| In the opening tale of Harry Harrison's legendary Stainless Steel Rat, Slippery Jim diGriz is one of the few remaining criminals in a pacified society. However, the police finally catch up to him and press him into the service of the interplantary police, and he soon finds himself hurling headlong into searching for a powerful but extremely missing spaceship. He manages to escape the service, only to be shot by a woman that he had hoped to save. And well, things get pretty wild for old Slippery Jim from there on out, with him battling captors, insidious political factions that stole the missing spaceship, and finally manages to track down and reconcile with the woman who shot him. Just another day for the Stainless Steel Rat! | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book - very upbeat FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story Romance Yes Romance plotlets: - falling in love with the enemy Spying & Investigations Yes What is main char. doing? - finding a killer (criminal) Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Descript. of chases or violence - 20 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30 % If enemy is a group... - Main Character Identity: - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Main Adversary Identity: - an organization Age: - long-lived adults Profession/status: Eccentric: Yes How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting Terrain Spaceship setting: - futuristic human freighter/transport A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society - big overbuilt futuristic city - very controlled society Planet outside solar system? Yes Takes place in spaceship? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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