Who This Author Is

Harry Harrison has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 86 catalog-linked books across 1971 to 2024, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Classics & Literary Fiction.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with The Stainless Steel Rat for President and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1971 to 2024; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Tor Books and Bantam Books.

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Author At A Glance

Best known for: Classics & Literary Fiction entry points • common used copies from Tor Books and Bantam Books

Genres and themes: Classics & Literary Fiction

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1971 to 2024; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Tor Books and Bantam Books.

Top Books To Start With

  1. The Stainless Steel Rat for President

    Tor Books • 2012 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2012 • 200 pages.

  2. The Stainless Steel Rat Returns

    Tor Books • 2010 • standard commitment

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  3. The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell

    Tor Books • 1998 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1998 • 256 pages.

  4. Galactic Dreams

    Tor Books • 1995 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1995 • 222 pages.

  5. Stainless Steel Visions

    Tor Books • 1994 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1994 • 256 pages.

  6. Planet of No Return

    Tor Books • 1993 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1993 • 232 pages.

  7. Planet of the Damned - author of winter in Eden

    Tor Books • 1993 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1993 • 250 pages.

  8. Rebel In Time, A

    Tor Books • 1993 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1993 • 320 pages.

  9. The Technicolor Time Machine

    Tor Books • 1991 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1991 • 256 pages.

  10. Transatlantic Tunnel Hurr

    Tor Books • 1991 • standard commitment

    readers who want one of the clearer starting points on this page

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