Smart, suave and skilled in the art of disguise and wholesale dishonesty, he's also a master at breaking and entering and numerous forms of hand to hand combat. That is something I found really special.įor those new to the series, James DiGriz was the galaxy’s most accomplished, most sarcastic thief and most wanted thief. Harrison makes you feel “taken care of” by his stories. Despite being designed as a smiling-inducing space adventure, Harrison provides enough explanation for DiGriz’s larger than life accomplishments to preserve the disbelief suspension so that the reader never feels like their smarts are being given the finger. Second, and related to the first, is the intelligence and detail that Harrison brings to the plot. First is the gliding, easy breezy style of Harry Harrison’s writing that he infuses with real quality (a tough balance). Why? A number of reasons but two I found most important.
He is a cup of hot chocolate and a pair of UGG slippers wrapped in a soft blanket in front of a fire on a chilly evening. Granted, there are a lot of morally casual rogue types surfing the SF space ways, but Harry Harrison has made Slippery Jim something very warm and cuddly. After reading this, I even created a “comfort food” bookshelf because I found it such a mood-enhancing piece of toe-tapping terrific. James Bolivar DiGriz (aka the Stainless Steel Rat) is my newest literary comfort food.
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