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	• I Will Fear No Evil Robert A. Heinlein Ace, 1987 - 512 pages average customer review:based on 75 reviews view larger image
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"I WILL FEAR NO EVIL" is humanistic Science Fiction at its best. Its classic Heinlein written in his classic style and prose you will find i his LAZURUS LONG Epics. Basically its the study of a "dying" rich man, wanting to live, and of course, finds out without warning that he receives a WOMANS body. I Will not tell you the plot since that would ruin it, but its safe to say its one of his best.

I will not say its his VERY BEST, since I find it hard to compare "Time Enough For Love" with "Starship Troopers" or "J.O.B.", but its definitly one of his best. Its also very unique to him.

Yes, this IS Science Fiction. Nope no dragons, no elves, no Hans Solo guys. This is a great read....PERIOD. Its also recommend for older readers who would tend to understand it more.

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Unbeleivable Women

Maybe its just my upbringing clouding my mind, but I find it hard to veiw Heinlein's characters as realistic. The men for example; This old guy, 100+ just got his brain transferred into the body of this young lady. It boggles my mind how no one has the slightest inhibition towards sleeping with her.

And the women, there's scene where Joan( Yohann's female persona) is talking to her maid, and the maid says something along the lines of 'Concraception is the woman's responsibilty'. Being a man raised by three generations of women I guess I'm just imdued with a femenists minsdset. Barring the unbeleivability of the charcters its a good story though. The dialougue is a little chessy at times and its a bit drawn out, but compared to some of the true drivel thats being plied today its a pretty good.

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Worthwhile, But Not Heinlein's Best Book

This is far, FAR from being Heinlein's best book, but it is interesting and worth reading for several reasons. First off, let me make something clear: this is NOT science fiction. Now, Heinlein was never one to emphasize the hard SF elements over the human aspect, his books ultimately focused on the human condition, or were at any rate, comments on society, sex, or religion. The only part of this book that relates directly to science is a brain transplant! Yes, a brain transplant. This is, of course, aside from the fact that the book is set in the future. This is probably as close to mainstream literature as RAH ever got. Okay, so with that out of the way... why is it worth reading, you ask? For one, it has a very interesting premise: a man has his brain transplanted into the body of a woman. This sounds simple, but think of all the complications that would arise. Here Heinlein has a pulpit for the differences between men and women, and he covers just about every conceivable area. Ask yourself this... if you were and old man who had his brain transplanted into the body of a woman, would it be heterosexual to have sex with a man or with a woman? There are countless other questions like this you could ask yourself for just such a situation, and they are all addressed in this book. Another thing about this book is that it is the most sexually explicit thing Heinlein ever put out. It doesn't have the incest factor that Time Enough For Love does, but it is more generally explicit, and downright preachy in spots. On the surface the book may seem sexist, but if you delve deeper you can see this is not the case. Indeed, this book was, after release, adopted by the Women's Liberation! Though the book is long and winding (and takes even longer to read than even lengthier novels due to the heavy amount of dialogue and witty banter that you will want to re-read), you want to keep reading, not for the suspense factor (which is more or less non-existent, as indeed, are conflicts of any kind) but just to see what shocking thing Heinlein will come up with next. Okay, so with all these neat points in tow, why only four stars? Well, for one thing, the book suffers from a lack of editing. Some speeches go on and on and on (the book consists almost entirely of dialogue-indeed, a good portion of it is the main character talking to theirself) and many catchphrases are repeated several times, thus diminishing their apparent wit. However, the book is still worth reading for the reasons outlined above, also because it is that rare book that will leave you questioning your values and mores, Heinlein treads here places that most authors wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole. And it's put over in a thoughtful way, without constantly bashing you over the head like later Heinlein efforts. Also, the ending is rather nice and poetic. This is a truly "novel" novel that Heinlein fans will definately want to read, but if you are new to the Dean, I suggest you read some other works of his before tackling this one.

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All such minor qibbles aside, the novel is a full-blooded read stocked with memorable characters. Granted, Mr./Ms. Smith makes a big deal of deciding who she/he is going to sleep with next, but put yourself in his/her place. If you suddenly found a surgical fountain of youth after enduring decades of senility, what would you do? Again, you might not agree with Heinlein's ideas of how to spend a second youth, but why should you agree with every book you read? Let henlein challenge your values; few writers these days dare to do it. Books should be food for thought as well as enjoyable fluff. Heinlein was able to give us both.

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