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Summary: Spectacular Dimention-Travel Yarn
Review: I an still in the middle of reading this book (the middle of the chapter "Are you open to a bribe?"), and I have not been dissapointed yet. Every twist turn has been a surprise, and the math is relatively easy to understand. From the Earth-Without-A-J to the green hills of Barsoom, this has been one of the most amasing stories I have read in a long time.
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Summary: Worst book I ever read, Best book I ever read
Review: When I first read this book, I was in junior high. I found the plot changes confusing, the characters stupid and in general, it was boring. It was much the same way with RAH's other books which were written for adults. I put these books aside, grew up a little, experienced life a little and began reading RAH again. I found the novels that he had written for adults to be just that - for adults. They were complex, intriguing, naughty, controversial, funny and endearing. This novel and Time Enough for Love, I feel exemplifies the best adult writing that RAH wrote. To Sail Beyond the Sunset rates a very close second. He is not Shakespeare, nor does he pretend to be. But I find the plot and the down home style of storytelling to be just what I find to be great reading.
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Summary: I love this book!
Review: I've been a Heinlein fan since I was young(er), and it was this book that lead me to so many other great works of his. I always come back to this one, tho...And his inclusion of Oz was wonderful too!
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Summary: Zany, endearing, unrestrained and very off-beat
Review: Who needs a plot anyway ?From all accounts this is the type of book some people love and other types of people hate. I fall into the former category owing to an affinity for the unconventional. With cute characters and bizarre humour like this, who needs a story ? This book is about petulant egoists who have never grown up. They have genius IQs and 5 year old personalities. The four central genius squabblers begin with a semblance of a plot which happily dissolves away by the 150th page, and the book settles into what it really is - a festival of off-beat imagination and humour against a backdrop of strong adorable characters. Many little stories, encounters in the land of OZ! and a meeting with Lewis Carrol in Wonderland are but a few of the twists. This is a delightful scatterbrained book written with innocence. I would venture that Heinlein wrote his book more to amuse himself than to satisfy differing Sci-Fi appetites. The few who can identify with this sort of indulgence and with Heinlein will adore this book.
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Summary: Number not for beginners
Review: N O B is full af allegories and references to other novels in the sci fi genre you may be lost or confused while reading this book, unless, your a serious sci fi reader. Try some of Heiliens other books first I suggest leaving NOB for last although it is an exxcellent book ranked right next to Stranger In A Strange Land. In my humble opinion.
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Summary: Boring.
Review: I think The Number of the Beast is boring, confusing and the worst novel I have ever read from Heinlein. The characters talk, and talk, and talk, and talk ALL the time and nothing really happens. Also there are a lot of references to other novels from Heinlein so if you haven't read them before you are absolutely lost. Also there are jokes that I thought, have been very funny for Heinlein himself and his friends, but only for them. There is also some like a "revolutionary" concept of sexual liberty like in Stranger in a Strange Land, but only a shadow of that, something really absurd because it seem to be written on pourpose to be "revolutionary" and failing in the attempt. I have to make a effort to finish it, and also I got lost at the end. As a final remark also the "science" on the storty are not speculative (as its supposed to be in sci-fi) but absurd.
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Summary: I made myself finish this book, and I wish I hadn't
Review: This book was absolute torture to read. I've read maybe 15 Heinlein books, and this was worlds apart from them. There is a new narrator every 5 pages. The plot (what little there was to begin with) literally dissolves into nothing by the end. This book makes no sense! It has no point! After reading this book I purged my book collection of this book and all other books Heinlein wrote after it. If you want to read a good book, stick to early Heinlein novels.
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Summary: the first book for 2 years I really hated
Review: Usually, I try to finish a book. But this time, I could not. At the moment I wanted to kill the 4 main characters because they had been talking for approximately 6 pages, I put it away (I did not throw it away because it was from the libray). I just could not stand it anymore. As some of the reviews tell me, there seems to be story somewhere behind page 150. But I can not believe that anything interesting happens in that book. Perhaps that is not true; I will never know, because I will never even try to read it again.
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Summary: Heinlein's best adventure
Review: Heinlein has written a lot of books, and I have enjoyed every one that I have read. But for pure adventure and humor, this is his most adventurous, comical book ever.
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Summary: One of his best fantasies
Review: A favorite of mine, containing more outright fantasy than most of his stories. I've reread this book many times. And I don't like Married with Children or Jerry Springer. :) For reference, I also liked The Cat Who Walked Through Walls.
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