The Stainless Steel Rat Series (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Harry Harrison
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—future history
- Time of Work: Thirty-three thousand years in the future
- Setting: Various planets in or near the Galactic League
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Crime or criminals, Future, Other worlds, Espionage or spies, Parallel universes or alternate dimensions
- Locales: Fictional planets
The Plot
The summary that follows will discuss the Stainless Steel Rat novels in order of internal chronology. The first three to be published were later combined in The Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat (1977).
In A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born, James Bolivar “Slippery Jim” diGriz deliberately bungles a robbery so that he will be sent to prison, where he can learn criminal techniques. He escapes and seeks out the legendary Bishop. When the Bishop is caught, diGriz helps him escape. The two stow away on a spaceship but are double-crossed by Garth,...
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