In the vastness of space, the crimes just get bigger and Slippery Jim diGriz, the Stainless Steel Rat, is the biggest criminal of them all. He can con humans, aliens and any number of robots time after time. Jim is so slippery that all the inter-galactic cops can do is make him one of their own.
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Harry Harrison (1925 -) Harry Harrison was born Henry Maxwell Dempsey in Connecticut, in 1925. He is the author of a number of much-loved series including the Stainless Steel Rat and Bill the Galactic Hero sequences and the Deathworld Trilogy. He is known as a passionate advocate of Esperanto, the most popular of the constructed international languages, which appears in many of his novels. He has been publishing novels for over half a century and is perhaps best known for his seminal novel of overpopulation, Make Room! Make Room!, which was adapted into the cult film Soylent Green. Harry Harrison lives in the Republic of Ireland.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I first read this book back in the early 80's when I was 8 years old. It was given to me by my very clever english teacher. I was a slow reader and was failing in my reading and written work. He asked me what sort of films I liked to watch and gave it to me the next day. I read the whole book over one summer weekend, and can say that Harry Harrison and Slippery Jim saved my life. From being a potential loser to running my own successfull business. Thanks Harry and also to my late english teacher Mr Church. They don't make like they used to. When I gushed to him on the following Monday he said to keep the book and wrote on the inside "I'm not a teacher: only a fellow traveler of whom you asked the way. I pointed ahead - ahead of myself as well as you." I later found out it's a quote by George Bernard Shaw.
So, If you have a friend (adult or child) who you think would benefit like me. This is the perfect book (and series) to do the job. Flawless.
So, If you have a friend (adult or child) who you think would benefit like me. This is the perfect book (and series) to do the job. Flawless.
29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is it. This is the very first science-fiction book that was given to me to read at the tender age of 11. How was I to know that the dog-eared and tatty paperback leant to me would lead to an addiction spanning twenty years. There should have been a warning on it saying "Danger: Reading this may lead to becoming an anally retentive spotty teenager, in turn becoming a terminally sad train-spotting adult with no friends." Seriously though, I loved this book and all the resulting others. The adventures of super crook Slippery Jim DiGriz, Angelina his doting yet psychopathic wife and then James and Bolivar, their twin sons, have kept me entertained throughout my reading life. "The Stainless Steel Rat" was the first book in this series (there are prequels, but this WAS the first) and like any fine classic, it lays the foundations for all the others. It tells how super criminal DiGriz becomes the super agent for the Special Corps and why Angelina is so beautiful yet so criminally insane. I could tell you more, but that would give the whole book away. Just read and enjoy. Harry Harrison is certainly a diverse and talented author and has produced many fine books away from the "Rat" series as demonstrated in the superb "West of Eden" epic fantasies, the "Hammer and the Cross" books, plus many, many others. If I could, I would sue Mr Harrison for all my wasted teenage years spent alone in my room reading his well spun tales instead of wrestling with rampant females in the back seats of cars and fumbling with the intricacies of their sheer and scanty undergarments. I curse you Harrison.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By The Emperor
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
This was great nostalgic fun. A collection of three Stainless steel Rat stories. These are often witty and basically it is just a fun and enjoyable read. The artwork is black and white and quite basic but it still does a good job. Angelina looks pretty foxy.
Occasionally a panel goes across the page and it can be quite hard to read. Also there is some repetition as the storyline often gets explained at the start of each chapter. It can be a bit simplistic with things happening very quickly.
My favourite was the second story, it is quite a funny and original time travel story.
Occasionally a panel goes across the page and it can be quite hard to read. Also there is some repetition as the storyline often gets explained at the start of each chapter. It can be a bit simplistic with things happening very quickly.
My favourite was the second story, it is quite a funny and original time travel story.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Himaggery
Format:Paperback
I read these originally when I was a kid in 2000AD and as soon as I saw this compilation I couldn't resist. Enjoyable for people of all ages and at a great price.
Adapted from the Harry Harrison novels of the same name, they are great fun and an easy read for a lazy evening. A few liberties are taken with the stories as should be expected but it does not detract in any way. It's just such a shame 2000AD didn't also do The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge (My favourite novel) and The Stainless Steel Rat Wants you, but you can't have everything.
My only gripe and the reason for the 4 Star rating is because the first story had scenes depicted across a two page spread and because this compilation is far thicker than the original comics, they cannot be opened wide enough to read the writing that sometimes overlaps the page. They should have thought about that.
Great Fun.
Adapted from the Harry Harrison novels of the same name, they are great fun and an easy read for a lazy evening. A few liberties are taken with the stories as should be expected but it does not detract in any way. It's just such a shame 2000AD didn't also do The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge (My favourite novel) and The Stainless Steel Rat Wants you, but you can't have everything.
My only gripe and the reason for the 4 Star rating is because the first story had scenes depicted across a two page spread and because this compilation is far thicker than the original comics, they cannot be opened wide enough to read the writing that sometimes overlaps the page. They should have thought about that.
Great Fun.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By ricki33012
Format:Paperback
Every week as a teenager I would wait patiently on a Saturday morning for my copy of 2000AD to be delivered. This book brings back memories of those days in the early 1980's. Three comic adaptations from the novels by Harry Harrison which have faithfully been converted. By no means the one of the best serials but it did leave a mark and encouraged me to read the actual novels. A good buy for any 2000ad fan past and present
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By DavyA
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I remember this as a comic strip in 2000AD, when I was a nipper - that's the reason I first bought this book (many years ago) - what a cracking book it is (even though as a rule, I'm not a science fiction fan when it comes to books).
This book is like a Sci Fi mix of the Dirty Dozen, James Bond & Monty Python(read it & you'll see).It combines action, humour & adventure in one really enjoyable bundle.
The adventures of Slippery Jim, intergalactic criminal,caught & then recruited to the "right" side of the law - just marvellous.
Well written, fast moving , thrilling & funny - a great mix, a smashing book.
This book is like a Sci Fi mix of the Dirty Dozen, James Bond & Monty Python(read it & you'll see).It combines action, humour & adventure in one really enjoyable bundle.
The adventures of Slippery Jim, intergalactic criminal,caught & then recruited to the "right" side of the law - just marvellous.
Well written, fast moving , thrilling & funny - a great mix, a smashing book.
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Harry Harrison, Stainless Steel Rat
The parcel went straight to my girlfriend, but she informed me that it came before her birthday, very well packed and what she wanted. So, good one.
Published 11 months ago by vonnegut88
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be warned
be warned this is a kids comic book not a novel. ive read a couple of harry harrisons books and enjoyed then but there was no write up from amazon discribing it as a comic and i... Read more
Published 17 months ago by wot
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Not everything in the future has to be bleak
Good fun read, you can not travel along with this metallic malevolence without wanting to be him, dropping bombs like fire crackers and making villains fold nicely. Read more
Published 22 months ago by PH
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The Stanless Steel Rat
My dad gave me this book to read when I was 11/12 years old and I was hooked mmediately, the anti hero is great, he has flaws and isn't aways perfect and doesn't always come out on... Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2011 by Ninette Kelly
5.0 out of 5 stars
Takes Me Right Back
Had never heard of Harry Harrison or his work, until it was done in comic form in 2000AD comic. Fantastic visuals.
Must also admit I had a crush on Angelina. Read more
Must also admit I had a crush on Angelina. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2011 by Mr. M. G. Simpson
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A Must Read
Enough is said already. All true & you will never get less that 5 stars for this book. I have leant this out MANY times & always recieve thanks. Few books really make this impact. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2009 by ED4
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A great inter-stellar romp
This book is great fun. Firmly tongue in cheek the character of Slippery Jim is inspired and even the supporting characters are developed far more than in most SF books. Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2007 by Glaucon
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Funny Sci-fi?
Ha ha ha ha! I laughed so much throughout this book, it's the kind that leaves you amazed at the end of every paragraph. This is the book that guy/girl on the train is reading.. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2003 by N. Evans
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