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The Misplaced Battleship
by Harry Harrison
Science fiction
The Misplaced Battleship
Published: 2007
Publisher: Project Gutenberg
Language: en
Identifier: http://www.gutenberg.org/22541
Subjects: Science fiction; Criminals -- Fiction; Police -- Fiction; Space ships -- Fiction; DiGriz, James Bolivar (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Harry Harrison’s Stainless Steel Rat story follows James Bolivar diGriz—charming thief turned investigator—as he looks into how an entire warship could vanish amid interstellar construction, paperwork, and criminal ingenuity. Mixing space-opera stakes with caper-story wit, the tale sends diGriz after schemers who disguise, divert, and repurpose a battleship, forcing him to rely on deception, nerve, and quick thinking rather than straightforward police procedure. Produced from Astounding Science Fiction, April 1960, it is a brisk science-fiction adventure centered on crime, pursuit, and the unlikely fate of a misplaced spaceship.
Source: Project Gutenberg eBook #22541
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