-Retter (1986, both novels in one volume)

Steel rat cycle A series of novels about the character Jim di Griz, a kind of galactic James Bond, lively, tongue-in-cheek and always ready for pranks.

  • The Stainless Steel Rat (1961), German agents in the cosmos (1966) or Stahlratte shows the teeth, third novel of the Stahlratten cycle (1988)
  • The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge (1970), German Vengeance in the Cosmos (1974) or Stahlratte Strikes Back, fourth novel of the Stahlratten cycle (1988)
  • The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World (1972), German A case for Bolivar di Griz, the steel rat (1974) or Stahlratte saves the world, fifth novel of the steel rat cycle (1988)
  • The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You (1978), German Jim di Griz, die Edelstahlratte (1979) or Stahlratte will dich, sixth novel of the Stahlratten cycle (1988)
  • The Stainless Steel Rat for President (1982), German Makes Stahlratte zum President, seventh novel of the Stahlratten cycle (1988)
  • A Stainless Steel Rat is Born (1985), German The birth of a steel rat, first novel in the steel rat cycle (1988)
  • The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted (1987), German Stahlratte wird recruit, second novel of the Stahlratten cycle (1988)
  • Stainless Steel Visions (1993), German visions of a steel rat, ninth novel of the steel rat cycle (1995) [collection of short stories]
  • The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues (1994), German Die Stahlratte sings den Blues, eighth novel of the Stahlratten cycle (1995)
  • The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell (1996), German The Steel Rat Goes to Hell , Volume 10 of the Steel Rat Cycle (1997)
  • The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus (1999)
  • The Stainless Steel Rat Returns (2010)
  • You Can Be The Stainless Steel Rat: An Interactive Game Book (RPG, 1988)

Bill, the galactic hero

  • Bill, The Galactic Hero (1964), German The Chinger War (1973) or The Incredible Beginning (1994)
  • Bill, The Galactic Hero On The Planet of Robot Slaves (1989), German Die Welt der Roboter-Sklaven (1994)
  • Bill, The Galactic Hero On The Planet of Bottled Brains (1990, with Robert Sheckley ), German Die Welt der edbaren Gehirne (1994)
  • Bill, The Galactic Hero On The Planet Of Tasteless Pleasure (1991, with David Bischoff ), German Die Welt der inexpresslichen Wonnen
  • Bill, The Galactic Hero On The Planet Of Zombie Vampires (1991, with Jack C. Haldeman II ), German Die Welt der Zombie-Vampire (1995)
  • Bill, The Galactic Hero On The Planet Of Ten Thousand Bars (1991, with David Bischoff), German Der Planet der ten thousand bars (1995)
  • Bill, The Galactic Hero: The Final Incoherent Adventure (1991, with David Harris ), German The last incoherent adventure (1997)

The Man from PIG

  • The Man from PIG (1968)
  • The Man from PIG and ROBOT (1974)

Stonehenge

  • Stonehenge (with Leon Stover , 1972)
  • Stonehenge: Where Atlantis Died (with Leon Stover, 1983)

Tony Hawkin

  • Montezuma's Revenge (1972)
  • Queen Victoria's Revenge (1974)

To the Stars - Trilogy

Eden trilogy

  • West of Eden (1984), German This side of Eden (1984)
  • Winter in Eden (1986), German Winter in Eden (1991)
  • Return to Eden (1988), German Return to Eden (1992)

Hammer and Cross - Trilogy

  • The Hammer and the Cross (1993 with John Holm), German Der Hammer des Nordens (2001)
  • One King's Way (1994 with John Holm), German The Path of the King (2001)
  • King and Emperor (1996 with John Holm), German König und Imperator (2001)
  • Hammer of the North (2015, trilogy in one volume)

Stars And Stripes - Trilogy

  • Stars and Stripes Forever (1998)
  • Stars And Stripes In Peril (2000)
  • Stars and Stripes Triumphant (2002)

Single novels

  • Vendetta For The Saint (1964, ghostwriter for Leslie Charteris )
  • Plague from Space (1965), German The plague came from the stars (1966), death from the 5th planet (1978)
  • Make Room! Make Room! (1966), German New York 1999 (1969, ISBN 3-453-16170-X , template for the film Soylent Green , in German 2022, who want to survive , with Charlton Heston )
  • Technicolor Time Machine (1967), German time travel in Technicolor (1970)
  • In Our Hands the Stars (1969), German Der Daleth-Effekt (1970)
  • Captive Universe (1969), German Welt im Fels (1972)
  • The Plague Ship (1969, also called Spaceship Medic ), German spaceship in danger (1973)
  • The Light Fantastic (1971), German tides of light (1973)
  • A Trans-Atlantic Tunnel, Hurray! (1972, also as Tunnel Through the Deeps ), German The great tunnel (1973); is considered one of the forerunners of the steampunk genre.
  • Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers (1973), German Die Galaxis-Rangers (1981 in Perry Rhodans Magazin in four parts, 1983 as a book)
  • The California Iceberg (1975)
  • Lifeboat (with Gordon R. Dickson , 1975), German course on 20 B-40 (1976)
  • Skyfall (1976), German The Prometheus Project (1978)
  • The QEII is missing (1980)
  • The Jupiter Plague (1982)
  • Invasion: Earth (1982), German The day when the earth was occupied (1985)
  • Rebel in Time (1983), German Nothing New in the South (1984)
  • The Turing Option (with Marvin Minsky , 1992), German Die Turing Option (1997)

Short story collections

  • War with the robots (1962), German The robots rebel (1964)
  • Two tales and 8 tomorrows (1965), German Brothers in Space (1968)
  • One step from earth (1970), German Stations in space: the story of d. Matter Transmitter (1972)
  • Prime Number (1970), German prime (1972)
  • The Best of Harry Harrison (1976)
  • Stainless Steel Visions (1993), German visions of a steel rat, ninth novel of the steel rat cycle (1995)
  • Galactic Dreams (1994)
  • 50 in 50 (2001)

Short stories

  • Rock Diver (1951)
  • An Artist's Life (1953, as Felix Boyd)
  • Web of the Worlds (1953, with Katherine MacLean)
  • Navy Day (1954)
  • The Velvet Glove (1956), German: Robot strategy (1964)
  • World in the Balance (1957)
  • Welcoming Committee (1957, as Felix Boyd)
  • Captain Bedlam (1957)
  • Open All Doors (1958, with Hubert Pritchard)
  • The Repairman (1958), German: Funkfeuer (1964)
  • The Robot Who Wanted to Know (1958, also as Felix Boyd), German: Unmasking (1964)
  • Web of the Norns (1958, with Katherine MacLean)
  • The World Otalmi Made (1958)
  • Trainee for Mars (1958, also as: Simulated Trainer ), German: Trainingsflug (1964)
  • Arm of the Law (1958), German: Polizeirevier Mars (1964)
  • The Robots Strike (1959)
  • Robot Justice (1959, also as: I See You ), German: Der Metallene Richter (1964)
  • The K-Factor (1960), German: The K-Factor (1969)
  • Survival Planet (1961), German: Law of Survival (1963) and as Der Planet der Sklaven (1964)
  • Toy Shop (1962), German: toy store (1972)
  • War with the Robots (1962), German: The Robots Rebel (1964)
  • The Pliable Animal (1962)
  • The Streets of Ashkelon (1962, also as: An Alien Agony ), German: The streets of Ashkelon (1983)
  • Captain Honario Harpplayer, RN (1963)
  • Down to Earth (1963), German: Back to Earth (1972)
  • Unto My Manifold Dooms (1964, also as: The Many Dooms ), German: Pechvogel (1965)
  • Incident in the IND (1964), German: Incident in the U-Bahn (1972)
  • Final Encounter (1964), German: Encounter in Infinity (1965)
  • According to His Abilities (1964)
  • How the Old World Died (1964)
  • Portrait of the Artist (1964)
  • Not Me, Not Amos Cabot! (1964), German: Not I, not Amos Cabot (1972)
  • Rescue Operation (1964), German: Liberation Operation (1987)
  • They're Playing Our Song (1964)
  • Rock Pilot (1965)
  • Famous First Words (1965), German: famous words (1972)
  • The Outcast (1965)
  • I Always Do What Teddy Says (1965)
  • At Last, the True Story of Frankenstein (1965), German: The true story of Frankenstein (1973) and as Finally the truth about Frankenstein (1973)
  • Contact Man (1966), German: Kontaktmann (1972)
  • Mute Milton (1966), German: The Extra (1972)
  • The Gods Themselves Throw Incense (1966)
  • The Greatest Car in the World (1966), German: The best car in the world (1972)
  • A Criminal Act (1966), German: Ein Verbrechen (1972)
  • You Men of Violence (1967), German: Who sows violence (1972)
  • The Man from PIG (1967)
  • The Fairly Civil Service (1967, also as: A Civil Service Servant ), German: In the public service (1968) and as Ein Official (1972)
  • I Have My Vigil (1968), German: Der Untermüdliche (1968)
  • The Secret of Stonehenge (1968), German: The Secret of Stonehenge (1969)
  • The Powers of Observation (1968), German: observation gift (1972)
  • Praiseworthy Saur (1969, also as: If ), German: Wenn (1972)
  • The Ghoul Squad (1969), German: Die Leichenfledderer (1972)
  • The Man from ROBOT (1969)
  • Plague Ship (1969)
  • Commando Raid (1970), German: command company (1972) and as company Stosstrupp (1982)
  • The Final Battle (1970), German: Der Endkampf (1972) and as Until the war drums stop booming - (1984)
  • The Finest Hunter in the World (1970), German: The best hunter in the world (1972) and as Prepared for everything (1984)
  • The Pad (1970, also as: The Pad-A Story of the Day After the Day After Tomorrow , 1994), German: Die Ausrede (1972)
  • By the Falls (1970), German: At the waterfalls (1978) and as Am Wasserfall (1982)
  • American Dead (1970)
  • The Ever-Branching Tree (1970)
  • The Wicked Flee (1971)
  • Brave Newer World (1971)
  • Roommates (1971), German: Wohngemeinschaft (1981)
  • Strangers (1972)
  • An Honest Day's Work (1973)
  • The Defensive Bomber (1973, as Hank Dempsey)
  • We Ate the Whole Thing (1973)
  • Space Rats of the CCC (1974), German: Die Raumratten vom KKK (1982)
  • The Graduates (1974)
  • Ad Astra (1974)
  • The Whatever-I-Type-is-True Machine (1974, with Barry N. Malzberg)
  • Speed ​​of the Cheetah, Roar of the Lion (1975), German: A Nightmare for Saudi Arabia (1984)
  • The California Iceberg (1975)
  • Run from the Fire (1975), German: Flucht vor dem Feuer (1985)
  • The Last Train (1976)
  • The Greening of the Green (1978), German: Es grünt so Grün ... (1984)
  • Sawney Bean (1978)
  • Planet Story (1979), German: Planet Story (1980)
  • A Fragment of Manuscript (1980), German: For a general a good thing, darn it! (1984)
  • The Day After the End of the World (1980)
  • In the Beginning (1985)
  • After the Storm (1985)
  • The View from the Top of the Tower (1986), German: The view from the spire (1987)
  • We Are Coming, Doctor Zamenhof, We Are Coming! (1987)
  • The Curse of the Unborn Living Dead (1988)
  • Samson in the Temple of Science (1989)
  • A Letter from the Pope (1990, with Tom Shippey)
  • Luncheon in Budapest (1990)
  • Tragedy in Tibet (1990)
  • Dawn of the Endless Night (1992)
  • A Dog and His Boy (1995)
  • The Road to the Year 3000 (1999)
  • Frankenstein in Brighton (2008)
  • A Cautionary Story of the EEC , German: Der EWG zur Warning (1982)

comics

  • Rick Random
  • Flash Gordon (1958-1964)
  • Planet Story (1979, illustrated by Jim Burns ), German planet story (1980)

Non-fiction

  • Great Balls Of Fire: A History of Sex in Science Fiction Illustration (1977)
  • Spacecraft In Fact And Fiction (with Malcolm Edwards , illustrated, 1979)
  • Mechanismo (1978), German Mechanismo (1978, ISBN 3-8118-0169-4 ): an illustrated book with texts by Harry Harrison and drawings by Jim Burns and others, which describes and illustrates different science fiction technologies.

literature

Monographs

  • Francesco Biamonti: Harry Harrison: Bibliographia (1951-1965). Editoriale Libraria, Trieste 1965.
  • Leon Stover: Harry Harrison. Twayne, Boston 1990, ISBN 0-8057-7603-6 .
  • Paul Tomlinson: Harry Harrison: An Annotated Bibliography. Cosmos Books, Holicong, PA 2002, ISBN 1-58715-401-3 .

items

  • John Clute : The man who was everywhere. Even an absurd world deserves our respect. On the death of Harry Harrison. In: Sascha Mamczak , Sebastian Pirling, Wolfgang Jeschke (eds.): Das Science Fiction Jahr 2013. Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-453-53444-5 , pp. 44–52.
  • Ernst Petz: Just do what needs to be done. A tour of the work of and interview with Harry Harrison. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): The Science Fiction Year 1994. Heyne, Munich, ISBN 3-453-07245-6 , pp. 259-348.

Lexicons

Web links

Commons : Harry Harrison  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leon Stover: Harry Harrison. Twayne, Boston 1990, p. 26.
  2. ^ Leon Stover: Harry Harrison. Twayne, Boston 1990, p. 18.
  3. ^ Brian M. Stableford : Steampunk . In: Science Fact and Science Fiction: an Encyclopedia . Routledge, New York 2006, ISBN 0-415-97460-7 , pp. 502 f . (English).