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STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
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My dad suggested I read this book after complaining to him that I need to familarize myself with new authors rather than stick with the same genre of authors that influence me on a daily basis (Vonnegut, Robbins, Huxley). Nonetheless I went out and purchased this book, and my first impression stemmed from the insightful illustration as well as the tit... »
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Variable Star
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First things first--as you probably know, despite his name appearing prominently on the cover, Robert A. Heinlein, the late Grand Master of Science Fiction who died in 1988, did not write "Variable Star." Rather, author Spider Robinson wrote it using a detailed outline and notes that were only recently discovered among Heinlein's papers.
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Time for the Stars
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"Time for the Stars" is essentially a retelling of Magellan's catastrophic three-year circumnavigation of the globe. In fact, the fate of "Project Lebensraum," the title of the first systematic attempt to explore the near earth interstellar environment is comparable to that tragic voyage, at least in subjective/proper time, and in percentage of crew a... »
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Job: A Comedy of Justice
You get to read all the way to mid-chapter XVIII before two very important sentences appear: "(...) Wisdom includes not getting angry unnecessarily. The L... »
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For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs
I'm a die hard Heinlein fan, but regardless I'm impressed how current this book feels. Sure, it's more of a lecture on customs (see the title) than a nove... »
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Starship Troopers
STARSHIP TROOPER
Starship Trooper by Robert Anson Heinlein is a classic in the Science Fiction Genre. It is so good I believe one should rea... »
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Space Cadet
In 1948, Heinlein wrote a book based on his (limited) military experience that pinpointed underlying cultural issues in the U.S. military that are still p... »
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Friday
Unlike most SF readers, I have never been a Heinlein fan. I hadn't read him since being scared off by "Time Enough for Love" 20 years ago. But hey, I th... »
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