A few years ago I decided to take a leisurely revisit to these books and this sixth instalment is the first that I have re-read since starting the Space Probe 1 blog.Ī Stainless Steel Rat is Born is not a typical example of the series, because although the previous books had built up a background for our hero, arch-criminal turned intergalactic secret agent James Bolivar ‘Slippery Jim’ diGriz, married him off and seen his two children grow to manhood this book is a prequel to the enfolding story, tracing Jim back to his childhood on the farm world Bit O’Heaven and his fateful decision to take up a life of crime. Fast-paced, clever and incredibly funny, I was a massive Rat fan as a teenager the first five books had already been written when I became hooked, but this one, A Stainless Steel Rat is Born, was the first that I picked up fresh off the printing press. If you’ve got a child that you’d like to introduce to classic science fiction, you couldn’t pick a much better starting point than Harry Harrison’s series of Stainless Steel Rat books.
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