Has anyone figured out where the title came from?

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	• I Will Fear No Evil Robert A. Heinlein Ace, 1987 - 512 pages average customer review:based on 76 reviews view larger image
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The Second Trip

Macho, macho man; I've got to be a, whoops, where's my willy? Heinlein's medication must have backed up on him while he was writing this. I guess every man has wondered what it's like for the girls, but very few volunteer to find out. Johann Sebastian Bach Smith's elaborate suicide scheme to escape his nightmarish, over-medicated old age, an impossible body transplant, backfires by actually working. Smith finds himself in the body of his recently-deceased secretary, along with the mind of the secretary herself. It's actually a damn good book, but we are talking major league weirdness here as Smith sets out to explore this brave new world, jiggling all the way.

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Has anyone figured out where the title came from?

I am leaning toward the opinion of the reviewer who suggested that the title is a Biblical referance. In that context it makes perfect sence. Leave it to RAH to even create a title that is though provoking. This book is not the best RAH book out there. Certainly not the one I would read first. It has a tendancy to drift and doesn't have quite that same ability to grab on not let go as most of RAH's books. However, considering RAH's health at the time that he wrote it, I can understand.

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I will fear no real plot....

Dont expect anything dramatic to happen in this book even though the premise seems interesting. Heinlein is indeed a great author and this book does have its strong points. Yet, one of them is definitely not a strong plot. The novel seems to meander throught the life of Joan Eunice aka Johann Smith after the transplant is completed. Being written at the end of the sexual revolution of the late 60's the book aspires to the ideals of free love and uninhibited sex between adults. Read it and see for yourself. You might not want to buy it new if you are not a Heinlein fan...

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Read this book!

I absolutely loved this book. I've read it 3 or 4 times and find new things in it every time. One of the most appealing things about it though is that it was written in the 60's and set in the time period that we are living though. It shows that people can predict the future.

A great book

Why do I see so many negative reviews? This book is great. Many people seem to reviewing Heinlein and not the book. Just goes to show you can't rely on other people opinions, only your own. While perhaps not as far reaching as Stranger in a Strange Land, IWFNE is nevertheless quite enjoyable and kept me interested from start to finish.

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