" Love the way Heinlein brings physical love into his novels without actually describing the act of making love. This book is one tedious argument about who the fuck is gonna drive the spaceship. " One of the few books I have actually given up on. You've got to be a fan to love every part of this book. " Self indulgent, both on Heinlein's part and mine. A couple of his other books had previously given him my "read anything he writes" status. This and one other of his books kind of killed me of any desire to ever read Heinlein again.
Maybe in the 50's, his view of sex was risque. It had Heinlein's "oh, so risque" view of sex. Fun Heinlein wordplay, but overall not an enjoyable read.
Tries to tie all his books together, but feels forced. " Interesting notions about the nature of reality and the possibilities that exist. " This one's tricky! It may bite you on the ass. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.
I recently unpacked the very book my friend gave me over twenty years ago and I'm looking forward to reading it again." This led to me writing a comparative study of science fiction through the twentieth century in eleventh grade English! Ahhh.good times. Since two of the main characters were named for characters in the Edgar Rice Burroughs Mars novels, reading this book led me to investigate those as well. It was a great story and I was hooked from the first words, although I remember being a bit confused toward the end when some of Heinlein's characters from other books appeared. "My best friend (at the time) gave me this book in tenth grade and said, "Here, read this." It was the first Heinlein novel I read I had never heard of the author before. When four supremely sensual and unspeakably cerebral humans-two male, two female-find themselves under attack from aliens who want their awesome quantum breakthrough, they take to the skies-and zoom into the cosmos on a rocket roller-coaster ride of adventure, danger, ecstasy, and peril. The wickedest, most wonderful science fiction story ever created in our-or any-timeĪnything can begin at a party in California-and everything does in this bold masterwork by a grand master of science fiction.
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