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"An entertaining adventure."--"Analog SF"
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Slippery Jim DiGriz. The galaxy's greatest thief and con artist: the Stainless Steel Rat. In novel upon novel, Jim Digriz has outfoxed the forces of conventionality, cutting a stylish swath through dozens of star systems.
Now, Slippery Jim and his beautiful wife, Angelina, find themselves becalmed on a painfully boring backwater planet, with nothing to do but practice their skills at computer crime.
Then they meet a billionaire who claims to be 40,000 years old, and he offers them millions of credits to investigate a string of unsolved interstellar bank robberies. Robberies which, it turns out, always happen when the circus is nearby.
In a sense, the Stainless Steel Rat has always been a high-wire performer. Now, as he infiltrates the world of the galactic big top, he's taking the role to extremes -- and drawing the attention of more dangerous ringmasters and strongmen than he ever expected. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
Having just read and enjoyed the book, I was SHOCKED to see some of the reviews here slating it. I thought the book was good fun (like all the other 'rat' books), but had a slightly darker edge to it. If this is the last 'rat' book, then I think its a great way to end the series. But personally I hope Mr Harrison still has a few more Jim Di Griz stories left in him (maybe set before he joined the 'corps'). Sean.
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I read this book once and hated it after reading all the other rat books, but after reading this several times it's begining to grow on me. Yes, the interaction is different, and yes the humour is lacking, but Harry Harrison seems to have cleverly put together a crime novel under the guise of a rat book. Different but worth reading if you have read the others.
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...I wanted to give the new Rat book 4 stars, but after reading the other reviews I wish I could give it 10 stars!
Sure, we all know Jim. And when you've read all of his other adventures you're not surprised anymore at all of his talents. But that is not the point. This book is a lot of fun. It's not a masterpiece like a lot of his other books...but hey!.....it's still a Harry Harrison book! And that means it can't be bad. And you never ever tell someone with his life experience and all those fantastic books he wrote for us to bow his head in shame!...
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Last SSR Book? We can only hope so...
The book ends "THE END(?)" and I must hope that it is. The books have apparently run their course. Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2000 by W. Fisher
Whatchoo talking about, Willis? This ain't so bad at all!
Having read the other reviews here, I bought this book expecting to be disappointed. I was buying it out of the sake of completeness, being a keen fan of Harry Harrison's works,... Read more
Published on 12 Nov 2000
Stop, stop, please stop
Harry Harrison has returned to the Rat many times over the last few years, with varying degrees of merit. This book, however, is the worst of the lot. Read more
Published on 20 Oct 2000
This Rat is rusty
As a long time fan of the series, it's a shame to have to say that Harrison seems to have lost interest in Jim DiGriz. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2000
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