Friday, a book you can never forget. A very modern Heinlein wrote this book.
In my view Robert Heinlein was two SCI FI writers in the same body. His books before 1960 were more traditional, if Science Fiction has a tradition. At least the books written by Heinlein before 1960 had no sex in them, at least the ones I have read. After 1960, sex sex sex, in many books. Friday was one of these modern SCI FI books with plenty of sexual overtones.
I sometimes wondered if Robert Heinlein was ahead of his time, and did some mind changing drugs before 1960. His great books reflected a man who had changed greatly, the books he wrote after 1960. And Friday is certainly on of these books that showed his great change in mindset, and writing style.
I kind of joke when I say that just before 1960 Robert Heinlein must have done some drugs that made him normal. But in many ways, Heinlein was more in touch with the real world after 1960. To me there is a kind of stark realism in Friday. Yet the character, Friday, is a very loveable person, who is beautiful, dynamic, and very sexy. She is a woman of the future in that there is total liberation for womanhood in her.
The Plot is neat, and yet in some ways is not a plot, in the sense of Classical Plotting. It is more or less a series of events that are very interesting. In Heinlein's books before 1960, there was always the classical plot.
Friday has a great SCI FI prediction in air travel that is now being considered by Boeing Aircraft, and will someday become reality. Robert Heinlein was ahead of his time, of this there can be no doubt. He was a great Scientific Visionary. Heinlein was also one of the greatest writers of all time, in my eyes.
Friday is very modern Fiction, Science Fiction. Heinlein never became stale in his writing. He was always changing with the times, and Friday Reflects his ability to change, to have a current writing style after writing for many years and always putting out great fiction, with many wonderful concepts and eternal truths. There is nothing trivial in any of Robert Heinlein's books, and that includes Friday.
Friday would make another great Heinlein movie. One creates a movie in their mind when they read this intriguing and imaginative Science Fiction Novel. Friday is must reading for Robert Heinlein Fans, and modern thinkers of all kinds who have the imagination for the enjoyment of science fiction.