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Subject: The Stainless Steel Rat
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Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 22:35:36 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 14 22:35:36 1985
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From: Mike Ardai 

From UI.MIKE@CU20A.DECNET Wed Aug 14 22:27:27 1985
Date: Wed 14 Aug 85 22:24:51-EDT
From: Michael Ardai 
To: mike
Status: R

          I  have  noticed  a recent resurgence of interest in Harry
     Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat books; this is good to see, since
     they have been (in my erstwhile opinion) underrated in the past.

          In  a  recent  conversation  with the author the subject of
     further SSR material came up; for anyone who's interested,  here
     it is.

          Aside  from  the already published pentology (the titles of
     which have been posted previously), Harry has  been  quite  busy
     with  this  character.    Slippery  Jim has his own pseudo-role-
     playing-game, board game and comic book, though the  board  game
     seems  only  to  be  available  in  England.  Also restricted to
     European publication is a Rat choose-your-own-adventure book  --
     says Harrison, "It came out fine, but I'll never do it again."

          But  the best news of all has to be the announcement of his
     latest Rat novel, A Stainless Steel  Rat  is  Born.    Detailing
     Degriz's  early years, it includes info on how he started on his
     life of crime and his infamous escape for the juvenile detention
     center  at age sixteen.  I'm really looking forward to this one;
     I don't know about you, but much as I  liked  the  rest  of  the
     series, nothing can hold a candle to the opening sequence in the
     first novel when the Rat is still a criminal.

          Enjoy.

          -Charles Ardai

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