History Creator / HarryHarrison

-->The law of Tooth and Claw. That's one that wasn't in the law books. And that was what ran Nineport. The place was just big enough to have a good population of gambling joints, bawdy houses and drunk-rollers. They were all run by China Joe. As was the police department. We were all in his pocket and you might say he was the one who paid our wages.

* "Literature/TheFourthLawOfRobotics"

* IMadeCopies: "The Repairman", a comic sci-fi short story, has DaChief bullying one of his men to take on a mission instead of going on leave, citing a clause in his contract, which he produces for effect. The hero draws his raygun and disintegrates it, but the computer just prints out another one. Then the Chief docks his pay for the cost of printing the copy.

He has also written serious SF, including ''Literature/MakeRoomMakeRoom'', which inspired the film ''Film/SoylentGreen'' (although the film's most famous plot element was not in the book); the ''Literature/{{Deathworld}}'' trilogy; the ''Literature/ToTheStars'' trilogy; and the ''Literature/WestOfEden'' trilogy.

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Harry Max Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, March 12, 1925 – August 15, 2012) was an American science fiction writer.

** In ''A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!'', America [[AmericaIsStillAColony lost the War of Independence]] and remained part of the British Empire. (Also, an earlier military defeat changed Spanish history enough that Christopher Columbus couldn't get funding, leaving American to be discovered by John Cabot in 1497.)

Harry Max Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, March 12, 1925 – August 15, 2012) was a science fiction writer.

* RobotWar: In "War With the Robots", the human occupants of a command headquarters are forced out of their underground base by robot attack, leaving it to be manned by their own robots. On reaching the surface they find the enemy command staff living as farmers on the war-torn battlefield above -- it turns out the robots on both sides find they can conduct the war more efficiently once humans are out of the way. The protagonist is deeply miffed.

* TakeThat: Harry Harrison clearly did not enjoy being conscripted into military service during World War 2, with ''Literature/BillTheGalacticHero'' and ''Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat Gets Drafted'' being inspired by the difference between [[ArmedFarces what he experienced]] and the more gung-ho military science fiction like ''Literature/StarshipTroopers''.

* TakeThat: Harry Harrison clearly did not enjoy being conscripted into military service during World War 2, with ''Literature/BillTheGalacticHero'' and ''Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat Gets Drafted'' being inspired by the difference between [[ArmedFarces what he experienced]] and the more gung-ho military science fiction.

Harry Harrison (1925-2012; born Henry Maxwell Dempsey) was a science fiction writer.

* TooDumbToLive: Prince Mello from "The Pliable Animal" got himself killed on a {{Veganopia}} planet with an extremely strict ThouShaltNotKill policy [[spoiler:he came to the house of the only local capable of killing animals, and offered his family a beef joint.]]

* FakeNationality: China Joe from "Arm of the Law".

* CranialProcessingUnit: In a short story, an android cop averts this trope because he has a recoilless cannon in his head, up near the eyes for good aiming.