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From Publishers Weekly
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"We need you to kill a man." Read the first page
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Better than you've heard, but don't start with it,
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This review is from: The Cat Who Walks through Walls (Mass Market Paperback)
This isn't by any means Robert Heinlein's finest work, and I highly recommend _not_ reading it as one of your first few Heinleins. But you'll want to get around to it eventually, because (a) you should read it before you read the marvelous _To Sail Beyond the Sunset_, and (b) it's really not that bad.Oh, you have to be really into Heinlein in order to appreciate it. As in _Friday_, the cool intrigue at the beginning peters out partway through and never quite comes back. (It does get resolved to a degree at the end, but in my view not very satisfactorily.) So you have to be prepared to enjoy a few hundred pages of character interaction and dialogue. If you like the way Heinlein handles such things, you'll like this; otherwise not. Me, I like Col. Colin Campbell a.k.a. Richard Ames, and I like Gwen Novak, so I enjoy their company (and their arguments, and their lectures). Some readers have had misgivings about the ending, but I don't mind it; besides, if you have trouble figuring out what happened, you'll find out in _To Sail Beyond the Sunset_. The real problem here is that the first two-thirds of the novel is two-thirds of a good novel, the last third is one-third of a good novel, but they're the good parts of two different novels. You'll see what I mean if/when you read it; I can't explain it any further without giving things away. But do read it if you like Heinlein; it's better than you've heard.
4.0 out of 5 stars
An involved and interresting read for the Heinlein Fan,
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This review is from: The Cat Who Walks through Walls (Mass Market Paperback)
I came here and read the reviews before undertaking this book and I decided to take the suggestions of a few of the reviewers here and put aside this book for a while to read some others before this one. I'm very glad I did so as the book would have been totally confusing without having read the previous works. So, a list of books you should read before this one: Time Enough for Love, Methusla's Children, Glory Road, and The Number of the Beast. Without reading these books the second half of the book will make no sense and the new charachters coming in will serve to confuse you.Now, that out of the way...this book is an excellent adventure tale as the protoganist is pulled and bounced around by forces outside his control and byond his understanding. However, he soon finds himself leaning of the reasons behind his troubles and gets recruted by none other than Lazurus Long, to work as a special agent on a rescue mission. All in all an enjoyable book, and I can't wait to read the next book "To Sail Byond the Sunset"
1.0 out of 5 stars
Worst book I've ever read,
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This review is from: The Cat Who Walks through Walls (Mass Market Paperback)
I could not finish this book. In fact this is the only fiction novel I have ever not finished. I've read hundreds. It does start off interesting as other have said, but everything from the prose to the plot falls apart during the middle. The banter with the main characters wife gets very old... Il just stop here and say I agree with every criticism writen before my "review" and would not recomend this book to my enemies.
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