The Stainless Steel Rat (The Stainless Steel Rat, volume 1) by Harry Harrison

Scoundrel "Slippery Jim" DiGriz AKA the Stainless Steel Rat,
so cunning he has two criminal nicknames, has never been outwitted, outmanoeuvred, captured or executed.

Until now.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/cold-stone
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On Sun, 7 Jun 2026 12:37:45 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

The Stainless Steel Rat (The Stainless Steel Rat, volume 1) by Harry Harrison

Scoundrel "Slippery Jim" DiGriz AKA the Stainless Steel Rat,
so cunning he has two criminal nicknames, has never been outwitted, >outmanoeuvred, captured or executed.

Until now.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/cold-stone

Ares 10 (Ares was an SF wargame magazine) had, as its game, "Return of
the Stainless Steel Rat" and (IIRC) a short story of the same title by Harrison.

This was a big deal for the magazine: a known SF writer!
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Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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In article <s36b2lluddl35kqqi4led6brst13vjdi0e@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

On Sun, 7 Jun 2026 12:37:45 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

The Stainless Steel Rat (The Stainless Steel Rat, volume 1) by Harry >Harrison

Scoundrel "Slippery Jim" DiGriz AKA the Stainless Steel Rat,
so cunning he has two criminal nicknames, has never been outwitted, >outmanoeuvred, captured or executed.

Until now.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/cold-stone

Ares 10 (Ares was an SF wargame magazine) had, as its game, "Return of
the Stainless Steel Rat" and (IIRC) a short story of the same title by Harrison.

IIRC, it was a solitaire dungeon crawl (of sorts). You could use either
Jim or Angela.

This was a big deal for the magazine: a known SF writer!

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Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. -------------------------------------------------------
Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com

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In article <s36b2lluddl35kqqi4led6brst13vjdi0e@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

On Sun, 7 Jun 2026 12:37:45 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

The Stainless Steel Rat (The Stainless Steel Rat, volume 1) by Harry >Harrison

Scoundrel "Slippery Jim" DiGriz AKA the Stainless Steel Rat,
so cunning he has two criminal nicknames, has never been outwitted, >>outmanoeuvred, captured or executed.

Until now.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/cold-stone

Ares 10 (Ares was an SF wargame magazine) had, as its game, "Return of
the Stainless Steel Rat" and (IIRC) a short story of the same title by >Harrison.

This was a big deal for the magazine: a known SF writer!

Somewhere, I have a long box of Areses.
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On Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:04:12 -0700, Robert Woodward
<robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:

In article <s36b2lluddl35kqqi4led6brst13vjdi0e@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

On Sun, 7 Jun 2026 12:37:45 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

The Stainless Steel Rat (The Stainless Steel Rat, volume 1) by Harry

Harrison

Scoundrel "Slippery Jim" DiGriz AKA the Stainless Steel Rat,
so cunning he has two criminal nicknames, has never been outwitted,
outmanoeuvred, captured or executed.

Until now.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/cold-stone

Ares 10 (Ares was an SF wargame magazine) had, as its game, "Return of
the Stainless Steel Rat" and (IIRC) a short story of the same title by
Harrison.

IIRC, it was a solitaire dungeon crawl (of sorts). You could use either
Jim or Angela.

I still remember /The Wreck of the B.S.M. Pandora/ fondly.

This was a big deal for the magazine: a known SF writer!

--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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In article <gcod2l5t3b3508g0d6fnthkgr67i7h78cl@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

On Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:04:12 -0700, Robert Woodward
<robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:

In article <s36b2lluddl35kqqi4led6brst13vjdi0e@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

On Sun, 7 Jun 2026 12:37:45 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

The Stainless Steel Rat (The Stainless Steel Rat, volume 1) by Harry
Harrison

Scoundrel "Slippery Jim" DiGriz AKA the Stainless Steel Rat,
so cunning he has two criminal nicknames, has never been outwitted,
outmanoeuvred, captured or executed.

Until now.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/cold-stone

Ares 10 (Ares was an SF wargame magazine) had, as its game, "Return of
the Stainless Steel Rat" and (IIRC) a short story of the same title by
Harrison.

IIRC, it was a solitaire dungeon crawl (of sorts). You could use either >>Jim or Angela.

I still remember /The Wreck of the B.S.M. Pandora/ fondly.

I used it as the basis of an Aliens TTRPG adventure.
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