Harry Harrison, geboren als Henry Maxwell Dempsey am 12. März 1925 in Stamford, Connecticut, war ein gefeierter amerikanischer Science-Fiction-Autor. Er adoptierte den Nachnamen Harrison mit 30 Jahren, obwohl er nicht wusste, dass seine Eltern den Familiennamen von Dempsey zuvor geändert hatten. Harrisons Vater, Leo Dempsey, hatte irische Wurzeln und arbeitete als Maler, während seine Mutter eine jüdische Einwanderin aus Russland war. Aufgrund des Berufs seines Vaters lebte Harrison in seiner Kindheit in verschiedenen Ländern, darunter England, Dänemark, Irland, Mexiko und Italien.
Bevor Harrison seine Schriftstellerkarriere begann, diente er in der Armee und entwickelte ein Interesse an Esperanto, um Langeweile zu bekämpfen. Später beeinflusste dieses Interesse sein Schreiben, wobei Esperanto häufig in seinen Büchern auftauchte. Harrison zog während der 1970er Jahre nach Irland, wo er ein Haus in County Wicklow baute und viele Jahre mit seiner Familie lebte. Er wurde zu einem Befürworter von Esperanto und diente als Ehrenpräsident der Irischen Esperanto-Vereinigung.
Harry Harrison ist am besten für seine Science-Fiction- und Fantasy-Romane bekannt, insbesondere für seine Figur, den Stainless Steel Rat, und den Roman Make Room! Make Room! (1966), der als Grundlage für den Film Soylent Green (1973) diente. Bevor er Romancier wurde, arbeitete Harrison als Künstler für EC Comics und trug zu Serien wie Weird Fantasy und Weird Science bei. Er schrieb auch syndizierte Comic-Strips. Harrisons Science-Fiction-Geschichten umfassten typischerweise Abenteuer und Satire, oft mit ernsten Themen. Er begann seine Schriftstellerkarriere mit der Veröffentlichung von Deathworld im Jahr 1960, obwohl er dem Genre bereits vorher bedeutende Beiträge geleistet hatte. Harrison war auch Mitpräsident der Birmingham Science Fiction Group, gemeinsam mit Brian W. Aldiss.
Stainless Steel Rat Books
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Stainless Steel Rat
1961
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The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge
1970
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The Stainless Steel Rat Saves The World
1971
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The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You!
1978
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The Stainless Steel Rat for President
1982
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A Stainless Steel Rat is Born
1985
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The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted
1987
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Stainless Steel Visions
1992
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The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues
1994
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The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell
1996
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The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus
1999
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The Stainless Steel Rat Returns
2010
Stainless Steel Rat Series in Chronological Order
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A Stainless Steel Rat is Born
1985
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The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted
1987
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The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues
1994
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Stainless Steel Rat
1961
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The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge
1970
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The Stainless Steel Rat Saves The World
1971
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The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You!
1978
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The Stainless Steel Rat for President
1982
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Stainless Steel Visions
1992
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The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell
1996
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The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus
1999
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The Stainless Steel Rat Returns
2010
Stainless Steel Rat (Game Books) Books
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You Can Be the Stainless Steel Rat
1985
Nova Books
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Nova One
1971
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Nova 2
1972
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Nova 3 / The Outdated Man
1973
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Nova IV
1974
Bill, The Galactic Hero Books (with Robert Sheckley, with Jack C. Haldeman II, with David Bischoff, with David Harris)
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Bill, the Galactic Hero
1965
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The Planet of the Robot Slaves
1989
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On the Planet of Bottled Brains
1990
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On the Planet of Tasteless Pleasure
1990
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On the Planet of Zombie Vampires
1991
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The Planet of the Hippies from Hell / On the Planet of Ten Thousand Bars
1991
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The Final Incoherent Adventure!
1992
Stars and Stripes Books
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Stars and Stripes Forever
1998
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Stars and Stripes in Peril
2000
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Stars and Stripes Triumphant
2001
Tony Hawkin Books
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Montezuma's Revenge
1972
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Queen Victoria's Revenge
1974
To The Stars Books
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Homeworld
1980
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Wheelworld
1981
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Starworld
1981
Deathworld Books
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Deathworld
1960
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Deathworld II: The Ethical Engineer
1964
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Deathworld 3
1968
Eden Books
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West of Eden
1984
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Winter in Eden
1986
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Return to Eden
1988
Brion Brandd Books
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Planet of the Damned / A Sense of Obligation
1962
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Planet of No Return
1981
Hammer and The Cross Books (with John Holm)
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The Hammer and the Cross
1993
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One King's Way
1994
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King and Emperor
1996
Harry Harriston Standalone Novels
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Plague from Space
1965
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The Jupiter Plague
1965
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Make Room! Make Room!
1966
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The Technicolor Time Machine
1967
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The Man from P.I.G.
1968
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Captive Universe
1969
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In Our Hands, the Stars / The Daleth Effect
1970
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Spaceship Medic
1970
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The Jupiter Legacy
1970
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Tunnel Through the Deeps / A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!
1972
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Stonehenge: Where Atlantis Died
1972
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The Men from P.I.G. and R.O.B.O.T.
1974
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Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers
1974
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The Lifeship / Lifeboat
1975
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The California Iceberg
1975
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Skyfall
1976
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Mechanismo
1978
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Planet Story
1979
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The QEII is Missing
1980
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Invasion: Earth
1982
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A Rebel in Time
1983
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The Turing Option
1992
Kurzgeschichten/Novellen
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Navy Day
1954
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The Velvet Glove
1956
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The Repairman
1958
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Arm of the Law
1958
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The Misplaced Battleship
1960
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The K-Factor
1960
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Toy Shop
2010
Kurzgeschichtensammlungen
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War with the Robots
1962
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Two Tales and Eight Tomorrows
1965
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Prime Number
1970
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One Step from Earth
1970
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The Best of Harry Harrison
1977
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Galactic Dreams
1995
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50 in 50
2001
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Toy Shop and Two Others
2009
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The Idols of Wuld & Planet of the Damned
2016
Sachbücher
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Great Balls of Fire
1977
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Spacecraft In Fact and Fiction
1979
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Harry Harrison! Harry Harrison!
2014
Best SF Anthologies (with Brian W. Aldiss, with Robert Sheckley)
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Best SF: 1968 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 2
1969
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Best SF: 1969 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 3
1970
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Best SF: 1970 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 4
1971
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Best SF: 1971 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 5
1972
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Best SF: 1975 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 9
1976
The Golden Age of Science Fiction Books (with Robert Silverberg, with James Blish, with Poul Anderson, with Clifford D. Simak, with Fritz Leiber, with Robert Sheckley, with Roger Dee, with Anthony Gilmore, with Robert Hoskins, with Richard Rein Smith)
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The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI
2016
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The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume IV
2018
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The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X
2018
The EC Archives Books
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The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror Volume 3
2005
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Weird Science Volume 1
2006
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Two-Fisted Tales Volume 1
2007
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Weird Science, Vol. 2
2007
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Two-Fisted Tales, Vol. 2
2007
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Frontline Combat, Vol. 1
2008
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The EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales Volume 1
2015
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Two-Fisted Tales Volume 3
2016
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Weird Fantasy Volume 1
2016
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The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear Volume 4
2017
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The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy Volume 3
2018
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The EC Archives: Panic Volume 2
2018
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The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear Volume 5
2018
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The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror Volume 5
2019
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The EC Archives: Crime SuspenStories Volume 4
2019
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Frontline Combat Volume 2
2019
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Psychoanalysis
2020
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Frontline Combat Volume 3
2021
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Confessions Illustrated
2022
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Tales from the Crypt Volume 3
2023
Harry Harrison Anthologies
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The Eighth Galaxy Reader
1965
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Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1965
1965
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Nebula Award Stories #2
1966
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Analog Science Fiction And Fact, March 1967
1967
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Farewell, Fantastic Venus / All About Venus
1968
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SF: Author's Choice
1968
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Apeman, Spaceman
1968
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Backdrop of Stars
1968
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Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1969
1969
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Analog 6
1969
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Four for the Future
1969
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Blast Off
1969
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Worlds of If, February 1969
1969
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The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 3
1970
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Nova 1
1970
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The Year 2000
1970
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SF Authors' Choice 2
1970
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Science Against Man
1970
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The Light Fantastic
1971
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The Astounding Analog Reader
1972
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The 6th Annual Best SF 72
1973
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The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book Two
1973
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A Science Fiction Reader
1973
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Best From Fantasy And Science Fiction: 18th Series
1973
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SF Authors' Choice 3
1973
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The John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology / Astounding
1973
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Wondermakers 2
1974
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Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology
1974
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Decade: The 1940's
1975
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Hell's Cartographers
1975
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Antigrav
1975
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Decade: The 1950s
1976
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Study War No More
1977
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Decade: The 1960s
1977
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Weekend Book of Science Fiction
1981
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Tales from the Planet Earth
1986
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Tales From the Forbidden Planet
1987
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The Monster Book of Monsters
1988
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The Drabble Project
1988
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There Won't Be War
1991
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100 Astounding Little Alien Stories
1996
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The Young Oxford Book of Aliens
1999
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Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2
2010
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Beyond the Moons of Fomalhaut
2010
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The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack
2012
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Fantastic Stories Presents the Fantastic Universe Super Pack #2