Harry Garrison, the author of over 50 novels and twice as many short stories, is considered a classic of American fiction. His name is on a par with such patriarchs of the fantastic genre as Robert Sheckley, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov and Arthur Clarke. Harry Harrison's books have been published in many countries around the world. They are a real gift for lovers of good literature.
Henry Maxwell Dempsey (real name of the writer) was born on March 12, 1925 into an international family. The writer's mother grew up in St. Petersburg and emigrated to the United States at the age of 15, his father, a Hungarian by nationality, took the surname Garrison after the birth of his son.
Harry Garrison graduated from art school, served in the US Air Force, worked as an editor and artist. And since 1956 he began to earn money through literary work. For nearly ten years, Garrison has been writing for Flash Gordon's comics.
In 1951, Harry Harrison's first story "Penetrated into the Rocks" was published, and in 1960 - the first novel "Indomitable Planet", which later grew into a trilogy about the hero Jason din Alta. The next milestones in the work of the science fiction writer were the ten-volume cycle about Jimmy di Grisa, the "steel rat" and the book of the Eden series about intelligent dinosaurs who built their own biological civilization.
In his books, Harry Garrison often resorted to humor and largely focused on a youthful audience.
The writer was a great enthusiast of the Esperanto language, considered it the language of the future and often used it in his novels. In addition, Garrison was fluent in 7 more languages.
In the last years of his life, the writer often visited Russia and Ukraine. Harry Garrison died on August 15, 2012, at the age of 87.
Harry Harrison's books are very popular and have been translated into 21 languages of the world. His novels have been published and reprinted for half a century. They can be found on science fiction shelves in major bookstores.
In Russia, the rights to publish Harry Garrison's books belong to the Eksmo Publishing House. His novels are published in the special series Founding Fathers. All Garrison”, the most complete to date. Some of the writer’s novels can be found in the “Fantasy Masterpieces” series.
Harry Garrison's works are sold in major online bookstores such as Ozone and Labyrinth. You can also read them in the Internet libraries: "Aldebaran", "Librusek".
