Works
- Fiction
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | The Committed Men | Sf novel set in a post-apocalyptic Britain. London: Hutchinson and New York: Doubleday. Dedicated to Hilary Bailey and Michael Moorcock. |
| The Pastel City | First novel of the Viriconium sequence. London: NEL, 1971; New York: Avon Books, 1971; New York: Doubleday, 1972. These editions editions dedicated to Maurice & Lynette Collier and Linda & John Lutter. Reprint: London: Unwin, 1987 (dedicated to Dave Holmes). | |
| 1975 | The Centauri Device | Stand-alone space opera. New York: Doubleday, 1974; London: Panther, 1975. The first ed is dedicated to John Price. Reprints: London: Orion/Unwin, 1986 (dedicated to Jon Price); London: Millenium, 2000 (Sf Masterworks series)(no dedication). |
| The Machine in Shaft Ten and Other Stories | Short story collection. London: Panther, 1975. Dedicated to 'Diane'. Contains: "The Machine in Shaft ten"; "The Lamia and Lord Cromis"; "The Bait Principle"; "Running Down"; "The Orgasm Band"; Visions of Monad"; "Events Witnessed from a City"; "London Melancholy"; "Ring of Pain"; "The Causeway'; "The Bringer with the Window"; "Coming from Behind". | |
| 1980 | A Storm of Wings | Second novel of the Viriconium sequence. London: Sphere,1980 (dedicated to John Mottershead, Mike Butterworth, Tom Sheridan and Dave Britton) and New York: Doubleday, 1980 (dedicated to Harlan Ellison). British Fantasy Award nominee, 1981 Reprint: London: Unwin, 1987 (dedicated to Chris Fowler). |
| 1982 | In Viriconium | Third novel of the Viriconium sequence. London: Gollancz, 1982 (dedicated to Peter Weatherburn and Joyce Middlemiss). Published in the US as The Floating Gods, New York: Pocket Books, 1983 (dedicated to Fritz Leiber. Nominated for the Guardian Fiction Prize. British Fantasy Award and Philip K. Dick Award nominee, 1983 |
| 1985 | Viriconium Nights | Collection of short stories adding to the Viriconium sequence. New York: Ace (paperback), 1984 (dedicated to Algis Budrys); revised edition, (1st hardcover ed) London: Gollancz, 1985 (dedication to Budrys removed). The stories in this British hardcover edition are revised and the author's preferred texts. The Ace and Gollancz editions, while they have five stories in common, are effectively different books under the same title. Stories in the Ace ed are: "The Lamia and Lord Cromis", "Lamia Mutable", "Viriconium Knights", "Events Witnessed from a City", "The Luck in the Head", "The Lords of Misrule", "In Viriconium"(an abbreviated version of the 1982 novel of that title), "Strange Great Sins". The Gollancz ed presents its stories in a different running order; it also omits "Lamia Mutable", "Events Witnessed from a City", and "In Viriconium". "The Lords of Misrule" is retitled "Lords of Misrule" in the Gollancz ed. The Gollancz ed contains stories not in the Ace ed, i.e. "The Dancer from the Dance" and "A Young Man's Journey to Viriconium". |
| The Ice Monkey | Short story collection. London: Gollancz, 1983. Contents reprinted in toto in Things That Never Happen (2002) | |
| 1989 | Climbers | winner of the Boardman Tasker Prize |
| 1992 | The Course of the Heart | novel. UK: Gollncz, Flamingo. The 2004 Night Shade Books edition (first US edition) adds the short story "The Great God Pan" which Harrison describes in a note as a 'rehearsal' for the novel. The UK ed (Gollancz, 1992) is dedicated "To JJ (=Jane Johnson) with love" although this dedication is not reproduced in the 2004 edition. |
| 1996 | Signs of Life | novel, British SF Award nominee, 1997; British Fantasy Award nominee, 1998 |
| 1997 | The Wild Road | as Gabriel King, written in collaboration with Jane Johnson |
| 1998 | The Golden Cat | as Gabriel King, written in collaboration with Jane Johnson |
| 2000 | Travel Arrangements | short story collection. Contents reprinted in toto in Things That Never Happen (2002). |
| The Knot Garden | as Gabriel King, written in collaboration with Jane Johnson | |
| 2001 | Nonesuch | as Gabriel King, written in collaboration with Jane Johnson |
| 2002 | Light (dedicated to Cath) | co-winner of the 2002 James Tiptree, Jr. Award; British SF Award nominee, 2002; Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2003
Winner, Tähtivaeltaja Award, 2005 |
| Things That Never Happen | omnibus edition of The Ice Monkey and Travel Arrangements, plus some previously uncollected material; the author's choice of his best stories. Intro by China Mieville. The limited edition version (150 copies) is signed by both authors and has laid in a separate booklet, The Rio Brain (collaboration between Harrison and Simon Ings). | |
| 2005 | Anima | omnibus edition of the novels Signs of Life and The Course of the Heart. Its title gives a clue to the Jungian themes in Harrison's work. |
| 2006 | Nova Swing (dedicated to Lara, Julian and Dan) | Sequel to Light, Arthur C. Clarke and Philip K. Dick Awards winner, 2007; BSFA nominee, 2006; British Fantasy and John W. Campbell Awards nominee, 2007. |
| 2012 | Empty Space (dedicated to Forced Ent) | novel; third in the Kefahuchi Tract sequence begun with Light and Nova Swing |
- Graphic novels
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | The Luck in the Head | A Viriconium story adapted in collaboration with illustrator Ian Miller, based on short story of the same name |
| 2000 | Viriconium | German language adaptation of In Viriconium, illustrated by Dieter Jüdt |
- Nonfiction
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Fawcett on Rock | as "Mike Harrison", ghostwritten autobiography of legendary British rock climber |
| 2005 | Parietal Games | edited by Mark Bould and Michelle Reid, compiles Harrison's reviews and essays from 1968 to 2004 as well as eight essays on Harrison's fiction by other authors |
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