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THE STAINLESS STEEL RAT

HARRY HARRISON

Here’s the original short story that first introduced us to Slippery Jim diGriz, better known as the Stainless Steel Rat! diGriz is charming, quick-witted, sophisticated, and a devious criminal mastermind. The Rat has just pulled off a successful and complex criminal operation, but the Special Corps is on his trail. Is this the end for the Stainless Steel Rat or just the beginn...

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SENSE OF OBLIGATION

HARRY HARRISON

Sense of Obligation is a science fiction short story by Harry Harrison, first published in 1967. The story is set in a future society where individuals are assigned jobs and roles based on their genetic makeup and abilities. The main character, Jeff, is a talented musician who is assigned to work as a garbage collector because his genetic profile shows a low aptitude for intell...

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PLANET OF THE DAMNED

HARRY HARRISON

Planet of the Damned is a science fiction novel by Harry Harrison, published in 1962. The story is set on the planet Pyrrus, which is known for its extreme and deadly environment. The planet is inhabited by several intelligent species, including the deadly and aggressive pyrrans. The story follows the journey of a group of humans, led by a man named Brion Brandd, who have come ...

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THE ETHICAL ENGINEER

HARRY HARRISON

The Ethical Engineer is a science fiction novel by Harry Harrison, first published in 1963. The story is set in a fictional medieval kingdom, where a power-hungry king named Lanius seeks to expand his empire by conquering neighboring lands. The main character, Conn Maxwell, is an engineer who is hired by Lanius to build a war machine that will help him conquer his enemies. Howe...

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THE MISPLACED BATTLESHIP AND THREE MORE STORIES

HARRY HARRISON

Four action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction" by Harry Harrison. Featured here: "The Misplaced Battleship", "The Repairman", "The K-Factor", and "Toy Shop". ...

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THE STAINLESS STEEL RAT AND THREE MORE STORIES

HARRY HARRISON

Four action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction" by Harry Harrison. Featured here: "The Stainless Steel Rat", "Arm of the Law", "The Velvet Glove", and "Navy Day". ...

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THE TURING OPTION

HARRY HARRISON / MARVIN MINSKY

The classic science fiction thriller that "contains some of the best extrapolation on the nature and creation of AI ever offered in fiction" ( Kirkus Reviews ). The SFWA Grand Master and author of Make Room! Make Room!—the novel that inspired the movie Soylent Green—teams up with a pioneering artificial intelligence expert in "a fine example of collaboration, in which a scienti...

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RETURN TO EDEN

HARRY HARRISON

Humanity fights an intelligent dinosaur race in an alternative prehistoric universe in this sci-fi adventure trilogy finale from an award-winning author. On an Earth where dinosaurs survived, their intelligent descendants, the Yilanè, compete with humanity for control of the planet. A human named Kerrick, a young hunter from the Tanu tribe, grew up among the dinosaurs and becam...

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WINTER IN EDEN

HARRY HARRISON

A new ice age threatens Earth. Facing extinction, the dinosaurs must employ their mastery of biology to reconquer human territory swiftly. Desperately, Kerrick launches an arduous quest to rally a final defense for humankind. With his beloved wife and young son, he heads north to the land of the whale hunters, east into the enemy's stronghold, and south to a fateful reckoning w...

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1001 THINGS HAPPY COUPLES KNOW ABOUT MARRIAGE (LOVE, ROMANCE, & MORNING BREATH)

HARRY H. HARRISON

Find out what happy couples know that makes their marriages amazing instead of mundane! Harry H. Harrison's latest dose of wit and wisdom pays tribute to the sanctity of marriage and provides a trove of insight—1001 to be exact—into what it takes to have a happy union for a lifetime. Covering topics from the differences of the sexes, to money, marriage myths, and menopause, Har...

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1001 THINGS EVERY TEEN SHOULD KNOW BEFORE THEY LEAVE HOME (OR ELSE THEY'LL COME BACK)

HARRY H. HARRISON

Adult teens think they're ready to live on their own, but are they? Will they know how to pick a good room mate? Buy a car? Create a budget and actually live on one? From changing the oil to applying for jobs, best-selling author Harry H. Harrison, Jr. has compiled the definitive book for preparing your teen to live on their own. Or else they might come back! ...

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1001 THINGS YOUR KIDS SHOULD SEE & DO (OR ELSE THEY'LL NEVER LEAVE HOME)

HARRY H. HARRISON

When it's time for your kids to leave home, will they be ready to face the world? Will they be able to handle the NYC subway system? Will they have experienced the challenge of a summer career camp? Will they be able to compare civilizations and governments around the world? Will their imaginations have been sparked in a foreign land? Will they know that tamales aren't edible u...

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SKYFALL

HARRY HARRISON

Prometheus is the largest spacecraft ever built by man. A joint USA-USSR project, the gigantic ship weighs over 20,000 tons--and may be the ultimate solution to the world's energy needs. Like its mythical namesake, who stole fire from the gods and gave it to mankind, Prometheus will capture the energy of the sun and beam it to Earth--unless something goes terribly wrong. An unf...

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QUEEN VICTORIA'S REVENGE

HARRY HARRISON

An kidnapped FBI agent must find his way back to London to bring down a terrorist plot in this satiric thriller. Tony Hawkin wasn't really made for the FBI. He rarely hit what he aimed at, forgot his own code name, and had a tendency to panic at the slightest hint of trouble. Now he's gotten himself handcuffed to an attache case with two million dollars inside, and stuffed aboa...

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MONTEZUMA'S REVENGE

HARRY HARRISON

When the voice of authority calls, Tony Hawkin assumes there is a glitch. After all, why would the nation possibly require the services of a man who runs the gift shop in the FBI building? But there's no mistake, and soon Tony finds himself in the middle of Mexico, pursued by a ruthless killer, and hot on the trail of a priceless work of art. He has to find the painting, determ...

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PLANET OF THE DAMNED

HARRY HARRISON

Hugo Award Finalist: A mystery at the heart of a desert planet and its ruling class must be solved in this thrilling tale from a Grand Master of Science Fiction. Brion Brandd has just triumphed in the planetary contest called the "Twenties, "a series of physical and mental trials meant to push contestants to their limits. But before he can fully recover from these tests, he's r...

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DEATHWORLD

HARRY HARRISON

A gifted gambler fights to survive on a hostile planet in this classic novel from the creator of science fiction antihero the Stainless Steel Rat. The gravity is twice that of Earth. The weather is an unpredictable maelstrom. All species of life, both plant and animal, monstrous and microscopic, are lethal. And the environment is drenched with radioactivity. This is planet Py...

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HOMEWORLD

HARRY HARRISON

In this dystopian fantasy from the author of the sci-fi classic The Stainless Steel Rat, a man joins forces with rebels to battle an oppressive regime. The first volume in Harry Harrison's epic To the Stars Trilogy, Homeworld is a stark and compelling vision of the future. Homeworld is heaven on Earth. If you don't ask questions . . . Homeworld is stable at last, hundreds of ye...

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WEST OF EDEN

HARRY HARRISON

From a Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductee, "intelligent reptiles battle stone age humans for control of an alternate Earth" ( Kirkus Reviews). Sixty-five million years ago, a disastrous cataclysm eliminated three quarters of all life on Earth. Overnight, the age of dinosaurs ended. The age of mammals had begun. But what if history had happened differently? What if the reptil...

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WHEELWORLD

HARRY HARRISON

Imprisoned on a planet colony, a people struggle to survive in this dystopian fantasy from the author of the sci-fi classic The Stainless Steel Rat. Wheelworld is the second visionary volume in Harry Harrison's phenomenal To the Stars trilogy. An unforgiving planet where the sun is about to rise and will not set for another four years; where an ancient peasant hierarchy still r...

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THE STAINLESS STEEL RAT JOINS THE CIRCUS

HARRY HARRISON

Slippery Jim DiGriz. The galaxy's greatest thief and con artist: the Stainless Steel Rat. For novel upon novel, Jim DiGriz has outfoxed the forces of conventionality, cutting a stylish swathe through dozens of star systems. Now, Slippery Jim and his beautiful wife Angelina find themselves becalmed on a painfully boring backwater planet, with nothing to do but practice their ski...

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PLANET OF NO RETURN

HARRY HARRISON

WORLD-SAVING IS HARD WORK. Brion Brandd learned that in Planet of the Damned. Now, in this stunning sequel, he's going to learn that even when it comes to world-saving some jobs are easier than others--because the Planet of the Damned was a piece of candy compared to what's waiting for him on Planet of No Return. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digi...

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PLANET OF THE DAMNED

HARRY HARRISON

A Classic Science Fiction adventure from the creator of The Stainless Steel Rat and Bill the Galactic Hero. Brion has just won the Twenties, a global competition that tests one' achievements in 20 categories of human activities. But Brion must leave his world to help salvage the world of Dis, the most hellish planet in the galaxy. At the Publisher's request, this title is being...

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STONEHENGE

HARRY HARRISON / LEON STOVER

Three against an Empire! Ason: Prince of an ancient house, intent on restoring the keystone of his father's power, braves the limits of the land-rimmed sea to sail North, through the cold fog, to the icy island where, with heroic effort, the key to victory may be found. Inteb: Former envoy of the Pharoah, reluctant voyager to the forbidden island of Yerni, armed only with his a...

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ONE STEP FROM EARTH

HARRY HARRISON

What if we could transfer objects, even people, across the galaxy in the blink of an eye? What hidden secrets would it reveal? What deadly dangers would it conceal? Will any part of human life be the same when the vastness of the Universe lies only ONE STEP FROM EARTH? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied....

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A REBEL IN TIME

HARRY HARRISON

Can history be changed? Can the South still win the War Between the States? Colonel McCulloch thinks so...and his gold, his gun, and some very special blueprints stand behind him to help him prove it. Sergeant Harmon is a black man who hopes not...and only his readiness, ingenuity, and withstand behind him to help him stop it. In the corridors of contemporary Washington and on ...

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THE QE2 IS MISSING

HARRY HARRISON

In the tradition of Raise the Titanic, a startling thriller by bestselling author Harry Harrison. When the world's most luxurious liner is found floating off Peru, the crew and the 2,000 passengers have disappeared. Mysterious circular marks have been burned onto the upper decks. . . . At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Softwa...

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