To the Stars Trilogy
Omnibus containing Homeworld, Wheelworld, and Starworld.
"James Blish once described Harry Harrison as being 'the Goth in John Campbell's Roman Empire.' This description is quite apt, for, just as the Goths conquered Rome but preserved the form of Roman institutions, so too does Harrison preserve the form of the typical late-Campbellian space opera while using the mode as a vessel for Harrison's special blend of anarchic comedy. Harrison's most recent work of importance, for example, the To the Stars trilogy, melded an action-packed plot with a subtle look at Anglo-American differences. Homeworld (1980) commented on English follies, while Starworld (1981) looked at the problems of American society. Harrison, then, is that rarity, a specialist in intelligently comic space operas."