A Stainless Steel Trio by Harry Harrison

A Stainless Steel Trio by Harry Harrison

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A Stainless Steel Trio by Harry Harrison

Long Live the Rat!

When Kingsley Amis read the first Stainless Steel Rat novel he said, 'Well, Harry, you have written the first picaresque science fiction novel.' I nodded sagaciously-and at the first opportunity rushed to my dictionary.

Picaresque 1. of or relating to a type of fiction in which the hero, a rogue, goes through a series of episodic adventures.

Well, that is a fair enough description. My hero is alone against the universe, with every man's hand-if not every woman's-turned against him. He is without the law, verily a law unto himself, with a strict sense of morality. Aren't the two mutually incompatible? No, as you will soon discover. -Harry Harrison, from the Introduction

Cheerfully larcenous and anarchic. Long may the Rat run roughshod over the forces of law, order, and the square world. -The Orlando Sentinel

Harrison's fictions constitute one of the main monuments in modern SF. -Paul Di Filippo, Scifi.com, on 50 in 50
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ISBN 13 9780765302786
ISBN 10 0765302780
Title A Stainless Steel Trio
Author Harry Harrison
Series Stainless Steel Rat
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Tor Books
Year published 2003-05-30
Number of pages 496
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.