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Original Title:	A Stainless Steel Rat is Born
ISBN:	0553279424 (ISBN13: 9780553279429)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Stainless Steel Rat #1, Stainless Steel Rat (Publication Order) #6
Characters:	James Bolivar diGriz, The Bishop

A Stainless Steel Rat is Born (Stainless Steel Rat #1)

Harry Harrison

Paperback | Pages: 219 pages

Rating: 3.96 | 7804 Users | 165 Reviews

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Title	:	A Stainless Steel Rat is Born (Stainless Steel Rat #1)
Author	:	Harry Harrison
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 219 pages
Published	:	September 1st 1985 by Spectra Books
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction. Humor

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In this prequel to the Stainless Steel Rat, Slippery Jim is a brash 17-year-old who has left his parents' porcuswine farm, planning to embark on a life of crime. The book opens with Jim bungling a bank job so that he can be arrested and sent to prison, where he plans to learn the art of being a master criminal. Deciding that the Bishop should be his mentor, Jim sets about proving himself worthy of the master's attention. He eventually has to flee his home planet of Bit O' Heaven with the Bishop, but Garth, the Captain of the ship who promised them safe passage, sells them into slavery. The latter part of the book details Jim's adventures on the planet Spiovente, a semi-industrial world fighting feudal wars with weapons smuggled in (against League regulations) by Captain Garth.

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Harrison breathes some new life into the Stainless Steel Rat series by going back to Slippery Jims beginnings. Prequels must have been a fairly new phenomenon in the mid-1980s, as the author feels the need to explain them in a foreword. How times have changednow we have all kinds of numbering orders and it feels quite normal.Going back to Jims genesis was an inspired idea. Fresh off the porcuswine farm, he is determined to get sent to jail, where he anticipates meeting some impressive criminals

If I was twelve years old I probably would have enjoyed this much more. But Im not. So I didnt.

I passed on this books all through high school. Never could get past the title. Anyway, I finally tried one. Can't say I'm a big fan but this one was kind of fun.

So then, the first if one goes by the narrative chronology but. like with Star Wars, in fact the author wrote these prequels after the main event. I like Harry Harrison, he has a decent sense of humour and a punchy direct style that made this fun to read but I did have one or two issues that just took some of the sparkle from it.The young Jim seemed too wise and too fully formed in the book. The voice of the author felt too old, like it was a tale told by the old person and he was adding a sheen

Really a strange but very powerful book, one that only Harry Harrison could dream up. It was vividly written yet it had depth to it that really makes you think.

Another in the stainless steel rat books. They are all quick reads with alot of humor in them. The stories remain fresh and new. Very recommended, especially to teen readers or someone new to SiFi

Harrison breathes some new life into the Stainless Steel Rat series by going back to Slippery Jims beginnings. Prequels must have been a fairly new phenomenon in the mid-1980s, as the author feels the need to explain them in a foreword. How times have changednow we have all kinds of numbering orders and it feels quite normal.Going back to Jims genesis was an inspired idea. Fresh off the porcuswine farm, he is determined to get sent to jail, where he anticipates meeting some impressive criminals