[SKRIVA] Harry Harrison SFWA Grand Master

(Från en utlänsk lista. Tyvärr kollapsade en del av styckebrytningarna vid 
klipp-o-klistra, men ni kan nog läsa ändå. Synpunkt: är det brukligt att man så 
här tidigt - Nebulabanketten är förrst nästa vår! - utser en SFWA Grand Master? 
Kan den gode Harry H månne vara sjku, så man vill passa på innan han dör? Han 
såg frisk och sund ut när jag mötte honom på Eurocon/Baltcon i Köpenhamn förra 
hösten, iofs. Trevlig att prata med och allt. Drack öhl och talade danska... --
AE)

Harry Harrison named SFWA Grand Master

Harry Harrison, creator of The Stainless Steel Rat and author of the novel 
that inspired the movie Soylent Green, will be honored as the next Damon Knight 
Grand Master by SFWA during the 2009 Nebula Awards Weekend in Los Angeles, 
Calif. The Nebula Awards Weekend will be held April 24-26 in LA, with the 
awards presentation banquet to be held on the UCLA campus to tie in with the 
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Past SFWA President and Grand Master 
(2004) Robert Silverberg will be presenting. ?There are few moments in life 
that can be taken out and savored in memory. One happened today,? Harrison 
said. ?A phone call from our President Russell Davis with the startling news 
that I was to be the 2009 Grand Master nearly led to the collapse of a stout 
writer! It?s still soaking in, but may I express my fervent thanks to all 
involved for this signal honor.? Already an established illustrator and 
freelance non-fiction writer, Harrison published his first science fiction 
story, "Rock Diver," in the August 1951 issue of Worlds Beyond. From that point 
he went on to produce more than 62 novels, 8 short fiction collections, 6 non- 
fiction books and countless short stories. He also found the time to edit 35 
anthologies over the span of his career. His active involvement in the science 
fiction community throughout the 1950s led to his becoming a charter member of 
SFWA. ?Why, I can recall with a tear in one rheumy eye, when SFWA was a just a 
wild idea put forward by Damon Knight,? Harrison said. ?A few of us nodded and 
agreed with him and thus, with great hope and no money, this organization was 
born. I won?t dwell on the fact that this was over 50 years ago?Enough! Let?s 
look to the future not the past as we go from strength to strength and march?
banners flapping? into the SF future,? he said. Harrison was born in 1925 and 
served in the U.S. Army during World War II, an experience that made a strong 
negative impression on him and inspired his satirical Bill, the Galactic Hero 
novel series. A regular contributor to the legendary John W. Campbell's 
Astounding, Harrison?s work often reflected his interest in environmental 
issues and non-violent resolutions to conflict. His best-known creations are 
The Stainless Steel Rat and Make Room! Make Room! on which the film Soylent 
Green was based. His more recent works include best-selling alternate world 
trilogies West of Eden and Stars and Stripes Forever!
Harrison is the 26th writer recognized by SFWA as a Grand Master. He joins 
Robert A. Heinlein (1974), Jack Williamson (1975), Clifford D. Simak (1976), L. 
Sprague de Camp (1978), Fritz Leiber (1981), Andre Norton (1983), Arthur C. 
Clarke (1985), Isaac Asimov (1986), Alfred Bester (1987), Ray Bradbury (1988), 
Lester del Rey (1990), Frederik Pohl (1992), Damon Knight (1994), A. E. van 
Vogt (1995), Jack Vance (1996), Poul Anderson (1997), Hal Clement (1998), Brian 
Aldiss (1999), Philip Jose Farmer (2000), Ursula K. Le Guin (2003), Robert 
Silverberg (2004), Anne McCaffrey (2005), Harlan Ellison (2006), James Gunn 
(2007) and Michael Moorcock (2008). Until 2002 the title was simply "Grand 
Master." In 2002 it was renamed in honor of SFWA's founder, Damon Knight, who 
died that year. More details about the Nebula Awards Weekend are available at 
www.nebulaawards.com.
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