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The Ethical Engineer (Deathworld II)

The Ethical Engineer / Deathworld II is a science fiction novel by Harry Harrison first published in 1963, under the name The Ethical Engineer.

In Deathworld II, Jason is kidnapped by the self-righteous Mikah, who is determined to bring him back to the planet Cassylia, ostensibly to be tried for his various crimes but really.

He forces a crash-landing on a planet where the human population has regressed. The technology is extremely primitive and knowledge is split up among many small clans, each one jealously monopolizing what it knows.

Jason uses his ingenuity to survive, trading his knowledge for protection and power in one of these clans. He eventually reaches the clan who has the knowledge of electricity and signals his location to a spaceship piloted by his Pyrran girlfriend, Meta.

”That mores is strictly a matter of local custom cannot be denied. But that ethics is pure opinion also...? Maybe there are times for murder, and theft and slavery....”

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 Science Fact & Fiction in 1963) and Deathworld 3 (1968, serialized in Analog as The Horse Barbarians), plus the short story The Mothballed Spaceship (1973).

Total Running Time (TRT): 4 hours, 7 min. Reading by Gregg Margarite.

Harry Max Harrison (1925-2012) was an American science fiction author. Harrison is known for his writing, particularly his humorous and satirical science fiction, such as the Stainless Steel Rat series and the novel Bill, the Galactic Hero (which satirises Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers). Harrison is also known for his novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966). The novel was the rough basis for the motion picture Soylent Green (1973).


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  1. Black Cat Weekly #122

    Robert F. Young, Mark Troy, Hal Charles, Nikki Knight, August Derleth, Harry Harrison, Elizabeth Elwood, Edgar Wallace, Thomas M. Disch, Jack Sharkey

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  2. The Science Fiction Anthology

    Andre Norton, Murray Leinster, Lester del Rey, Harry Harrison, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Fritz Leiber, Ben Bova, Masterpiece Everywhere, Philip K Dick

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  3. Deathworld

    Harry Harrison

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  4. The Science Fiction Anthology

    Andre Norton, Murray Leinster, Lester del Rey, Harry Harrison, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Fritz Leiber, Ben Bova, Reading Time, Philip K Dick

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  5. The Science Fiction anthology

    Philip K Dick, Andre Norton, Murray Leinster, Lester del Rey, Harry Harrison, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Fritz Leiber, Ben Bova, Reading Time

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  6. Epic Sci-Fi Odyssey : A Thrilling Space Adventure Through Alien Worlds, Ancient Mysteries, and the Fate of Humanity

    Andre Norton, Murray Leinster, Lester del Rey, Harry Harrison, Zenith Evergreen Literary Co

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  7. Epic Sci-Fi Odyssey : Journey Beyond the Stars

    Andre Norton, Murray Leinster, Lester del Rey, Harry Harrison, Zenith Crescent Moon Press

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  8. Epic Sci-Fi Odyssey : A Premium Collection of Classic Science Fiction Novellas and Short Stories

    Andre Norton, Murray Leinster, Lester del Rey, Harry Harrison, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Fritz Leiber, Ben Bova, Bluefire Books, Philip K Dick

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  9. Black Cat Weekly #91

    Noel Loomis, M. Christian, Dick Donovan, Darrell Schweitzer, Harry Harrison, Harvey J. O'Higgins, George O. Smith, Kathleen Marple Kalb, Hal Charles, Jacqueline Freimor

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  10. The Science Fiction Anthology

    Andre Norton, Murray Leinster, Lester del Rey, Harry Harrison, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Fritz Leiber, Ben Bova, Icarsus, Philip K Dick

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  11. The Science Fiction Anthology

    Andre Norton, Murray Leinster, Lester del Rey, Harry Harrison, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Fritz Leiber, Ben Bova, HB Classics, Philip K Dick

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  12. The Science Fiction Anthology

    Andre Norton, Murray Leinster, Lester del Rey, Harry Harrison, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Fritz Leiber, Ben Bova, knowledge house, Philip K Dick

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