Someone was tampering with time, altering the past to eliminate the present, fading people out of existence into a timeless limbo. One of the victims was Angelina, the wife of James de Griz, better known as the Stainless Steel Rat.
| Series |
Stainless Steel Rat |
| Volume |
3 |
| Cover Price |
$0.75 |
| No. of Pages |
160 |
| Height x Width |
7.0
x
5.0
inch |
| Original Publication Year |
1972 |
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| Read It |
Yes (4/20/2011) |
| Store |
David's Books |
| Purchase Date |
7/1/2001 |
| Owner |
John |
| Links |
Amazon
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4. The Stainless Steel Rat (1961)
5. The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge (1970)
6. The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World (1972)
7. The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You (1978)
8. The Stainless Steel Rat for President (1982)
1. A Stainless Steel Rat is Born (1985)
2. The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted (1987)
3. The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues (1994)
9. The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell (1996)
10. The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus (1999)
The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World (1972) 160 pages by Harry Harrison.
The third book in the series. In this book the Special Corps agents are vanishing. Jim DiGriz is the last one left, before Dr. Coypu vanishes he explains to Jim that someone is meddling in time travel. Coypu sends Jim back to 1975 where he has his first encounter with He.
There is a lot of action packed into the pages. From the readers perspective there seems to be a lot of deus ex machina going on, although Harrison does explain it at the end. A lot of action but not much character development. How many mentions are there of Jim having a drink or getting one to "clear his head" or whatever the situation needed.
It was a fun read, but more like reading a long short story than a novel.
