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I have no idea which came first - A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! or Tunnel Through the Deeps - otherwise I would have put the "originally published as" tag in. Hopefully someone who does know will come across this article (or I'll find out somehow, and remember to update it) sheridan 21:59, 2005 Mar 17 (UTC)
Since some works have more than one title it seems that some are not on the right order or with the right comment...
I'd question the wisdom of listing the "Stainless Steel Rat" series by internal chronology rather than by date of publication, since the later books are so much lesser in quality.
The link in the following text is broken: "Plague from Space (1965)" The hyperlink doesn't go anywhere, and I can't fix it because I don't know where it should lead the user. Hopefully, someone else will be able to fix it. Marceepoo ( talk) 00:34, 23 June 2010 (UTC) User:marceepoo) 00:32, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
The link to "Homeworld" leads to the article on the computer game.
This entry has serious violations of NPOV. It will have to be completely rewritten, as at present it's little more than a right-wing rant. -- 81.103.144.117 22:39, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
The article does not mention Harrison's being an atheist. He described himself as such on his Web site, and he described the trouble that he had getting The Streets of Ashkelon published because the hero is an atheist. Is it worth mentioning? Apepper ( talk) 12:09, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Harry Harrison may have moved to Ireland, but that does not make him Irish. Can we have some evidence to back up his claim of Irish citizenship?
Social media and his Web site have reported his death. I will keep an eye out for an RS. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.30.56.40 ( talk) 08:24, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
The article currently says he did not know his real birth name until he was 30, at which point he changed his name to Harry Harrison. This leaves out answers to some obvious questions, such as why did he not know his name, and what name was he in fact using until he was 30, since it could not have been either Harrison or Dempsey for obvious reasons. 85.157.155.247 ( talk) 13:54, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
Why was the last name changed? 2600:8800:784:8F00:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D ( talk) 05:21, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
[Lester_del_Rey|Lester del Rey] - silly. Just put [Lester del Rey] for
Lester del Rey. This works just fine. It is amazing how many convoluted wikilinks there are in the Wikipedia, and how obvious how many of them are twice or thrice as long as they needs to be.
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created a navbox for his books. I didnt include redlinks, per wmos. i hope this will spur article creation anyway. Mercurywoodrose ( talk) 02:20, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
This article lists his name as Henry Maxwell Dempsey, but there is no source for that. Also, his children are named Harrison. Does anyone know where this information came from? AppleInYourEye ( talk) 06:49, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
Not really conventional style to fold the obituary into the intro ... can we do better here? - David Gerard ( talk) 10:56, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
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I've just come into possession of an anthology published by Hamlyn in 1979 entitled "Adventure Stories for Boys". The book is a reprint of one published in 1967. Amongst the stories is one entitled "Spell of Magic" attributed to Harry Harrison, the title page indicates that some of the stories including "Spell of Magic" had been published previously either in Eagle or Boy's World sometime around 1963. The storyline features a stage magician working for Interpol chasing down diamond smugglers in the Mediterranean. It is not however listed on Harry Harrison's website. This looks like an area for further research, but as I am not located in the UK, I am posting the basic information here just in case someone else can find out more. Graham1973 ( talk) 15:30, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
Three long quotes from Priest's obituary is an excessive amount of quotation from one source to the point that it might raise copyright issues. At least some of this content should be summarized and used along with other sources rather than quoted. Haukur ( talk) 13:39, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
The link on "Irish scheme for writers" goes to an article Tax haven, but this provides no information on the "Irish scheme for writers". PeepleLikeYou ( talk) 08:13, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
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I have no idea which came first - A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! or Tunnel Through the Deeps - otherwise I would have put the "originally published as" tag in. Hopefully someone who does know will come across this article (or I'll find out somehow, and remember to update it) sheridan 21:59, 2005 Mar 17 (UTC)
Since some works have more than one title it seems that some are not on the right order or with the right comment...
I'd question the wisdom of listing the "Stainless Steel Rat" series by internal chronology rather than by date of publication, since the later books are so much lesser in quality.
The link in the following text is broken: "Plague from Space (1965)" The hyperlink doesn't go anywhere, and I can't fix it because I don't know where it should lead the user. Hopefully, someone else will be able to fix it. Marceepoo ( talk) 00:34, 23 June 2010 (UTC) User:marceepoo) 00:32, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
The link to "Homeworld" leads to the article on the computer game.
This entry has serious violations of NPOV. It will have to be completely rewritten, as at present it's little more than a right-wing rant. -- 81.103.144.117 22:39, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
The article does not mention Harrison's being an atheist. He described himself as such on his Web site, and he described the trouble that he had getting The Streets of Ashkelon published because the hero is an atheist. Is it worth mentioning? Apepper ( talk) 12:09, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Harry Harrison may have moved to Ireland, but that does not make him Irish. Can we have some evidence to back up his claim of Irish citizenship?
Social media and his Web site have reported his death. I will keep an eye out for an RS. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.30.56.40 ( talk) 08:24, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
The article currently says he did not know his real birth name until he was 30, at which point he changed his name to Harry Harrison. This leaves out answers to some obvious questions, such as why did he not know his name, and what name was he in fact using until he was 30, since it could not have been either Harrison or Dempsey for obvious reasons. 85.157.155.247 ( talk) 13:54, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
Why was the last name changed? 2600:8800:784:8F00:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D ( talk) 05:21, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
[Lester_del_Rey|Lester del Rey] - silly. Just put [Lester del Rey] for
Lester del Rey. This works just fine. It is amazing how many convoluted wikilinks there are in the Wikipedia, and how obvious how many of them are twice or thrice as long as they needs to be.
98.67.108.12 (
talk) 16:54, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
created a navbox for his books. I didnt include redlinks, per wmos. i hope this will spur article creation anyway. Mercurywoodrose ( talk) 02:20, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
This article lists his name as Henry Maxwell Dempsey, but there is no source for that. Also, his children are named Harrison. Does anyone know where this information came from? AppleInYourEye ( talk) 06:49, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
Not really conventional style to fold the obituary into the intro ... can we do better here? - David Gerard ( talk) 10:56, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
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I've just come into possession of an anthology published by Hamlyn in 1979 entitled "Adventure Stories for Boys". The book is a reprint of one published in 1967. Amongst the stories is one entitled "Spell of Magic" attributed to Harry Harrison, the title page indicates that some of the stories including "Spell of Magic" had been published previously either in Eagle or Boy's World sometime around 1963. The storyline features a stage magician working for Interpol chasing down diamond smugglers in the Mediterranean. It is not however listed on Harry Harrison's website. This looks like an area for further research, but as I am not located in the UK, I am posting the basic information here just in case someone else can find out more. Graham1973 ( talk) 15:30, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
Three long quotes from Priest's obituary is an excessive amount of quotation from one source to the point that it might raise copyright issues. At least some of this content should be summarized and used along with other sources rather than quoted. Haukur ( talk) 13:39, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
The link on "Irish scheme for writers" goes to an article Tax haven, but this provides no information on the "Irish scheme for writers". PeepleLikeYou ( talk) 08:13, 21 April 2021 (UTC)