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The Stainless Steel Rat

Written by Harry Harrison Published in 1961 by Pyramid Books Title 1 in The Stainless Steel Rat series.

Cover Notes

In this first novel, 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 any more, 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.

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Publication History

This title was originally published in the following parts:

1. The Stainless Steel Rat  (1957)

2. The Misplaced Battleship  (1960)

Publication history in print:

• The Stainless Steel Rat (published by Pyramid Books in 1961)

• The Stainless Steel Rat (published in The Adventures Of The Stainless Steel Rat omnibus by Science Fiction Book Club in 1977)

• The Stainless Steel Rat (published in The Stainless Steel Rat Omnibus omnibus by Gollancz in 2008)