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[–]StBlops2cel_is_Lord 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

The Adventures Of The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison. It changed my life.

[–]Tums_is_Smut_bkwrds 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I loved that series. How does it read today though? A lot of that campy, fun stuff has been done and re-done so much that it's not fun to read any more.

[–]StBlops2cel_is_Lord 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I haven't read it in 25 years, but I BECAME that guy, in a non-spaceship kinda way. I didn't care for the last book, but the first one was so amazing. I still live like a stainless steel rat in the drainpipe of society.

[–]Tums_is_Smut_bkwrds 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Your comment kicked off some nostalgia and I went looking for some Stainless Steel Rat to spend this rainy day with. I was surprised and saddened to find that for whatever reason I didn't keep any in my collection. Could have sworn I had at least 2 of them. But I do have Bill the Galactic Hero so that will do fine.

Interesting that you identified with Slippery Jim so strongly. So you actually became like him, or was it just fantasy? Honest question.

I can't think of the last time I saw one of Harrison's books on the rack so will resort to electronic, but man I really associate reading 'the classics' with paper or hardback.

[–]StBlops2cel_is_Lord 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So you actually became like him, or was it just fantasy? Honest question.

without going into too much detail...yes, and the philosophy of how he lived still guides me, although it's not a conscious thing, it's just how I am/became. I have also seen it described as being a 'city panther'.