The stainless steel rat by Harry Harrison
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"The stainless steel rat" by Harry Harrison is a science fiction novel first published in 1957. Set in the far future, it follows James Bolivar diGriz, a charming criminal mastermind known as "Slippery Jim" and "The Stainless Steel Rat." He's a skilled con man, thief, and master of disguise who steals without remorse but refuses to kill. After pulling off an elaborate bank robbery, diGriz is outfoxed by the mysterious Special Corps—an
organization of reformed criminals—and recruited to fight crime from the inside. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Harrison, Harry, 1925-2012 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Freas, Kelly, 1922-2005 |
| Title | The stainless steel rat |
| Original Publication | United States: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1957. |
| Series Title | Produced from Astounding Science Fiction August 1957 |
| Series Title | The Stainless Steel Rat |
| Note | See also the longer work also titled "The stainless steel rat" and partially based on a version of this story: #70622. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat |
| Credits | Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Criminals -- Fiction |
| Subject | Police -- Fiction |
| Subject | DiGriz, James Bolivar (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 70034 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-70034-2 |
| Release Date | Feb 13, 2023 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 739 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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