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In article <vbn8vo$2fr5i$1@dont-email.me>,Heh! I also have that one, and I'm also curious how it will go for me (never read it before).
Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:On 9/8/2024 10:12 PM, Tony Nance wrote:I came across a radio play of Bill the Galactic Hero. I am in noOn 9/7/24 12:10 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:>In article <vbgh3k$15dv9$1@dont-email.me>, Titus G>
<noone@nowhere.com> wrote:On 7/09/24 09:29, Tony Nance wrote:>On 9/5/24 11:25 PM, Titus G wrote:>On 5/09/24 10:35, Tony Nance wrote:>Now Reading:>
Long work - The Stainless Steel Rat - Harrison
January 2014.
The Stainless Steel Rat Harry Harrison e 3
Futuristic super criminal. A bit over the top. Enjoyable pot boiler.
March 2014
The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge Harry Harrison Not Finished.
A bit over the top. Too similar to its predecessor.
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When I first read these last century from the library, I just loved
them. Are they a first reading for you?
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They are, and I am greatly enjoying this one.
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When I started reading this newsgroup in the mid-1990s, it didn't take
long for me to realize I had a pretty non-standard introduction to SF -
at least non-standard compared to almost everyone on the group at the
time. As two examples (of many), I've never read a Heinlein juvie,
nor a
Norton, and when I tried to catch up in my 30s, they simply did not
work
for me. At all.
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But over the many years, I have circled back to read a lot of the works
I missed, and the Harrison just popped up the other night.
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Fun stuff so far,
Tony
There are many Harry Harrison books available for free at Project
Gutenberg. I can't remember the details now but my favourites included
The Ethical Engineer and Toyshop. The engineer was also a crook but may
have been more serious than the rat.
Just looked up Gutenberg. 14 books. Most popular is The stainless steel
rat.
He also wrote the ultimate space-opera sendup, _Star Smashers Of
The Galaxy Rangers_. I'm kind of scared to see if 63 year old me
still thinks it's as funny as 13 year old me did. Probably no --
it never is.
I do have that one, and I'm curious how it will go for me (never read it
before).
As I recall, it was written ironically, with tongue firmly in cheek, to
take all the space opera tropes, put them into the story, and turn them
up to 11.
danger of being confused by excess subtlety.
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