[Fhios]

Harry Harrison

It's a good book, a good read. Started ahead of it's time in 1961, but evolved over the years when new material was released.

Makes me think of Trump a bit.

Vote Trump.

[Larry Lucido]

Trump is a rat?

[dynachrome]

Haven’t read him in years, but Slippery Jim was a good character.

(Deathworld trilogy I liked, too)

[left that other site]

A favorite book of my late husband.

Made me smile to remember...

[Robert A Cook PE]

Finished it two nights ago - But had first read it back in the late 60’s/early 70’s - probably as an Analog issue. Had to locate a copy at a used book store down in FL while working for a couple of days.

That bookstore also had (past tense!) because I bought them:
The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted
The Stainless Steel Rat’s Revenge
The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World
The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You!

[this_ol_patriot]

Who would win a fight between The Stainless Steel Rat, Lazarus Long, Nessus and The Mule?

[reed13k]

An excellent book as are the sequels... now I have something to reread on vacation...in a few weeks.

[Tijeras_Slim]

That’s a stretch, but Harrison provided a bunch of great light hearted scifi.

[clee1]

Excellent books.

[Bobalu]

a futuristic con man, thief, and all-round rascal. He is charming and quick-witted. He is also a master of disguise and martial arts

But terrified of motorcycles...(I read that in one of the books)

Vote Trump

[greene66]

I seem to recall having a paperback of this, nearly 40 years ago, but I don’t think I ever got around to reading it. Although I did read that “Make Room, Make Room,” which I think was also Harrison. Heck, I haven’t thought about that stuff in years.

But I did recently read some sci-fi for the first time in decades, an old 1940 issue of the “Planet Stories” pulp. Only slightly familiar author included in it was Ray Cummings, who I’d heard of. Had to do with a guy who goes/shrinks down into some atom-sized world.

[Moltke]

Speaking of pulp fiction...I was just re-reading (as ebooks this time) some of the 60s/70s ‘The Destroyer’ stories. Lots of spot-on, hard-hitting, satirical social commentary in those...and most of it still applies (in spades) today.

[Trillian]

One of my favorites to read when I was a teen.

[gymbeau]

I love Slippery Jim!
Also liked Harrison’s Deathworld trilogy, especially the last one.
Thanks for the post.

Cheers,
Jim

[JoeFromSidney]

My favorite Harrison book is Bill the Galactic Hero. Probably because I was a career military officer when I read it. I made the mistake of reading the book while on a flight from Washington, DC to Los Angeles. It was all I could do to keep from laughing out loud through the whole book. If you haven't read it, you're really missing something.

I had the opportunity to meet Harrison at a conference of the Science Fiction Writers of America. I made a point of telling how how much I enjoyed BTGH. He admitted to having a lot of fun writing it.