Harry Harrison

Henry Maxwell Dempsey, né le 12 mars 1925 à Stamford, Connecticut, et connu sous le nom de Harry Harrison, est un auteur de science-fiction américain réputé. À l'âge de 30 ans, il adopte le nom de famille Harrison, ignorant que ses parents avaient déjà changé le nom de famille de Dempsey à cette époque. Le père de Harrison, Leo Dempsey, était d'origine irlandaise et exerçait la profession de peintre, tandis que sa mère était une immigrante juive venue de Russie. En raison du métier de son père, Harrison a vécu dans plusieurs pays pendant son enfance, tels que l'Angleterre, le Danemark, l'Irlande, le Mexique et l'Italie.

Avant de se lancer dans l'écriture, Harrison a servi dans l'armée et a développé un intérêt pour l'espéranto pour lutter contre l'ennui. Cet intérêt a influencé son travail, l'espéranto apparaissant fréquemment dans ses livres. Harrison a déménagé en Irlande pendant les années 1970, où il a construit une maison dans le comté de Wicklow et a vécu avec sa famille pendant de nombreuses années. Il est devenu un défenseur de l'espéranto et a occupé le poste de président d'honneur de l'Association irlandaise d'espéranto.

Harry Harrison est surtout connu pour ses romans de science-fiction et de fantasy, en particulier son personnage, le Rat en Acier Inoxydable, et le roman Make Room! Make Room! (1966), qui a servi de base pour le film Soylent Green (1973). Avant de devenir romancier, Harrison a travaillé comme artiste pour EC Comics, contribuant à des séries telles que Weird Fantasy et Weird Science. Il a également écrit des bandes dessinées syndiquées. Les histoires de science-fiction de Harrison présentent typiquement de l'aventure et de la satire, incorporant souvent des thèmes sérieux. Il a commencé sa carrière d'écrivain avec la publication de Deathworld en 1960, bien qu'il ait déjà apporté des contributions significatives au genre auparavant. Harrison a également été coprésident du Birmingham Science Fiction Group, aux côtés de Brian W. Aldiss.
Stainless Steel Rat Books
# Titre Année
1 Stainless Steel Rat 1961
2 The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge 1970
3 The Stainless Steel Rat Saves The World 1971
4 The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You! 1978
5 The Stainless Steel Rat for President 1982
6 A Stainless Steel Rat is Born 1985
7 The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted 1987
8 Stainless Steel Visions 1992
9 The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues 1994
10 The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell 1996
11 The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus 1999
12 The Stainless Steel Rat Returns 2010
Stainless Steel Rat Series in Chronological Order
# Titre Année
1 A Stainless Steel Rat is Born 1985
2 The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted 1987
3 The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues 1994
4 Stainless Steel Rat 1961
5 The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge 1970
6 The Stainless Steel Rat Saves The World 1971
7 The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You! 1978
8 The Stainless Steel Rat for President 1982
9 Stainless Steel Visions 1992
10 The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell 1996
11 The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus 1999
12 The Stainless Steel Rat Returns 2010
Stainless Steel Rat (Game Books) Books
# Titre Année
1 You Can Be the Stainless Steel Rat 1985
Brion Brandd Books
# Titre Année
1 Planet of the Damned / A Sense of Obligation 1962
2 Planet of No Return 1981
Deathworld Books
# Titre Année
1 Deathworld 1960
2 Deathworld II: The Ethical Engineer 1964
3 Deathworld 3 1968
Bill, The Galactic Hero Books (with Robert Sheckley, with Jack C. Haldeman II, with David Bischoff, with David Harris)
# Titre Année
1 Bill, the Galactic Hero 1965
2 The Planet of the Robot Slaves 1989
3 On the Planet of Bottled Brains 1990
4 On the Planet of Tasteless Pleasure 1990
5 On the Planet of Zombie Vampires 1991
6 The Planet of the Hippies from Hell / On the Planet of Ten Thousand Bars 1991
7 The Final Incoherent Adventure! 1992
Eden Books
# Titre Année
1 West of Eden 1984
2 Winter in Eden 1986
3 Return to Eden 1988
Hammer and The Cross Books (with John Holm)
# Titre Année
1 The Hammer and the Cross 1993
2 One King's Way 1994
3 King and Emperor 1996
4 King and Emperor (With: John Holm) 1996
Nova Books
# Titre Année
1 Nova One 1971
2 Nova 2 1972
3 Nova 3 / The Outdated Man 1973
4 Nova IV 1974
5 Nova IV (With: Robert Sheckley) 1974
Stars and Stripes Books
# Titre Année
1 Stars and Stripes Forever 1998
2 Stars and Stripes in Peril 2000
3 Stars and Stripes Triumphant 2001
Tony Hawkin Books
# Titre Année
1 Montezuma's Revenge 1972
2 Queen Victoria's Revenge 1974
To The Stars Books
# Titre Année
1 Homeworld 1980
2 Wheelworld 1981
3 Starworld 1981
Romans indépendants
# Titre Année
1 Plague from Space 1965
2 The Jupiter Plague 1965
3 Make Room! Make Room! 1966
4 The Technicolor Time Machine 1967
5 The Man from P.I.G. 1968
6 Captive Universe 1969
7 In Our Hands, the Stars / The Daleth Effect 1970
8 Spaceship Medic 1970
9 The Jupiter Legacy 1970
10 Tunnel Through the Deeps / A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! 1972
11 Stonehenge: Where Atlantis Died (With: Leon E. Stover) 1972
12 The Men from P.I.G. and R.O.B.O.T. 1974
13 Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers 1974
14 The Lifeship / Lifeboat (With: Gordon R. Dickson) 1975
15 The California Iceberg (With: James E. Barry) 1975
16 Skyfall 1976
17 Mechanismo 1978
18 Planet Story 1979
19 The QEII is Missing 1980
20 Invasion: Earth 1982
21 A Rebel in Time 1983
22 The Turing Option (With: Marvin Minsky) 1992
Harry Harriston Standalone Novels
# Titre Année
1 Plague from Space 1965
2 The Jupiter Plague 1965
3 Make Room! Make Room! 1966
4 The Technicolor Time Machine 1967
5 The Man from P.I.G. 1968
6 Captive Universe 1969
7 In Our Hands, the Stars / The Daleth Effect 1970
8 Spaceship Medic 1970
9 The Jupiter Legacy 1970
10 Tunnel Through the Deeps / A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! 1972
11 Stonehenge: Where Atlantis Died 1972
12 The Men from P.I.G. and R.O.B.O.T. 1974
13 Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers 1974
14 The Lifeship / Lifeboat 1975
15 The California Iceberg 1975
16 Skyfall 1976
17 Mechanismo 1978
18 Planet Story 1979
19 The QEII is Missing 1980
20 Invasion: Earth 1982
21 A Rebel in Time 1983
22 The Turing Option 1992
Nouvelles / Novellas
# Titre Année
1 The Web of the Worlds (With: Katherine MacLean) 1953
2 Navy Day 1954
3 The Velvet Glove 1956
4 The Repairman 1958
5 Arm of the Law 1958
6 The Misplaced Battleship 1960
7 The K-Factor 1960
8 Toy Shop 2010
Recueils de nouvelles
# Titre Année
1 War with the Robots 1962
2 Two Tales and Eight Tomorrows 1965
3 Prime Number 1970
4 One Step from Earth 1970
5 The Best of Harry Harrison 1977
6 Galactic Dreams 1995
7 50 in 50 2001
8 Toy Shop and Two Others 2009
9 The Idols of Wuld & Planet of the Damned (With: Milton Lesser) 2016
10 The Idols of Wuld & Planet of the Damned 2016
Livres de non-fiction
# Titre Année
1 Great Balls of Fire 1977
2 Spacecraft In Fact and Fiction 1979
3 Spacecraft In Fact and Fiction (With: Malcolm Edwards) 1979
4 Harry Harrison! Harry Harrison! 2014
Best SF Anthologies (with Brian W. Aldiss, with Robert Sheckley)
# Titre Année
1 Best SF: 1968 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 2 1969
2 Best SF: 1969 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 3 1970
3 Best SF: 1970 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 4 1971
4 Best SF: 1971 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 5 1972
5 Best SF: 1975 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 9 1976
Bill, The Galactic Hero Books
# Titre Année
1 Bill, the Galactic Hero 1965
2 The Planet of the Robot Slaves 1989
3 On the Planet of Bottled Brains (With: Robert Sheckley) 1990
4 On the Planet of Tasteless Pleasure (With: David Bischoff) 1990
5 On the Planet of Zombie Vampires (With: Jack C. Haldeman II) 1991
6 The Planet of the Hippies from Hell / On the Planet of Ten Thousand Bars (With: David Bischoff) 1991
7 The Final Incoherent Adventure! (With: David Harris) 1992
The EC Archives Books
# Titre Année
1 The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror Volume 3 2005
2 Weird Science Volume 1 (With: Gardner F. Fox, Jack Kamen, Wallace Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Al Feldstein) 2006
3 Weird Science Volume 1 2006
4 Two-Fisted Tales Volume 1 (By: Wallace Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis) 2007
5 Weird Science, Vol. 2 (By: Al Feldstein) 2007
6 Two-Fisted Tales Volume 1 2007
7 Two-Fisted Tales, Vol. 2 (By: Harvey Kurtzman) 2007
8 Weird Science, Vol. 2 2007
9 Two-Fisted Tales, Vol. 2 2007
10 Frontline Combat, Vol. 1 (By: Harvey Kurtzman, Giorgio Cavazzano, Jerry DeFuccio, Wally Wood) 2008
11 Frontline Combat, Vol. 1 2008
12 The Vault of Horror Volume 3 (By: Daniel Chabon, Al Feldstein, William M. Gaines, Jerry De Fuccio) 2016
13 Two-Fisted Tales Volume 3 (By: Harvey Kurtzman) 2016
14 The EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales Volume 1 2015
15 The Haunt of Fear Volume 4 (By: Otto Binder, Al Feldstein, William M. Gaines) 2017
16 Two-Fisted Tales Volume 3 2016
17 Weird Fantasy Volume 1 2016
18 Weird Fantasy Volume 3 (By: William M. Gaines) 2018
19 Panic Volume 2 (By: Al Feldstein, William M. Gaines, Jack Mendelsohn) 2018
20 The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear Volume 4 2017
21 The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy Volume 3 2018
22 The Haunt of Fear Volume 5 (By: Jack Davis, Otto Binder, Carl Wessler, William M. Gaines, Al Felstein) 2018
23 The Vault of Horror Volume 5 (By: Vivian Ng, Irene Koh, William M. Gaines) 2019
24 The EC Archives: Panic Volume 2 2018
25 The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear Volume 5 2018
26 Frontline Combat Volume 2 (By: Jack Davis, Alex Toth, Harvey Kurtzman) 2019
27 The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror Volume 5 2019
28 Psychoanalysis (By: Daniel Keyes, Robert Bernstein) 2020
29 Frontline Combat Volume 3 (By: Jack Davis, Alex Toth, Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood) 2021
30 The EC Archives: Crime SuspenStories Volume 4 2019
31 Confessions Illustrated (By: Daniel Keyes) 2022
32 Frontline Combat Volume 2 2019
33 Tales from the Crypt Volume 3 (By: Jack Davis, Jack Kamen, Al Feldstein, Graham Ingels, William Gaines) 2023
34 The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt Volume 3 (By: Al Feldstein) 2023
35 Psychoanalysis 2020
36 The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear Volume 4 (By: Al Feldstein) 2024
37 Frontline Combat Volume 3 2021
38 Confessions Illustrated 2022
39 Tales from the Crypt Volume 3 2023
The Golden Age of Science Fiction Books (with Robert Silverberg, with James Blish, with Poul Anderson, with Clifford D. Simak, with Fritz Leiber, with Robert Sheckley, with Roger Dee, with Anthony Gilmore, with Robert Hoskins, with Richard Rein Smith)
# Titre Année
1 The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI 2016
2 The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume IV 2018
3 The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X 2018
The Golden Age of Science Fiction Books (with James Blish, with Poul Anderson, with Clifford D. Simak, with Fritz Leiber, with Robert Sheckley, with Roger Dee, with Anthony Gilmore, with Robert Hoskins, with Richard Rein Smith)
# Titre Année
1 The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI (By: Robert Sheckley) 2016
2 The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume IV (By: Robert Sheckley) 2018
3 The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X (With: James Blish, Poul Anderson, Clifford D. Simak, Fritz Leiber, Roger Dee, Anthony Gilmore, Robert Hoskins, Richard Rein Smith) 2018
SF Authors Choice Books
# Titre Année
1 SF: Authors' Choice 4 1974
Harry Harrison Anthologies
# Titre Année
1 The Eighth Galaxy Reader 1965
2 Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1965 1965
3 Nebula Award Stories #2 1966
4 Analog Science Fiction And Fact, March 1967 1967
5 Farewell, Fantastic Venus / All About Venus 1968
6 SF: Author's Choice 1968
7 Apeman, Spaceman 1968
8 Backdrop of Stars 1968
9 Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1969 1969
10 Analog 6 1969
11 Four for the Future 1969
12 Blast Off 1969
13 Worlds of If, February 1969 1969
14 The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 3 1970
15 Nova 1 1970
16 The Year 2000 1970
17 SF Authors' Choice 2 1970
18 Science Against Man 1970
19 The Light Fantastic 1971
20 The Astounding Analog Reader 1972
21 The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book Two 1973
22 The 6th Annual Best SF 72 1973
23 The Year's Best Science Fiction 1973
24 A Science Fiction Reader 1973
25 Best From Fantasy And Science Fiction: 18th Series 1973
26 SF Authors' Choice 3 1973
27 The John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology / Astounding 1973
28 SF: Authors' Choice 4 1974
29 Wondermakers 2 1974
30 Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology 1974
31 Decade: The 1940's 1975
32 Hell's Cartographers 1975
33 Antigrav 1975
34 Decade: The 1950s 1976
35 Study War No More 1977
36 Decade: The 1960s 1977
37 Weekend Book of Science Fiction 1981
38 Tales from the Planet Earth 1986
39 Tales From the Forbidden Planet 1987
40 The Monster Book of Monsters 1988
41 The Drabble Project 1988
42 There Won't Be War 1991
43 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories 1996
44 The Young Oxford Book of Aliens 1999
45 Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2 2010
46 Beyond the Moons of Fomalhaut 2010
47 The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack 2012
48 Fantastic Stories Presents the Fantastic Universe Super Pack #2 2016
49 The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume XIV 2018
50 The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X 2018