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Harry Bates


Born
in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), The United States
October 09, 1900

Genre
Science Fiction


Hiram Gilmore "Harry" Bates III (October 9, 1900 – September 1981) was an American science fiction editor and writer. His short story "Farewell to the Master" (1940) was the basis of the well-known science fiction movie The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951).
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see also under the following pen-names:
Anthony Gilmore (with D.W. Hall)
A.R. Holmes
H.G. Winter (with D.W. Hall)

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Average rating: 3.76 · 2,260 ratings · 330 reviews · 127 distinct works • Similar authors
Farewell to the Master
3.72 avg rating — 511 ratings — published 1940 — 30 editions
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The Day the Earth Stood Sti...
3.91 avg rating — 358 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions
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Farewell to The Master: The...
4.05 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Astounding Stories of Super...
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3.63 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1930 — 28 editions
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Astounding Stories of Super...
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3.44 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1930 — 37 editions
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3.62 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1930 — 12 editions
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Astounding Stories, July 1931
3.62 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1931 — 14 editions
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3.53 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1930 — 18 editions
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Astounding Stories, March 1931
3.62 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1931 — 12 editions
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Astounding Stories of Super...
3.64 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1930 — 16 editions
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“ALAS, ALL”
― Harry Bates, The Day the Earth Stood Still & Other Classic SF Novellas
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“OUT OF THE DREADFUL DEPTHS C. D. WILLARD”
― Harry Bates, Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930
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