Adventures of Stainless Steel Rat

Meet the great James Boliver "Slippery Jim" DiGriz, the Stainless Steel Rat himself, a pre-eminant scofflaw and star of ten 'Rat' novels. This ficitional futuristic thief proves himself to be an expert burglar, cool con man, and consumate liar. Out conned into working for the Special Corps, an elite government law enforcement and spy agency, DiGriz puts his talents to use all in the name of justice ... except, that is, when he's using them for his own self-benefit by breaking the very laws he should be upholding. Of course, Slippery Jim rationalizes this by claiming he is doing society a favor by committing crimes. Though a rascal, Jim is a humanist at heart and takes great care to ensure no injury befalls anyone as a result of the mischief he creates. In the three novels here, "The Stainless Steel Rat", "The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge" and "The Stainless Steel Rat Saves The World", DiGriz encounters the sociopathic femme fatale Angelina, a military society bent on conquering the universe, and the time traveling megalomaniac known known as He. Humor and action blend seemlessly in a tongue-in-cheek style that is thoroughly endearing to the loveable rapscallion the Stainless Steel Rat.

I first read this book in the summer of 1977, and the Rat has endured as my alltme favorite fictional character since. Slippery Jim is easily one of the funniest and most endearing characters I have encountered in my literary adventures. Sure he's a scoundrel of sorts, but he does it for all the right reasons, of course! If you are looking or a futurstic psuedo-James Bond/Flint type character with great humor galore, the Rat is your man! I recommend the Rat highly to any sci-fi or action/adventure fan. Or for that matter, anyone with a sense of humor! I keep hoping for a Rat movie...

THIS ISN'T IT! But if you're looking for a good romp through space with a quasi-vigilante, Jame Bond sort of character, you will thoroughly enjoy this material. An excellent read when you just want to have some fun!

To enter the world of the Stainless Steel Rat remains one of the greatest delights of my reading experience when I was a teen, and I am so grateful to my father for having recommended these books to me. I would now like to pass the recommendation on to the world. If you're a fan of exceptionallly exciting, creative, and hilarious science fiction, you can't lose with the Rat. I've hardly ever been able to read a book twice, because I remember everything that happened and it's too boring to consider. Well, The Stainless Steel Rat stands in the company of a handful of exceptional books through the years that have merited repeated readings. I've read the first volume of stories four times over the years and I've been thinking as of late that I might read it again.Someone in a previous review wondered where the movie is. I've wondered the same thing for years. Well, Slippery Jim fans will be happy to learn that a movie is in the works as I type.

A fantastic book. Read them, buy them, study them. A guide to civic anarchy in a funny way. I was laughing my & ^$#$%@ off and it was FUN.Great stories (there _is_ a plot), great characters with a twisted sens of humour and life, great books.Mr. Harrison, before I knew those books, I didn't know what I was missing.