Harry Harrison
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Hugo Award Finalist: A mystery at the heart of a desert planet and its ruling class must be solved in this thrilling tale from a Grand Master of Science Fiction.
Brion Brandd has just triumphed in the planetary contest called the “Twenties, ”a series of physical and mental trials meant to push contestants to their limits. But before he can fully recover from these tests, he’s recruited by former Twenties champion Ihjel...
Brion Brandd has just triumphed in the planetary contest called the “Twenties, ”a series of physical and mental trials meant to push contestants to their limits. But before he can fully recover from these tests, he’s recruited by former Twenties champion Ihjel...
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Duke Classics
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In the mood for a thought-provoking read from the golden age of science fiction? Dip into "Arm of the Law" from mid-century SF virtuoso Harry Harrison. In this tale, Harrison recounts an experiment in robotic law enforcement that goes awry -- with an array of horrifying unforeseen consequences. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction and nonfiction, Sheba Blake Publishing Corp. is extremely dedicated to bringing to the forefront...
3) The K-Factor
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The Floating Press
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2016
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This is a classic science fiction short story by Harry Harrison. The K-Factor is an equation used to asses the probability of war. A young man is charged with using the K-Factor and the field of Sociatics to avert war on another planet. However, there is a traitor in his midst who has the power to cause a catastrophe. Will he find the traitor? Find out in this classic sci-fi tale. This work is part of our Vintage Sci-Fi Classics Series, a series in...
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The Ethical Engineer is a science fiction novel by Harry Harrison, first published in 1963. The story is set in a fictional medieval kingdom, where a power-hungry king named Lanius seeks to expand his empire by conquering neighboring lands. The main character, Conn Maxwell, is an engineer who is hired by Lanius to build a war machine that will help him conquer his enemies. However, Conn is also a man of ethics and principles, and he struggles with...
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Jim believes he has pulled off a successful bank job, but is out-conned into working for the Special Corps, the elite law-enforcement and spy agency led by the former greatest crook in the Galaxy, Harold P. Inskipp, and composed mostly of ex-criminals like him. He believes he has escaped from the Corps, and meets his love interest, Angelina - also a criminal genius, but lacking in Jim's relatively high moral codes and strictures against killing. She...
6) Deathworld
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This classic science fiction novel by Harry Harrison was originally serialized in Astounding Science Fiction magazine. It follows professional gambler, Jason dinAlt, who uses his psionic abilities to rig games of chance. He is challenged by Kerk Pyruss, ambassador for the planet Pyrrus, to ply his trade with a large sum at a government casino. He succeeds and avoids their attempts to reclaim his winnings. On a whim he decides to accompany Kerk back...
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Duke Classics
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This classic short story from sci-fi luminary Harry Harrison offers a sympathetic glimpse into the inner lives of robots. In the future, society has grown ever more dependent on these super-intelligent machines, but despite their increasing autonomy, robots are still looked down on as second-class citizens. "The Velvet Glove" is a thought-provoking reversal of the conventional take on the issue of robots.
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Slippery Jim diGriz, alias the Stainless Steel Rat, the future's most lovable, laughable, larcenous conman tumed counterspy, returns for another high-tension mission in Harry Harrison's The Stainless Steel Rat for President.
This time the Special Corps has given diGriz a daring assignment: liberate a backward tourist planet from the clutches of an aging dictator. With his lovely but lethal wife Angelina and his two stalwart sons
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Duke Classics
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In this gripping story from twentieth-century science fiction master Harry Harrison, a gigantic battleship has slipped off the proverbial radar. Can wily protagonist Jim diGriz and his intrepid half-humanoid, half-robot crew of comrades retrieve it before it falls into the wrong hands and interstellar war breaks out?
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Tony Hawkin wasn't really made for the FBI. He rarely hit what he aimed at, forgot his own code name, and had a tendency to panic at the slightest hint of trouble. Now he's gotten himself handcuffed to an attaché case with two million dollars inside, and stuffed aboard a hijacked DC-10, bound for Scotland, where he's being chased through the countryside by the hijackers, Scots patriots, a crazy Cuban colonel and half the police force. All of them...
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Turing Option is written by Harry Harrison who is also 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.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
12) Deathworld 2
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Jason dinAlt has been kidnapped and is being returned to the planet Cassylia to stand trial for his crimes. But en route the space ship he is on crash lands on a planet inhabited by men who have lost much of their technology. It is up to Jason to find a way to stay alive and get off planet. Can he succeed in leaving this new Deathworld?
13) Skyfall
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Prometheus is the largest spacecraft ever built by man. A joint USA-USSR project, the gigantic ship weighs over 20,000 tons-and may be the ultimate solution to the world's energy needs. Like its mythical namesake, who stole fire from the gods and gave it to mankind, Prometheus will capture the energy of the sun and beam it to Earth-unless something goes terribly wrong.
An unforseen accident has stranded Prometheus in a decaying orbit less than a...
15) One King's Way
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A craftsman, visionary, and warrior, Shef has risen from slavery to become king of a mighty Viking nation. But his growing kingdom menaces all of Europe, and he has made many powerful enemies.
Chief among his enemies are the Knights of the Lance, a fanatical order of soldiers sworn to bring Shef down, no matter what the cost. To defeat Shef, they will go to extraordinary lengths to find the sacred spear of Christ--and resurrect the Holy Roman Empire.
Driven...
16) You Know You're a Dad: A Book for Dads Who Never Thought They'd Say Binkies, Blankies, or Curfew
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You know you're a dad when you're more impressed by the latest innovations in stroller technology than in your old sports car . . .You know you're a dad when a wild Friday night means falling asleep in front of a cartoon with your toddler . . .You know you're a dad when all you want for Christmas is a nanny . . .
18) The Repairman
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Take an intergalactic journey with science fiction luminary Harry Harrison. In The Repairman, Harrison recounts the travails of a lone skilled laborer who is charged with the frustrating task of making a crucial repair to malfunctioning equipment on a far-flung planet.
19) Wheelworld
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Wheelworld is written by Harry Harrison who is also 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.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
20) A Rebel In Time
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Can history be changed?
Can the South still win the War Between the States?
Colonel McCulloch thinks so...and his gold, his gun, and some very special blueprints stand behind him to help him prove it.
Sargeant Harmon is a black man who hopes not...and only his readiness, ingenuity, and wit stand behind him to help him stop it.
In the corridors of contemporary Washington and on the fields where Civil War battles have yet to be fought, these two...
