Behind the Scenes From Where I Write: Harry Harrison

[kylecassidy]

I first knew Harry Harrison from reading "A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!" in my youth. Lots more people know him as the author of the extraordinarily popularStainless Steel Rat books and those who don't know him from that know him as the author of Soylent Green the classic movie starring that guy who played Moses (cue Burns shouting "Soylent Green

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[ernunnos]

Jealous. So jealous. Are you guys wearing the same pilot watch?

[kylecassidy]

about two weeks from now he goes back in time to give it to me so we can both wear it for this photo.

actually mine's a citizen aqualand. i should have gotten the eco drive version. dang dang dang dang.

dude

[circle23]

are you drinking cheap swill with a titan??

[niamh_sage]

How utterly cool! :D I remember reading and loving Harry Harrison books in highschool. I have a bunch of Stainless Steel Rat too. (Ooo and I just remembered, when I was at university, a couple of friends and I riffed off the SSR series to produce a few very silly short stories in a similarly fantastical vein. I wonder where those are now?)

[habiliments]

Whether or not you're actually drinking from that bottle, the simple fact that you're holding it like you are gives this picture extra levels of win.

[morlith]

+1! It's very easy to out-drink someone if they're using a glass and you're using a bottle!

[anyher]

"A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!" is one of the first SF books, i read. Also "Technicolor time machine" was in some Soviet collection of American SF, i found and read in childhood. Harrison is so cool.

[kylecassidy]

Every single one of his books is still in print in Russia. They love him extra there. He just did a big book tour there where they feted him like Tolstoy. (As well they should.)