Showing results for "Harry Harrison" in Science Fiction

DiGriz is caught during one of his crimes and recruited into the Special Corps. Boring, routine desk work during his probationary period results in his discovering that someone is building a battleship, thinly disguised as an industrial vessel. In the peaceful League no one has battleships anymore, so the builder of this one would be unstoppable. DiGriz' hunt for the guilty becomes a personal battle between himself and the beautiful but deadly Angelina, who his planning a coup on one of the feudal worlds.

Sixty-five million years ago, a disastrous cataclysm eliminated three quarters of all life on Earth. Overnight, the age of dinosaurs ended. The age of mammals had begun. But what if history had happened differently? What if the reptiles had survived to evolve into intelligent life? In West of Eden, best-selling author Harry Harrison has created a rich, dramatic saga of a world where the descendants of the dinosaurs struggled with a clan of humans in a battle for survival.

Deathworld: a planet that has evolved to kill all humans. Jason dinAlt, a so-so psionic gambler, is made an offer he can’t refuse - go to Deathworld and tame it. So begins Harry Harrison’s classic science-fiction tale of alien adventure; and Jason discovers that the reason behind Deathworld’s aggression is as shocking as the violence on the surface.

Two planets are about to engage in a nuclear war that will destroy one of them. Millions will perish. Brion Brandd, who lives on neither planet, has been recruited by the Cultural Relationships Foundation to stop the war from happening. He is the only person in the galaxy who can do it, but can he?

"Soylent Green" - Der Dark Future-Klassiker von Harry Harrison als Hörbuch basierend auf der Neuübersetzung von Verena Hacker: New York zur Jahrtausendwende - die Weltbevölkerung ist explodiert, die Ressourcen sind knapp, es herrschen chaotische Zustände in den Straßen. In dieser Umgebung ist ein Mensch verschwunden. Der Polizist Andy Rusch soll den Fall aufklären und stößt bei seinen Ermittlungen auf Unglaubliches.

Slippery Jim is here a brash 17-year-old who has left his parents' porcuswine farm, planning to embark on a life of crime. The book opens with Jim bungling a bank job so that he can be arrested and sent to prison, where he plans to learn the art of being a master criminal. Deciding that the Bishop should be his mentor, Jim sets about proving himself worthy of the master's attention.

Jim and Angelina are on holiday on the paradise planet Lussuoso, where the very, very rich can avail themselves of rejuvenating treatments and become young again. Just when boredom seems about to set in, Jim learns that Angelina has disappeared, seemingly the victim of a religious scam. Evil genius Justin Slakey has a machine that allows him to travel between universes. He uses it to prey on religious believers, tricking them out of their money and then using them as slaves in his coal mines. Aided by his twin sons, James and Bolivar, Slippery Jim descends to a planet that seems to be a real-life version of Hell....

A sequel to the author's Bill, the Galactic Hero, published over 20 years ago, this book is the first of a new series of novels featuring Bill. With two right arms, an artificial foot, and a set of surgically implanted tusks, Bill sets out to find the source of Chinger-controlled metal dragons.

New York 1999. A l'aube du troisième millénaire, la cité, comme le reste du monde, est au bord du chaos créé par la pollution et la surpopulation, émeutes et pillages sont quotidiens. Parmi ces trente-cinq millions d‘habitants accablés par le chômage, le rationnement d'eau, de nourriture et d'énergie, un jeune policier, Andrew Risch, recherche l'auteur du meurtre de Mike O'Brien, un gros bonnet du marché noir.

Dive into a captivating collection of three early gems from the legendary Harry Harrison, originally featured in Galaxy, Analog, and Fantastic Universe. The Repairman (1958) is a delightful science fiction tale that embodies Harrisons signature style, reminiscent of his renowned Stainless Steel Rat series. Toy Shop (1962) offers a sharp commentary on bureaucratic absurdity and presents an ingenious escape from it, while The Velvet Glove (1956) stands out for its exquisite prose, whimsical perspective, and astute social critique of the era‚Aîcoupled with a delightful sense of imagination and...

In a sleepy outpost on Mars, a surprise arrival shakes things up‚Aîa brand-new police recruit, delivered in a box! This isnt just any officer; its a prototype robot cop sent for testing. Join Harrison as he reveals the bizarre, hilarious, and spine-tingling events that unfold in this quirky tale.

Losing track of a battleship may seem careless, but in the vastness of interstellar space, it‚As a different story altogether. When a misplaced battleship falls into the wrong hands, the stakes become dangerously high. Join the world-class con man and thief known as the Stainless Steel Rat (diGriz) as he faces yet another monumental challenge in this captivating science fiction novella by the legendary Harry Harrison. With humor and intrigue, diGriz must not only locate the missing vessel but also navigate through a web of unexpected twists. After all, the adage use a thief to catch a thief ...

Bill - the perfect Starship Trooper: big, brawny, and brainwashed. Possessor of two right arms (impressive when it comes to saluting) and a foot that is threatening to turn into something more suited to being an umbrella stand than anything that could be squeezed into a size 11 sneaker.

Deathworld centers on Jason dinAlt, a professional gambler who uses his somewhat erratic psionic abilities to tip the odds in his favor. He is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (who turns out to be the ambassador from the planet Pyrrus) to turn a large amount of money into an immense sum by gambling at a government-run casino. He succeeds and survives the planetary government's desperate efforts to steal back the money.

Jan Kulozik was one of Earth's privileged elite. A brilliant young electronics engineer, he enjoyed all the blessings of a twenty-third-century civilization that survived global collapse and conquered the starts, unaware of the millions who slaved or starved to maintain his way of life. Then Jan met Sara, a beautiful agent of the rebel underground dedicated to smashing Earth's rigid caste system. Through her he discovered the truth behind the lies he'd been taught.

The stars are afire with rebellion against the tyranny of Earth. Jan Kulozik, rebel in exile, returns home as a prisoner on a ship bearing a cargo of death. But Kulozik escapes his captors and ignites the flames of revolt across half a world. With the aid of Dvora, a lovely but lethal comrade-in-arms, Jan races toward a rendezvous with destiny and a reckoning with a treacherous double agent who holds the fate of the human race in his hands.

Things aren't going well for Slippery Jim diGriz. First there was the robbery of the Mint on Paskönjak that went terribly wrong, and then that little matter of a death penalty. And last but not least, there's the deal Slippery Jim cuts with the authorities, which, on reflection, doesn't look much better than slow death. In exchange for his life, Slippery Jim must retrieve a missing alien artifact from the planet Liokukae - a dumping ground for the Galactic League's misfits, murderers, maniacs, and the incurably obnoxious.

After saving the world, diGriz is called on to save the universe. Liberating his two, now teenage, twin' sons from a military boarding school and penitentiary, diGriz sets out to free his wife, who has been arrested by the tax men. But the family is soon fighting an enemy of a different sort, when the humans-only galaxy of the League is invaded by all manner of hideous aliens.

The 5th volume of Great Sci-Fi Stories includes stories by Lester Del Ray, Robert Silverberg, Harry Harrison, and others.

In the campy style of 1950s science fiction, this short story seeks to clarify what advancements the Army had made to abolish the need for the Navy. A new and fantastic devise made ships no longer essential to the military operation in America. Would the demand for the abolishment of the Navy?