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Subject: Re: THE ADVENTURES OF THE STAINLESS STEEL RAT by Harry Harrison
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Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 13:53:58 EDT
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From: Jim Hester 

Just to set the record straight, Jim DeGriz never does more than think
lecherously about anyone but his one true love (a Stainless Steel Rat
herself), partially because she is extremely jealous and a (mostly)
reformed ruthless killer.  She used to kill for the fun of it, now only
when she has a reason, like someone giving her a dirty look, or a
possibly unfaithful husband.

I disagree that Harrison wrote it so straight as to be funny.  It seems
to me he played it for as many laughs as he could, quite intentionally.
Jim (the narrator of the stories) describes everything sarcastically,
primarily attacking all forms of government burocuracy.  This does not
happen by accident.

The main reason I replied, though, is to point out that there are (at
least) five Stainless Steel Rat novels, the first three of which have
been collected in THE ADVENTURES OF THE STAINLESS STEEL RAT:

The Stainless Steel Rat
The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge
The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World

The other two are sold seperately.  I am not positive of the order of
these two, but think I got it right:

The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You
The Stainless Steel Rat for President