The cover page is adapted from Tableau no. 1, a painting completed in 1913 by Piet Mondrian. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrianwww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
The Stainless Steel Rat
Capitula (20)
- Dedication 0:00
- I 0:05
- II 12:42
- III 34:53
- IV 50:05
- V 1:03:15
- VI 1:27:57
- VII 1:49:57
- VIII 1:59:39
- IX 2:10:49
- X 2:36:57
- XI 2:43:05
- XII 2:54:12
- XIII 3:17:26
- XIV 3:31:02
- XV 3:50:43
- XVI 4:00:29
- XVII 4:23:50
- XVIII 4:46:34
- XIX 5:07:51
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James “Slippery Jim” diGriz is a criminal in a galaxy where crime has almost been eradicated. In his own words, he’s a rat in the wainscoting of society, and now that society is all ferroconcrete and stainless steel only a stainless steel rat can find the gaps. Despite a nose for the hustle and a healthily paranoid survival instinct, Jim’s luck has to run out at some point—and when it does, it isn’t a prison cell he’s offered, but a job with the Special Corps.
The Stainless Steel Rat—a fix-up novel based on two earlier short stories for Astounding magazine—was the first in a long series of books by Harry Harrison to star the anti-hero. It is never less than a breathless ride, with twists and turns at every corner. As well as the twelve novels and additional short stories, the Stainless Steel Rat has appeared in numerous comics and games over the years, and has become Harrison’s most enduring character.