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Stainless Steel Rat President [Mass Market Paperback]

Harry Harrison (Author)
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Publication Date: 1982
The Stainless Steel rat is back!  Slippery Jim diGriz, the future's most lovable, laughable, larcenous conman tumed counterspy, retums for yet another high-tension mission.



This time the Special Corps has given the Rat a daring assignment - liberate a backward tourist planet from the clutches of an aging dictator.  With his lovely but lethal wife, Angelina, and his two stalwart sons, James and Bolivar, diGriz pits ballots against bullets in the fight for freedom.  He's vowed to restore truth, justice, and democracy to the world of Parisio-Aqui, if he has to lie, cheat, and steal to do it.
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  • Mass Market Paperback
  • Publisher: Sphere; First THUS edition (1982)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0553227599
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553227598
  • Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,321,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the funniest books in a very amusing series 21 July 2006
By Marshall Lord TOP 100 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
Harry Harrison does comedy better than almost any other Science Fiction writer, and the Stainless Steel Rat - Slippery Jim Di Griz - is probably his funniest creation. This is my personal favourite of the Stainless Steel Rat books.

After one adventure too many, Slippery Jim, his beautiful but slightly murderous wife Angelina, and their two sons decide to have a rest on a backward planet. However, they get mixed up in the planet's politics, challenging the military dictator who has maintained himself in power for hundreds of years by rigging elections.

Looking back on this book, I wonder if Ferdinand Marcos read it. If so, unluckily for him, so did his opponents ....

If you enjoy this, another comedy series by Harry Harrison which might amuse you is the "Bill the Galactic Hero" sequence, and I can also recommend "Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers."

Perhaps Harrison's strongest competitors for the title of funniest Science Fiction writer are Keith Laumer, Robert Frezza, and Lois McMaster Bujold. If you want to check out some of their most amusing work, try any of Laumer's "Retief" novels, Frezza's "Vampires in space" books of which the first is "McLendon's Syndrome," or the Miles Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold which begins with "The Warrior's Apprentice."

All the "Stainless Steel Rat" books are strongly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most entertaining in the SSR series! 9 Feb 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
If you like the Stainless Steel Rat books, this will be one of your favorites! Slippery Jim is at his best when accompanied by Angelina and the boys... which is the case here. The SSR puts together one of his best schemes with the help of his lady love and slippery sons. This one has it all: politics, laughs, adventure & even a hint of romance! Harrison does it again.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 stars, audio version 15 Mar 2011
By Katherine Hooper - Published on Amazon.com
Format:MP3 CD
Fascist dictators, watch out -- Slippery Jim diGriz is on the planet, and he'll stop at nothing to secure freedom, peace, and representation for the people. Even if he has to lie, cheat, steal, and stuff ballot boxes to do it.

Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat series is lots of fun and you can't help but love con-man Slippery Jim, his sadistic wife Angelina, and their twin sons James and Bolivar who are, for better or worse, chips off the old blocks. This time, in The Stainless Steel Rat for President, the whole family takes a vacation on a backward planet that's modeled after a mid-20th-century Central American republic which is democratic in theory but in reality is being enslaved by a totalitarian dictator backed by a vicious military force. Even though they're completely corrupt themselves, the diGriz family can't stand to see innocent people suffering because they make their living stealing from corporations -- not people (I'm not sure what kind of entities own, run, and otherwise make their livings from the corporations if it's not people... but, I digress...).

No corrupt martial government is a match for the diGriz family. Armed with their combined good looks and sharp wits, a fast car, lots of cool gadgets, a wardrobe of disguises, and plenty of sleep gas and nose plugs, they set out to bring down the tyrant. And, of course, we know they will -- the fun is in how they get it done and the trouble they run into along the way. The Stainless Steel Rat for President relies too heavily on the sleep gas (every time we think Jim's bound to be caught, out it comes), and the story drags during some car chases, but there are many clever scenes and laugh-out-loud moments.

The best part, as I've mentioned before with this series, is the production by Brilliance Audio. These books are read by the riotously funny voice actor Phil Gigante who saves the day by providing constant diversion even when the plot sometimes can't quite muster it up.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the funniest books in a very amusing series 30 July 2006
By Marshall Lord - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
Harry Harrison does comedy better than almost any other Science Fiction writer, and the Stainless Steel Rat - Slippery Jim Di Griz - is probably his funniest creation. This is my personal favourite of the Stainless Steel Rat books.

After one adventure too many, Slippery Jim, his beautiful but slightly murderous wife Angelina, and their two sons decide to have a rest on a backward planet. However, they get mixed up in the planet's politics, challenging the military dictator who has maintained himself in power for hundreds of years by rigging electors.

If you enjoy this, another comedy SF series which might amuse you, by Harrison's only serious competitor for the title of funniest Science Fiction writer, is the Miles Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold. The first book about Miles is "The Warrior's Apprentice."

Looking back on the events of "The Stainless Steel Rat for President" I wonder if Ferdinand Marcos read it. If so, unluckily for him, so did his opponents ....

Strongly recommended
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