The Misplaced Battleship

Inside this edition

Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 19 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.

• The Chase — the map of diGriz's pursuit, from the secret base to the trap in deep space.
• Cittanuvo SpaceportThe largest field on a peaceful, prosperous, uniform-loving world — where diGriz makes a deliberately showy landing as the Grand Duke Sant' Angelo and breezes through customs.
• A Map of Connections — the Corps, the con, and the criminals.
• The Characters — the cast of the caper, in medallion.
• The Characters — the Rat, the mastermind, and the crew of the con, at full length.
• Slippery Jim diGriz — Kit & DisguisesThe Stainless Steel Rat at full length: his lock-picks and nail file, his cigar and blaster, the glossy battleship photo — and the black-and-gold admiral's rig he wears to bluff a planet, with the faces of a rogue at work.
• The Midnight Visit — diGriz wakes his chief with a photograph.
• The Lie Detector — Admiral Thar interrogates the President.

This edition

Title

The Misplaced Battleship

Author

Harry Harrison (1925–2012)

First published

1960

Illustrated plates

41 original artworks · 19 open to everyone

Chapters

6 · about 11,481 words

Reading time

46 min

Language

EN

Formats

Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription

Publisher

LitLab — The Illustrated Classics

On LitLab since

August 2026

Rights

Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.

Source text

Project Gutenberg #22541