50 in 50 : Fifty Stories for Fifty Years! - A

From his first sale in 1950 to his work this year, Harry Harrison has been one of the science fiction worlds creative dynamos, working in every subgenre of the field. Now, on the occasion of his fiftieth anniversary as a writer, Harrison gathers fifty of his best stories for a tour of his best work.

Harry Harrison is the author of Deathworld, Make Room! Make Room! (filmed as Soylent Green), the popular Stainless Steel Rat books, and many other famous works of SF.

Introduction

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Alien Shores

Aliens are the stock-in-trade of science fiction. Alien, the film, used the alien cliche as horror always good for a chill thrill. But the theme of the alien as other, perhaps a warped image of mankind, provides a theme of much greater interest

The Streets of Ashkelon

23

(13)

Rescue Operation

36

(13)

The Repairman

49

(12)

Pressure

61

(15)

Welcoming Committee

76

(5)

Heavy Duty

81

(18)

Make Room! Make Room!

This was the title of my novel that was deeply concerned with the looming dangers of overpopulation. Long after I had finished writing the book, I was still concerned with these dangers. Through the years that followed I was pressed more than once to return to this theme as the world continues to stagger steadily towards the brink

A Criminal Act

99

(12)

Roommates

111

(20)

The Pliable Animal

131

(20)

After the Storm

151

(16)

Miraculous Inuentions

Well, yes, that is what it is all about, isn't it? The invention that keeps science fiction chuntering along for a great deal of the time After all, SF is the only form of fiction where the idea---or the machine---can be the hero. And here are some rather unlikely heroes

Down to Earth

167

(17)

Final Encounter

184

(18)

Speed of the Cheetah, Roar of the Lion

202

(3)

The Greatest Car in the World

205

(9)

Rock Diver

214

(9)

Toy Shop

223

(5)

I Always Do What Teddy Says

228

(8)

From Fanaticism, or For Reward

236

(10)

I See You

246

(21)

Laugh--I Thought I Would Cry

Humor is rare in the world---and even rarer in science fiction. But it belongs there---and I just wish that there was more of it

The Greening of the Green

267

(15)

The Day After the End of the World

282

(11)

The Man from P.I.G.

293

(34)

Space Rats of the CCC

327

(11)

Captain Honario Harpplayer, R.N.

338

(11)

Other Worlds

Alien landscapes and distant planets---all are part and parcel of the SF package. They are there to be explored

Simulated Trainer

349

(13)

Survival Planet

362

(12)

How the Old World Died

374

(4)

The K-Factor

378

(23)

R.U.R.

Rossum's Universal Robots. No matter that Capek's robots were really humanoid and not metallic life forms. The name stuck and robots have been clanking and rattling through SF ever since

Arm of the Law

401

(14)

The Robot Who Wanted to Know

415

(6)

I Have My Vigil

421

(3)

The Velvet Glove

424

(19)

One For The Shrinks

Psychology, the use and the misuse thereof, is a topic that has always fascinated me. How the brain works, what it can and cannot do---this is the stuff of inquiry---and of story

Not Me, Not Amos Cabot!

443

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The Gods Themselves Throw Incense

450

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You Men of Violence

463

(9)

A Civil Service Servant

472

(8)

Captain Bedlam

480

(11)

The Light Fantastic

I have never been much of a fan fantasy. I find it too loose, too able to fly off in any direction without notice. But this does not mean that I shrink away from writing it when the Great Idea strikes

At Last, the True Story of Frankenstein

491

(5)

Incident in the IND

496

(9)

Square Pegs In Round Holes

And then there are the head-scratchers, the undefinable, the stories that just do not fit into any category. They are the one-offs---and this difference makes them, many times, the best of the lot

Portrait of the Artist

505

(8)

Mute Milton

513

(7)

An Artist's Life

520

(14)

The Ever-Branching Tree

534

(9)

By the Falls

543

(7)

American Dead

550

(13)

Dawn of the Endless Night

563

(13)

An Honest Day's Work

576

(8)

If

584

(6)

Brave Newer World

590

(31)

The Road to the Year 3000

621

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50 in 50 : Fifty Stories for Fifty Years! - A Collection and Celebration

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