Re: Highlights and Lowlights - September-October 2024

On Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:47:53 -0500, Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com>
wrote:

On 11/17/24 7:32 PM, Ahasuerus wrote:

On 11/11/2024 11:57 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
[snip]
 > [re: The Stainless Steel Rat books and Harry Harrison]
 > I believe I read all the SSR books at one time but I cannot now
 > recall any specifics beyond the premise.  Perhaps time for another
 > go.
 
I loved the first book (1961) and liked the next two (1970-1972). I
thought that the series began to deteriorate around book 4 (1978).

>
Thanks - that's good to know, and is in line with a few other things
I've seen as well. I enjoyed the first three, but to me, the third was a
bit of a step down from the first two.

SPI, in its short-lived /Ares Magazine/, published /The Return of the
Stainless Steel Rat/, a board game
[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3531/the-return-of-the-stainless-steel-rat].

Although confirming this online proved difficult, my recollection is
that Harrison also wrote a short story that appeared in the magazine,
about the same situation as the game.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"