Harry Harrison (1925 – 2012)

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He was a very nice, witty and amusing man. I'm sad I'm never going to meet him again.

Reread One Step from Earth a lot of times!

My thoughts on Harrison. He will be missed.

Bugger. Nice obit by Chris Priest in the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/aug/15/harry-harrison

He was an early favorite of mine, and I read his Eden books last year.

I think he was a versatile writer who was not appreciated as much as he merited. The Stainless Steel Rat and Deathworld books as well as Make Room! Make Room! were my first exposures to him. But perhaps just as important in developing my taste for sf was the Best SF: anthology series he edited with Brian Aldiss.

Now it's time to take a look at his books I haven't read yet.

I was speaking to Harry's webmaster today to pass on my condolences. He was saying the level of contact being made regarding Harry's death has been immense.

The average daily number of visits to Harry's website has been running at around 300. Yesterday there were exactly 43,450 hits.

http://www.harryharrison.com/

He brought a lot of pleasure to many people and has left many of us with fond memories.

Ditto One Step From Earth

I loved several of his books. Safe journeys to you, good Mr. Harrison.

Just finished Deathworld a few days ago. Loved the Eden books and still haven't read enough Stainless Steel Rat.

The Eden books are one of my favorite series. I picked up a used SFBC Deathworld trilogy a while back but haven't gotten to it yet. I'm pretty sure I read the first Deathworld story many many years ago.

I enjoyed his lighthearted style. I think I have read most of the Stainless Steel Rat stories but my Sentimental favorite is his Deathworld books. I read them while growing up in a town named Felicity.

Interested to see so many mentions of the Eden books, as they're some of the few I haven't read. I must correct this soonest!

Have to put in a word for Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers. Very silly send up of pulpy space opera, but with some great snipes at the dodgy politics therein. I don't know how many times I've read it - it's one of those that I turn to when I want a guaranteed fun read.

I started West of Eden when I was a teenager and absolutely could not get into it. My brother had read it (this was often the source for my TBR pile) and enjoyed it. It wasn't until well into adulthood that I gave it another go and just loved it. I felt the sequels were quite strong. Plus I'm a sucker for a scifi book with an appendix. :D

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Yes, Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers is definitely worth a look and a very funny book. (Right or wrong, it put me off the idea of ever actually reading E. E. "Doc" Smith.)