{"product_id":"9780765302786","title":"A Stainless Steel Trio: A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born, The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted, The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHarrison, Harry\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTor Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05\/30\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong Live the Rat!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"When Kingsley Amis read the first Stainless Steel Rat novel he said, 'Well, Harry, you have written the first picaresque science fiction novel.'  I nodded sagaciously-and at the first opportunity rushed to my dictionary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePicaresque 1\u003c\/i\u003e. of or relating to a type of fiction in which the hero, a rogue, goes through a series of episodic adventures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWell, that is a fair enough description.  My hero is alone against the universe, with every man's hand-if not every woman's-turned against him.  He is without the law, verily a law unto himself, with a strict sense of morality.  Aren't the two mutually incompatible?  No, as you will soon discover...\" -Harry Harrison, from the Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cheerfully larcenous and anarchic. Long may the Rat run roughshod over the forces of law, order, and the square world.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Orlando Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Harrison's fictions constitute one of the main monuments in modern SF.\" -Paul Di Filippo, \u003ci\u003eScifi.com\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003ci\u003e50 in 50\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42937195823359,"sku":"9780765302786","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/getimage_112f58a5-a6d6-46ca-acc1-e6da05af3d32.jpg?v=1721794936","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780765302786","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}