I was saddened to hear the news of the death of one of the great SF authors at the age of 87. Harry was still producing entertaining novels right up until the end and as I've read nearly all of them, I'd guess I might have read more of his books than any other author.
His novels were nearly always short, they never outstayed their welcome, and they were always a lot of fun, even the serious ones. His best creation was the Stainless Steel Rat, a brilliant anti-hero comic creation, along with Bill, the Galactic Hero. His most famous novel was perhaps Make Room, Make Room, which stands up as being one of the best dystopian futures even if the film version Soylent Green was a fairly tepid version of the story.
My personal favourite was Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers, a send-up of the EE Doc Smith style of space opera and I've just remembered I queued up once back in the 70s to get a signed copy of one his books. I remember he was smiling a lot while he signed, and I did too while reading his books.
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I too feel sorry to read about the demise of yet another sf and f author.It only seemed yseterday that the acclaimed author Ray Bradbury was gone;I remembered I had one Harrison book called Deathworld which I got a couple of years ago but never got to reading at all so I aim to start.Well I also will go out to get nay other Harrison books I can find. So au revour Mr Harry Harrison,may you be remembered forever
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