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product_id: 96381241
title: "Stainless Steel Rat Paperback – 1 Jan. 1988"
brand: "harry harrison"
price: "$13"
currency: NZD
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 8
url: https://www.desertcart.nz/products/96381241-stainless-steel-rat-paperback-1-jan-1988
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# Stainless Steel Rat Paperback – 1 Jan. 1988

**Brand:** harry harrison
**Price:** $13
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- **What is this?** Stainless Steel Rat Paperback – 1 Jan. 1988 by harry harrison
- **How much does it cost?** $13 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

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    Enjoyable but dated
  

*by C***X on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2020*

I wanted to read this again because I remember reading some of these books at school. Overall it was an enjoyable trip down memory lane. It's really interesting to read the technology which now seems very dated and anachronistic - paper tape computer inputs for example feature quite heavily in the story. It almost reads like a parallel universe in which certain types of technology got stuck in the 1970s. It also made me wonder how much future technology we simply are not able to imagine at present - even in sci-fi writing.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Nearly Stainless fiction
  

*by P***I on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 October 2021*

I've  known about The Stainless Steel Rat series for many years, so under recommendations,  I decided to read it.This book is like a boys own adventure with tech and space.  Published in 1957, it is very much of its time.  The plot is fun, adventurous  and enjoyable. With plenty of pipes at odd angles, the maze for the rat to run down.  If it defiiately wortnh reading anf and I would recommend reading to one. However, for the modern reader you do have to not think too deeply about some to the sexist commentary,  as I said, its of it's time.

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    Great fun
  

*by S***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 February 2013*

Arguably Harrison's most popular series, The Stainless Steel Rat introduces us to "Slippery" Jim diGriz, a thief and con man living a life of crime in an otherwise relatively crime-free future that spans many planets and systems, bound by The League of Planets. The title stems from the fact that in this future, brick and mortar has been replaced by the sheen of stainless steel, and Slippery Jim represents the rat that those in charge want to eradicate - one of stainless steel itself. After one con too many, he gets captured by the Special Corps and summarily taken into their employ and sent on a dangerous mission. However, not everything goes to plan...Yes, it's a little old, but reading this harkens back to a more innocent, fun-loving time which stands at odds against all the darkness, negativity and angst of contemporary SF. It also contains an almost childlike sense of morality in its simplicity - diGriz refuses to kill, and makes sure there are no victims to his crimes. Cap that with his quick wit and ability to survive in difficult situations, and you have a memorable character.This is a short read, great fun and with a streak of humour often missed today and has aged well with a few out of date references. The SF Gateway edition contains a couple of errors such as the odd missing full stop or misspelling. FYI, check out the bundled collection of the first 6 books in the series, instead of buying this one then buying the rest individually, like I did.

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