Synopses & Reviews
Fifty stories for fifty years!A collection-and celebration-of the work of Harry Harrison
From his first sale in 1950 on, Harry Harrison has been one of the science fiction world's creative dynamos, working in every subgenre of the field, always bursting with provocative ideas. Parodic one moment, serious the next, Harrison has been called by Brian Aldiss "one of the few authors capable of carrying the old vigor of earlier days forward into a new epoch."
On the occasion of his fiftieth anniversary as a professional writer, Harrison has gathered together fifty of his best stories-one for each year-along with substantial notes and introductory material. 50 in 50 is at once a memoir, a compendium of an engaging body of work, and a look at the history of science fiction in the second half of the 20th century.
Review
“Definitive...Harrison has written well, even magnificently.” —
Booklist“Long overdue...Alternately thrilling and pensive, scary and hilarious, angry and accepting, Harrisons fictions constitute one of the main monuments in modern SF.” —Paul Di Filippo, Scifi.com
Synopsis
On the occasion of his 50th anniversary as a professional science fiction writer, Harrison gathers together 50 of his best stories, along with substantial notes and introductory material, for a whirlwind tour of his best work.
Synopsis
Fifty stories for fifty years!
A collection-and celebration-of the work of Harry Harrison
From his first sale in 1950 on, Harry Harrison has been one of the science fiction world's creative dynamos, working in every subgenre of the field, always bursting with provocative ideas. Parodic one moment, serious the next, Harrison has been called by Brian Aldiss "one of the few authors capable of carrying the old vigor of earlier days forward into a new epoch."
On the occasion of his fiftieth anniversary as a professional writer, Harrison has gathered together fifty of his best stories-one for each year-along with substantial notes and introductory material. 50 in 50 is at once a memoir, a compendium of an engaging body of work, and a look at the history of science fiction in the second half of the 20th century.
About the Author
Harry Harrison is the author of
Deathworld,
Make Room! Make Room! (filmed as
Soylent Green), the popular Stainless Steel Rat books, and many other famous works of SF.