A brief bibliography of Harry Harrison

nown largely for his broadly satirical science fiction series, Harry Harrison has been a prolific contributor to science fiction for more than three decades. In addition to the Stainless Steel Rat series, Harrison is also known for having written Make Room! Make Room which was later turned into the classic SF film Soylent Green.

Among his other works are numerous series, novels and short fiction. He has also edited many anthologies. A brief bibliography is listed below:

The Stainless Steel Rat Series

The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues (unknown)

The Stainless Steel Rat (1961) (short fiction)

The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge (1970)

The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World (1972)

The Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat (1978) (a collection of the first 3 SSR stories)

A Stainless Steel Rat is Born (1985) (the origin story of how Slippery Jim DiGriz became the Stainless Steel Rat -- pretty good)

The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted (1987) (Jim tracks down the murderer of his mentor, The Bishop)

The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You!

The Stainless Steel Rat for President

Bill, the Galactic Hero (1965)
(a satirical look at interstellar war -- like a broad space opera version of Catch 22) Also followed by a number of inferior sequels:

Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Tasteless Pleasures (1991) with David Bischoff

Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Ten Thousand Bars

Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of the Hippies from Hell

Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of the Zombie Vampires(1991) with Jack C. Haldeman II

Other Novels and Series

Deathworld (1960)

Make Room! Make Room! (1966)

Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers (1973) (a hilarious send up of 1950's science fiction -- sort of like a bad B movie in book form)

West of Eden (1984) (also Winter in Eden and Return to Eden)

Anthologies

Nebula Award Stories 2 (unknown) with Brian W. Aldiss

Nova 2 (1972)

Decade the 1940s (1975) with Brian W. Aldiss

Decade the 1950s (1976) with Brian W. Aldiss

Decade the 1960s (1977) with Brian W. Aldiss

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