The Ethical Engineer

The Ethical Engineer
ISBN-10
1775454428
ISBN-13
9781775454427
Series
The Ethical Engineer
Category
Fiction
Language
English
Published
2011-09-01
Publisher
The Floating Press
Author
Harry Harrison

Description

Prolific science fiction dynamo Harry Harrison is perhaps best remembered as the creator of the story upon which the cult classic Soylent Green was based. His popular Deathworld series is also regarded as a masterwork of golden-era science fiction. In the volume The Ethical Engineer, which was also published under the title Deathworld 2, protagonist Jason dinAlt is kidnapped and attempts a daring escape among a primitive civilization for which time seems to have run backward.

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