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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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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.
>>>
>>> When I first read these last century from the library, I just loved
>>> them. Are they a first reading for you?
>>>
>>>
>> 
>> They are, and I am greatly enjoying this one.
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 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.
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