Monday, July 18, 2011
Stainless Steel Rat
by Harry Harrison
I am not going to feel bad for reading this book. I had read it twenty years ago and remembered it as being a fun read. When my middle son wrote a story for school last year, his style reminded me of Harry Harrison, cleaver, funny and easy to read. Not a bad reason to read a book.
The Stainless Steel Rat was not as clever or funny as I remembered. Almost no effort was made in developing any interesting futuristic technology. Jim DeGris gets out of every situation with a combination of smoke grenades and a costume.
That said, I will read the next adventure.
I am not going to feel bad for reading this book. I had read it twenty years ago and remembered it as being a fun read. When my middle son wrote a story for school last year, his style reminded me of Harry Harrison, cleaver, funny and easy to read. Not a bad reason to read a book.
The Stainless Steel Rat was not as clever or funny as I remembered. Almost no effort was made in developing any interesting futuristic technology. Jim DeGris gets out of every situation with a combination of smoke grenades and a costume.
That said, I will read the next adventure.
