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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.=A0 Perhaps time for =
another
>>  > go.
>>=20
>> I loved the first book (1961) and liked the next two (1970-1972). I=20
>> 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=20
>I've seen as well. I enjoyed the first three, but to me, the third was a=
=20
>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-ste=
el-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.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"