Harry Harrison, 87, recently passed away on August 15 2012 in Crowborough, Uckfield, East Sussex.
Harrison is best known for his SF crime series the Stainless Steel Rat, Make Room! Make Room! (1966); the Deathworld series; the Eden series; and A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! (1972). He helped shape the SF field in the '60s and '70s through his collaborations with Brian Aldiss, including SF criticism magazine SF Horizons, which ran for two issues in 1965, and their influential Best SF anthology series, which ran from 1968-75. He received the SFWA Grand Master Award in 2009. He is survived by his two children.
2 comments:
RIP Harry. You are already missed.
Indeed. West of Eden was one of the first books I read that got me into SF.
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