Harry Harrison

Also known as Harry Max Harrison, Harry Maxwell Harrison, Felix Boyd, Hank Dempsey, Wade Kaempfert

American science fiction author (1925–2012)

Person · Open Library

Born: 12 March 1925
Died: 15 August 2012
Works: 314

Top works

Histoires de la Fin des Temps
Giant Science-Fiction Six-Pack
Countdown mit Arno Schmidt
Arm of the Law
Arm of the Law

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Film & TV

Writing · Stamford, Connecticut, USA

Known for

Prisoners of Gravity — Self1989

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1925
Active to: 2012

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,678
Total plays: 13,347

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,355x
Electron affinities of the first-row atoms revisited. Systematic basis sets and wave functions
· 1992 · cited 14,770x
Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,419x
Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,737x
<i>Planck</i>2015 results
· 2016 · cited 9,752x

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Quotes

“The better you are as a soldier, the worse you are as a human being.”
“With a mental effort, he grabbed hold of his thoughts and braked them to a stop. There was something new here, factors he hadn't counted on. He kept reassuring himself there was an explanation for everything, once you had your facts straight.”
“"What about it, Meta?" he snapped. "No doubts? Do you think that destruction is the only way to end this war?" "I don't know," she said. "I can't be sure. For the first time in my life I find myself with more than one answer to the same question." "Congratulations," he said. "It's a sign of growing up."”
“The crossbows twanged like harps of death.”
“I have done more in one day than you all have done since you arrived. I have accomplished this because I am better at my work than the rest of you. That is all the information any of you are going to receive. You are dismissed.”
“You must realize that living organisms will do anything to survive. Castaways at sea will drink their own urine in their need for water. Disgust at this is only the attitude of the overprotected who have never experienced extreme thirst or hunger.”

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Key facts

Born: Henry Maxwell Dempsey , ( 1925-03-12 ) March 12, 1925, Stamford, Connecticut , U.S.
Died: August 15, 2012 (2012-08-15) (aged 87), Brighton , England
Occupation: Writer, illustrator
Nationality: American, Irish
Period: 1951–2010
Genre: Science fiction , satire
Notable awards: Inkpot Award (2004)
Spouse: Evelyn Harrison (div. 1951), Joan Merkler Harrison (1954–2002, her death)

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Wikidata facts

Image: Harry Harrison 2005.jpg

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Commons category: Harry Harrison
date of birth: 1925-03-12
date of death: 2012-08-15
start of work period: 1956-00-00
birth name: Henry Maxwell Dempsey
name in native language: Harry Harrison

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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