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Harry Harrison

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    (March 12, 1925-August 15, 2012)
    Born in Stamford, Connecticut
    Science fiction author
    Best-known for his 'Stainless Steel Rat' series of novels and short stories
    Also wrote the 'Bill the Galactic Hero' and 'Deathworld' novels
    Received the Damon Knight Memorial Award in 2009
    Resident of Ireland
    Namesake of the Harrison Award
    Birth name was Henry Maxwell Dempsey

Why he might be annoying:

    He promoted the invented language of Esperanto.
    He was a pacifist who loathed the military and called Vietnam 'America's greatest sin,' but, refused to criticize Communism and lived in countries protected by the American military.
    His 'Stainless Steel Rat' stories, about a futuristic con man turned lawman (think 'It Takes a Thief'), are really detective stories with a thin sci-fi veneer.
    An atheist, he used his writings to slam believers, but only Christians.
    His novel 'Make Room! Make Room!,' which inspired the movie 'Soylent Green,' and an episode of the tv series 'Perversions of Science,' are his only works to be filmed.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He worked with close friend and fellow sci-fi author Brian Aldiss to edit several superb sci-fi anthologies.
    One of the best-selling series in sci-fi history, the 'Stainless Steel Rat' books outsold his other works by almost 2 to 1.
    He was very well traveled and used his experiences in his writings: languages, place names, anthropological observances.
    He started out as an illustrator for comic books and comic strips.
    Before being widowed, he was married almost fifty years.
    He served honorably in WWII.
    His appeal was international, with some of his books having not even been published in English.

Credit: tom_jeffords


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 73 Votes: 78.08% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 90.91% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 53 Votes: 69.81% Annoying