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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.

©2010 Harry Harrison (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Science Fiction Fiction Funny Witty

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The voice is perfect for Slippery Jim. A great adaptation of a classic book. thoroughly enjoyed it.

brilliant

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The gender roles very much of their time, but the anti hero joie de vive is great fun.

A little dated, but a great central character

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a good rendering of a favourite book ripping yarn, quick paced I own a paperback of the book too this audio book has added lots to my appreciation of the humerous book.

one of my favourite books

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I read the Stainless Steel Rat books as a kid and loved them, James Digriz is the perfect anti hero - a sort of SciFi Bond with a warped moral compass.



At first I didn't take to the narration - I find most American narrated books too slow and have to listen at 1.5 speed - But this grew on me, his husky voice seemed to fit with the main character, although his portrayal of the female characters to a stretch of imagination.



Overall a very enjoyable book and I can;t wait to hear the rest of the series.

Slippery Jimmy DiGriz In Glorious Audio

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very little to date the story, could be contemporary.
one of the best narrators I've ever listened to. wonderful characterisation.

great vintage sci-fi.

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I’ve read this book numerous times over the years, but this is the first time I’ve listened to the audiobook version, which was brilliant. Great work by the narrator to bring such a good story to life.

Brilliant book

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these stories were my introduction to Si Fi o er 50 years ago. They are fun easy reading and even easier listening. intricate, irreverent and beautifully written. nicely narrated and very entertaining. Highly recommended.

stainless steel rat forever.

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This was a decent little book. Not good enough for me to want to read the next in the series immediately but it was pretty good.

I will say that the characters having creativity in their various criminal hijinks was a refreshing change. Too often stories of conmen and women are uninventive and dull. This book excelled at being fast paced and original.

There are only a handful of characters without an abundance of time to flesh them out but they carried the narrative well. The setting was well described.

I thought the narration was excellently done. I would recommend this to any sci-fi lover or fan of confidence tricks.

A fun yarn

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Wonderfully narrated, with great voices for each character. A fantastic story, leaves you wanting more!

Brilliant

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I loved Slippery Jim as a character when I was a teen, and OK the style is a bit dated nowadays but still a lot of fun. Performance was great, and suited the style very well. Really enjoyed this trip back to my youth.

Old classic, well read

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