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Deathworld is a science fiction novel by Harry Harrison first published in 1960. Deathworld is the first in a series of novels begun in 1960 and originally serialized in Astounding Science Fiction Magazine. It’s the story of Jason dinAlt a professional gambler with psionic skills who finds himself on Pyrrus the deadliest planet to be colonized by humanity. Violent weather, active tectonics, heavy gravity, abundant predators, and a hostile splinter group of colonists is only the beginning of Jason’s quest to learn the truth about Pyrrus. ”Some planet in the galaxy must—by definition—be the toughest, meanest, nastiest of all. If Pyrrus wasn't it ... it was an awfully good approximation!” Deathworld is the name of a series of science fiction novels by Harry Harrison including the books Deathworld (first published 1960, serialized in Astounding Science Fiction), Deathworld 2 (1964, initially titled The Ethical Engineer and serialized in Analog) and Deathworld 3 (1968, serialized in Analog as The Horse Barbarians), plus the short story "The Mothballed Spaceship" (1973). Harry Max Harrison (1925-2012) was an American science fiction author. Harrison is known for his writing, particularly
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Harry Harrison
- Publisher
- Anncona Media AB
- Language
- EN
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Science Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.95 / 5 (33 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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