Harry Harrison
Harry Max Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey; March 12, 1925 – August 15, 2012) was an American science fiction author, known mostly for his character The Stainless Steel Rat and for his novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966). The latter was the rough basis for the motion picture Soylent Green (1973). Long resident in both Ireland and the United Kingdom, Harrison was involved in the foundation of the Irish Science Fiction Association, and was, with Brian Aldiss, co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group.
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| Full name at birth | Henry Maxwell Dempsey
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| Date of birth | 12 March 1925
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| Place of birth | Stamford, Connecticut, USA
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| Date of death | 15 August 2012
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| Age | 87 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Brighton, England, United Kingdom
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Harry Harrison is known for his role in the film Bill the Galactic Hero (2014) as novel.
He is also known for his role in the TV series Perversions of Science (1997) as story "Dream of Doom" - 1 episode.
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