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Starship Troopers 9 reviews
Robert A. Heinlein
Ace Trade, 2006
I pity the fool who hasn't read this book
I know I'm going to read this book again, and recommend it to all my friends. I especially recommend this book to anyone considering going into the military, because so much of this reflects Heinlein's personal experience. On top of that, this book is full of his wit, wisdom, and brilliant story writing...which means it's a great read even for those who don't normally enjoy sci-fi. The characters ...
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To Sail Beyond Sunset4 reviews
Robert A. Heinlein
Putnam Adult, 1987
The Beauty of Maureen
What a wonderfully refreshing view! Women around that time period are so often portrayed as prim and proper, completely dependant on their husbands for everything. Maureen is tough, practical, and intellegent. As for the writing, once again Heinlein's tone is lush and sensual (as is Maureen!) with a sense of adventure and Heinlein's ever- present political commentary. He is called the ...
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The Past through Tomorrow (Future History Series)18 reviews
Robert A Heinlein
Science Fiction Book Club, 1987
Classic Heinlein Stories
The Past Through Tomorrow (1967) is an omnibus collection of the relatively short SF stories in the Future History series. These stories were originally published between 1939 and 1962. Many were first published in Astounding Science Fiction, but others first saw print in a variety of other venues. This edition includes an introduction by Damon Knight.
Life-Line (1939) tells of the man who ...
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Off the Main Sequence: The Other Science Fiction Stories of Robert A. Heinlein3 reviews
Robert A. Heinlein
SFBC, 2005
Shorter Stories from the Dean of Science Fiction
All things have a history. Science fiction has an illustrious modern history, with roots in Verne and Wells. There was a time when science fiction meant scantily clad women and tentacled monsters. All that changed with John Campbell and Robert Anson Heinlein.
Heinlein had a firm belief in the individual. Yet, he also believed in a strong military. Heinlein also had a good science and ...
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Space Cadet5 reviews
Robert A. Heinlein
Orb Books, 2006
Matthew Dodson, Space Cadet!
My title does not have the ring that "Tom Corbett: Space Cadet" had, which was based on this Robert A. Heinlein book, but it is more accurate. Matthew Dodson sounds like a plain, ordinary person, and that was Heinlein's intent. Heinlein's belief always was that the backbone of America was the everyday person doing their job.
Matt Dodson has joined the elite Solar Patrol. Before Matt and his ...
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The Best of All Possible Worlds5 reviews
Larry Niven, Theodore Sturgeon, ...
Ace Books, 1980
Not an anthology but a Unique Collection of favorite stories
BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS (Ace Books, Science Fiction, 1980) by Spider Robinson. Here is why this book is so exceptional. Spider Robinson picked his favorite short stories from each of his favorite authors - not the most popular or the ones with the most awards, just the best according to him, the ones he really loved. He then wrote an introduction for each one of these stories, ...
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Life Line2 reviews
Robert A. Heinlein
Amereon Ltd, 1940
Io Live the Future
I loved the story of Dr. Pinero. I think RAH wrote a lovely story, which makes you think what is really like to know the future, and would we really like it? I wonder... One of the greatest stories I have read.
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2000X: Tales of the Next Millennia2 reviews
Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut
Fantastic Audio, 2003
This is an incredible set of Sci Fi Radio
This set contains six discs featuring 16 different futuristic science fiction audio dramas by various authors. The clamshell binder holds the cds in sleeves which you might want to convert to slim cd cases for protection. Disc One: Blood by Frederic Brown By His Bootstraps by Robert A. Heinlein The Choice by Wayland Young Disc Two: RUR by Karel Kapek Disc Three: Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler ...
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Starship Troopers4 reviews
Robert A. Heinlein
Blackstone Audio Inc., 2007
Sign Me Up!!!
There are only a few books that shaped the way I thought about life and responsibility when I was growing up as a teenager. Instead of imagining if there was no heaven or hell I imagined what whould happen if people actually took responsibility for not only their actions but those of their children, government and society. I always come away from this novel thinking about society and how I as ...
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Time for the Stars3 reviews
Robert A. Heinlein
Del Rey, 1981
One of Heinlein's Very Best
In this story of telepathic twins, Heinlein does better than usual at balancing characters, logic, sentiment, science, and suspense. Each aspect of the novel is fascinating, from the revelation of the twins' telepathy to their ultimate separation by 63 light years of space and some 80 years time. Heinlein carefully makes future society and star travel seem real, all while making his characters ...
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Starship Troopers2 reviews
Robert A. Heinlein
Berkley, 1982
A classic!
Maligned by a movie with which it shares a title and some character names but little else, Starship Trooper remains one of the classic works of a giant of the sci-fi genre. Like most of the great titans who turned it from a pulp genre to serious literature, Heinlein used his work to develop complex and often thought provoking critiques on society. Starship Trooper is no exception. Like many of ...
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Robert Heinlein B--Puppet Masters2 reviews
Robert A. Heinlein
Del Rey Books, 1990
Beware of Hunched People!
When I was a teenager, Robert A. Heinlein was one of my favorite authors. Time had passed by, but still I love some of his books. "The Puppet Masters" is one of them.
This book was published in 1951 when the Cold War was raging. That cultural background greatly influences the story. As I pointed out in other reviews, books and films of the period allude the frightful issue of: "They are LIKE ...
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Requiem: New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein and Tributes to the Grand Master2 reviews
Robert A. Heinlein
Tor Books, 1993
A Wonderful Tribute to a Great Writer
Heinlein has been my favorite author for many years, and his death seemed a personal tradgedy for me, knowing that there wouldn't be any more of his books forthcoming. However, Requiem at least fulfilled some of my need for new Heinlein material, because I hadn't read some of the short stories. I also really enjoyed reading the tributes by other authors who knew him and/or admired him, ...
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Assignment in Eternity1 review
Robert Heinlein
Museum Press, 1997
A good example of early Heinlein
There are two major Heinlein camps and a few crossovers. This may account for the wide variation in what people think of this book. Artists in any field paint what is real, and then what is real to them. Realists like the early works that they can relate to on their daily lives and see the later works as off the deep end. Others see the early works as silly or something that they could do better ...
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Assignment In Eternity1 review
Robert A Heinlein
Baen Publishing Enterprises, 1987
A good example of early Heinlein
There are two major Heinlein camps and a few crossovers. This may account for the wide variation in what people think of this book. Artists in any field paint what is real, and then what is real to them. Realists like the early works that they can relate to on their daily lives and see the later works as off the deep end. Others see the early works as silly or something that they could do better ...
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Assignment in Eternity1 review
Robert A. Heinlein
Baen Publishing, 1953
A good example of early Heinlein
There are two major Heinlein camps and a few crossovers. This may account for the wide variation in what people think of this book. Artists in any field paint what is real, and then what is real to them. Realists like the early works that they can relate to on their daily lives and see the later works as off the deep end. Others see the early works as silly or something that they could do better ...
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William Shatner and Leornard Nimoy2 reviews
Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov
HarperAudio, 1993
A Superb Collection
FOUR SCIENCE FICTION CLASSICS is an exceptional compilation of the absolute best the genre had to offer in the 1940s and 1950s. It is composed of six powerful stories which transcend the decades in which they were written, stirring the heart and mind as powerfully now as when they were first published. While these stories would shine under any conditions, the narrations of William Shatner and ...
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Assignment in eternity: Four long science fiction stories1 review
Robert A Heinlein
Fantasy Press, 1953
A good example of early Heinlein
There are two major Heinlein camps and a few crossovers. This may account for the wide variation in what people think of this book. Artists in any field paint what is real, and then what is real to them. Realists like the early works that they can relate to on their daily lives and see the later works as off the deep end. Others see the early works as silly or something that they could do better ...
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Starman Jones2 reviews
Robert A. Heinlein
Ballantine Books, 1975
One of Heinlein's Best
Starman Jones is one of Heinlein's best, along with Space Cadet, Tunnel in the Sky, Time For The Stars...well it's one of his top ten best. The enthralling account of an orphan escaping abusive step parents by stowing away on a starship kept me reading and thinking and dreaming which continued the second and third time through. It's a well-written coming of age story and precursor to Star Trek ...
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Assignment in Eternity1 review
Robert A. Heinlein
Signet, 1953
A good example of early Heinlein
There are two major Heinlein camps and a few crossovers. This may account for the wide variation in what people think of this book. Artists in any field paint what is real, and then what is real to them. Realists like the early works that they can relate to on their daily lives and see the later works as off the deep end. Others see the early works as silly or something that they could do better ...
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