Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World (Stainless Steel Rat Books) [Paperback]

Harry Harrison (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1987

The villainous He has travelled back in time to mankind's distant past on the legendary planet Earth (or 'Dirt') of 1984, where he is altering events so that people who opposed him in the Rat's present cease to exist, Angelina amongst them. Using the Helix, a time-travel device invented by the Special Corps' Professor Coypu, diGriz travels to 1984 America, and then to Napoleonic France where tanks and aircraft are helping bring about Napoleon's victory.

--This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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About the Author

Harry Harrison is an American science fiction author best known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966), the basis for the film Soylent Green. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Ace (January 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441779131
• ISBN-13: 978-0441779130
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,385,491 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my FAVORITES, June 26, 2000

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Michael Kolesar (Renton, Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The stainless steel rat saves the world (Hardcover)

Man, Harry Harrison's good at this stuff. This is one of my favorite Rat books. It's got a good storyline and a good (bad?) enemy, which every book needs in my humble opinion.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Audio! Audio!, December 17, 2010

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Kat at Fantasy Literature - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World (Stainless Steel Rat Series) (Audio CD)

Slippery Jim DiGriz is back. Back in time, that is. The evil villain who calls himself "He" has been using time travel to try to rid the world of the Special Corp (including Jim and Angelina) by eliminating them before they were even born. As his world is quickly fading in front of his eyes, Jim jumps back to a planet called "Dirt" (that's Earth) in their year 1975 so he can kill He before He can work His evil plan. Before the adventure is over, Jim ends up fighting He-possessed Napoleon Bonaparte who has occupied London (the history is a little different in He's time warp).

Don't worry about the mind-boggling impossibilities and plot holes here -- just go along for the ride and, if you can, do it in audio. I don't know how the Stainless Steel Rat books come across in print, but in audio format, with their quick pace (less than 5 hours) and Phil Gigante's wonderful voices, they're immensely entertaining. In this installment, Mr. Gigante gets to show off a few more of his brilliant accents. This time it's British, French, and Gangsta. Even when the plot gets a little slow for a few minutes, Gigante carries it along with his fabulous narration.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! Talk about mixed reviews!, February 7, 2004

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J. Parsons "Gung Hang" (Gangneung, Korea) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World (Stainless Steel Rat Books) (Paperback)

I first learned of the Stainless Steel Rat over thirty years ago. I had no idea this book was one of many.

Over thirty years later, I've started buying (and reading) the other books (and Esperanto books).

Folks, this book may have had holes in the plot, but for me to remember it for thirty years and then start buying the rest of the series, it simply couldn't have been that bad. Gee, maybe it's very good!