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From: Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Highlights and Lowlights - August 2024
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 17:29:49 -0400
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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