Harrison HarrisonHarry Harrison (1925-2012) was an American science fiction writer, editor, illustrator, and satirist best known for fast-moving, anti-authoritarian, often comic speculative fiction. He became widely known for the Stainless Steel Rat stories, Bill, th Galactic Hero, and Make Room! Make Room!, the novel that inspired the film Soylent Green. Harrison's work often combines adventure with satire, distrust of bureaucracy, suspicion of militarism, and sympathy for rogues, rebels, and practical survivors.Harrison's early career was closely tied to the magazine and comics worlds, and his fiction retained the speed, clarity, and visual snap of those markets. He was equally comfortable with space adventure, social satire, future crime, and comic reversals, making him a strong fit for a Fantastic Universe collection. "The Velvet Glove" reflects the kind of sharp, idea-driven magazine science fiction that helped establish Harrison's reputation: accessible, energetic, sceptical, and built around the collision between human behaviour and speculative invention. Read More Read Less
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