![]() We are the rats in the wainscoting of society - we operate outside of their barriers and outside of their rules. ![]() That last one percent is me and a handful of men scattered around the galaxy. That is almost the full extent of crime in our organized, dandified society. Now, he's a criminal mastermind, committing crimes more for the thrill of breaking rules than because he actually needs anything in this post-scarcity society. In the old days, he'd have been an explorer or a highwayman or a soldier-of-fortune. James Bolivar "Slippery Jim" DiGriz is one of the few exceptional individuals who still dreams of doing things society doesn't approve of. The first in what became a long series, this book presents a galactic civilization in which antisocial behavior has been genetically or psychosurgically eliminated from most of the population. The Stainless Steel Rat is a sci-fi classic. ![]() DiGriz' dilemma is whether he will turn Angelina over to the Special Corps, or join with her, since he has fallen in love with her. In the peaceful League no one has battleships anymore, so the builder of this one would be unstoppable.ĭiGriz' hunt for the guilty becomes a personal battle between himself and the beautiful but deadly Angelina, who is planning a coup on one of the feudal worlds. Boring, routine desk work during his probationary period results in his discovering that someone is building a battleship, thinly disguised as an industrial vessel. Jim DiGriz is caught during one of his crimes and recruited into the Special Corps. ![]()
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