Tag: harry_harrison

The underlying premise of this book is weak (a criminal forced into a band in order to find a stolen item), but like I’ve said in the past the Stainless Steel Rat books are fun, and not really intended to make you a better person. This one is along those lines too — its an…

This book is another Stainless Steel Rat prequel, although it was written well after the original book. This book takes up from where A Stainless Steel Rat is Born ends — with Jim arrested (of course), on a surprisingly low tech planet. Jim must then escape, and make his way in the universe once more….

This series is a set of parodies of militaristic science fiction, and is excellently bad. 1965: Bill The Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison 1989: Bill, the Galactic Hero On the Planet of Robot Slavesby Harry Harrison 1990: Bill the Galactic Hero On the Planet of Bottled Brains by Robert Sheckley and Harry Harrison 1991: Bill…

This book is an interesting read, but for unusual reasons. Its as if Harrison sets out to write a terrible book, and learns new techniques to achieve this terrible along the way. An example of his mastery of the art: A hundred bucks a month was good money, though, and Bill saved every bit of…

This was another book I read as a kid and had fond memories of. When I found it at Powell’s books for under $4 I just had to pick it up. Harrison seems to focus on “pulp science fiction” — all of the stuff I have seen from him has been short and easy reading,…