A new SF/fantasy starring the Stainless Steel Rat, who in this adventure is sent to wage a guerrilla campaign against the planet Cliaand which is waging interstellar war. From the author of STARWORLD.
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Harry Harrison (1925 -) Harry Harrison was born Henry Maxwell Dempsey in Connecticut, in 1925. He is the author of a number of much-loved series including the Stainless Steel Rat and Bill the Galactic Hero sequences and the Deathworld Trilogy. He is known as a passionate advocate of Esperanto, the most popular of the constructed international languages, which appears in many of his novels. He has been publishing novels for over half a century and is perhaps best known for his seminal novel of overpopulation, Make Room! Make Room!, which was adapted into the cult film Soylent Green. Harry Harrison lives in the Republic of Ireland.
DiGriz and Angelina are happily married and expecting the birth of their sons. The planet Cliaand is waging interstellar war, and against the odds, its Grey Men are invading and taking over planet after planet. The Rat is sent to Cliaand to start a one-man guerrilla campaign to put a stop to the plans of the planet's leader, Kraj. He is aided by the Amazons, a force of liberated freedom fighters, and eventually by his wife who arrives to help him win the war and keep him out of the arms of the Amazons.
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Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Bruce Pennington (illustrator). 1974 Edition. © 1970: 5th in the 'Stainless Steel Rat' series of books. 1st printing of 1974 edition:- Synopsis: It was totally impossible for Cliaand to wage interstellar war. But the crazy little planet was winning, whatever the odds. And there wasn't much the peaceful galaxy could do. Except send Slippery Jim diGriz - the Stainless Steel Rat - to wage his own kind of guerrilla campaign against the grey men of Cliaand and their leader, the indomitable Kraj. But then the Rat was aided by a band of liberated Amazons and his own beloved, murderous Angelina. And they had to swing the odds in his favour:- Review(s): "Fast-moving and very funny" - Richard Burton, Evening Standard:- (original cost £0.40). Seller Inventory # 13.002.00037
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New Edition. Condition: vg++. 1st edition Sphere 1974 paperback, vg++ In stock shipped from our UK warehouse. Seller Inventory # 19732
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Bruce Pennington (illustrator). Paperback First Thus. 196pp. Cover art by Bruce Pennington. Unused unread book, as new , minimal shelfwear, lightly foxed edges. Internally as new, no owner's marks, lightly toned pages. In the sharply humorous Stainless Steel Rat series. Slippery Jim diGriz, the Stainless Steel Rat, is aided by band of liberated Amazons and his own beloved murderous Angelina. (Science fiction, Fantasy, Stainless Steel Rat, Humour). Seller Inventory # C04145
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paperback. Condition: Gut. 208 Seiten; 9780722143728.3 Gewicht in Gramm: 500. Seller Inventory # 1174962