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The Stainless Steel Rat

Stainless Steel Rat, Book 1

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The Stainless Steel Rat

By: Harry Harrison
Narrated by: Phil Gigante
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Audie Award, Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2011

DiGriz is caught during one of his crimes and recruited into the Special Corps. Boring, routine desk work during his probationary period results in his discovering that someone is building a battleship, thinly disguised as an industrial vessel. In the peaceful League no one has battleships anymore, so the builder of this one would be unstoppable.

DiGriz' hunt for the guilty becomes a personal battle between himself and the beautiful but deadly Angelina, who his planning a coup on one of the feudal worlds. DiGriz' dilemma is whether he will turn Angelina over to the Special Corps, or join with her, since he has fallen in love with her.

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As good as I remember when I first read it decades ago. Original, great story and leaves you wanting more.

Excellent

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From the golden age of sci-fi. Replete with political incorrectness and archaic values from that time. it's one of the few laugh out loud SciFi's where the tech is almost irrelevant and the guile of the protagonist delightfully unapologetic.

A rip roaring whimsical action sci-fi

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Very hard to grit your teeth past them but if you can swallow it then the Rat is really fun and P Giante's reading is really excellent.

Annoyingly sexist elements ruin otherwise fun time

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A very smart, sassy (futuristic sci-fi) take on the great cynical gumshoe stories of old… (Chandler, Hammett, etc.)
Great tour de force narrator’s performance by Phil Gigante, too!

Great hard boiled detective story that happens to be in a sci-fi framework

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