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Available
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Publication
Tor Books (1996), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 256 pages
Description
Jim and Angelina are on holiday on the paradise planet Lussuoso, where the very, very rich can avail themselves of rejuvenating treatments and become young again. Just when boredom seems about to set in, Jim learns that Angelina has disappeared, seemingly the victim of a religious scam. Evil genius Justin Slakey has a machine that allows him to travel between universes. He uses it to prey on religious believers, tricking them out of their money and then using them as slaves in his coal mines. Aided by his twin sons, James and Bolivar, Slippery Jim descends to a planet that seems to be a real-life version of Hell - and when you can't take metal weapons between the universes, what do you arm yourselves with? Salami, of course.
User reviews
LibraryThing member melydia
This is only my second Stainless Steel Rat novel, but I think I need to go back to the beginning and check out the first few in the series. Not only were there loads of characters and references to past events with which I was unfamiliar, this SSR story felt tired and forced. I felt like the author
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was just throwing in new twists and calamities for the heroes in order to boost his pagecount to novel length. There was no real flow to the plot and many of the events that either saved the day or ruined it seemed too convenient to be believable, even given a wide suspension of disbelief. Don't get me wrong - I still enjoyed the SSR's witty banter and sarcastic commentary, but overall I felt like the story was a little too aimless and random. Show Less
LibraryThing member dbsovereign
Our pulp rat makes an absurd journey into a religious hell (and still manages to slip his way to safety).
LibraryThing member fulner
The Best audio book I have listened to in a long time.
Book 9 returns to the "current" timeline, no more prequeles.
The "goes to hell" is about how Angelina and her friends get caught up into some religious cult that is all about going to heaven (a relatively "new" idea that has all but disappeared
Angelina goes on to investigate and Jim has to follow after when she goes missing.
of course its internal universal transporter that goes to "heaven" and "hell"
Like all the books in the series its great fun without a whole lot of fun without taking themselves too seriously. I really appreciate the jokes where they make fun of hard Science Fiction when Dr. Koupou starts explain how these various things work an inevitable Jim interrupts with "OK, whatever, lets just go already"
Book 9 returns to the "current" timeline, no more prequeles.
The "goes to hell" is about how Angelina and her friends get caught up into some religious cult that is all about going to heaven (a relatively "new" idea that has all but disappeared
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in this future context). If you give the "church" enough money you can take a special treip to heaven to prove its real and know you can go there when you die if you are loyal to the church. Angelina goes on to investigate and Jim has to follow after when she goes missing.
of course its internal universal transporter that goes to "heaven" and "hell"
Like all the books in the series its great fun without a whole lot of fun without taking themselves too seriously. I really appreciate the jokes where they make fun of hard Science Fiction when Dr. Koupou starts explain how these various things work an inevitable Jim interrupts with "OK, whatever, lets just go already"
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Original publication date
1996-11
Physical description
256 p.; 5.74 inches
ISBN
0312860633 / 9780312860639
Other editions
The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell by Harry Harrison (Paperback)