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Robert A. Heinlein is widely and justly regarded as the greatest practitioner of the art of science fiction who has ever lived. Here are two of his greatest short novels:

GULF: In which the greatest superspy of them all is revealed as the leader of a league of supermen and women who can't quite decide what to do with the rest of us....

LOST LEGACY: In which it is proved that we are all members of that league -- or would be, if we but had eyes to see....

PLUS TWO GREAT STORIES: Two of the Master's finest: one on the nature of Being, the other on what it means to be a Man. --Ce texte provient de la Mass Market Paperback �dition.

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The "nova effect" makes the H-bomb look like a kitchen match--one bomb can vaporize an entire planet. An undercover agent carrying the secret of this weapon must defeat an insane opponent, one who has decided that when she dies, the Earth will go "nova" with her. Heinlein's New York Times bestseller Friday was a sequel to this volume. Reissue. --Ce texte provient d'une �dition qui n'est plus publi�e ou qui est non diponible.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 Buy it for "Gulf", Oct. 13 2002

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This review is from: ASSIGNMENT IN ETERNITY (Mass Market Paperback)

"Gulf" is a short novel gem, and a slightly sideways-in-time prequel to "Friday." Witten during the period when Heinlein was writing books like "The Puppet Masters" (which it has similarities to), and "The Door Into Summer", it's a good story, well told.

"Jerry Was a Man" is a lesser work, but interesting in that it argues that humanity will constantly have to revisit the slavery thing as our abilities to create non-human servants will outstrip our wisdom in their use. Maybe old hat now, but it wasn't in the 1940's. I'd be willing to be large sums that whoever wrote the Star Trek:TNG story about Data being, leagally, a Man, had read this once apon a time. Very similar viewpoints.

The other two stories are among Heinlein's poorest and keep this from being a 5.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 A good example of early Heinlein, Mai 20 2001

Par	bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - Voir tous mes commentaires (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

This review is from: ASSIGNMENT IN ETERNITY (Mass Market Paperback)

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 and the later works as profound and insightful. They see two people instead of one in the process of transition.

The reason I bought this book is for a story that deals with transition. "Lost Legacy" (1941) I do not want to go into too much detail as it is fun to have the story unfold in its time. However the story speculates as to what the so-called unused portion of our brain is for. Heinlein is not the first to speculate, but he does put together a great story combining many previous speculations.

While enjoying his story, look at the rudiments that will be used in later Heinlein writing, [Stranger in a Strange Land] ISBN: 0808520873 (see my review May 22, 2000). Even some of the names are the same.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Great, Janv. 21 2001

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Aside from the supremely corny cover art (almost enough to keep one from buying it) that pervades this particular series of Heinlein novels, this is a truly great book. Of the four included stories, the best of them is the leadoff, Gulf. It is a short, thought-provoking story that was entertaining and kept me reading. However, I think if it was expanded a bit more it could have been on of RAH's all-time great short novels. The ending of the story, in particular, was a little too abrupt. Of the remaining stories, Elsewhen is an entertaining "What if?" romp. Lost Legacy, the other short novel, is a very nice story as well. Despite it's greatness, I read the story with some disdain, as it focuses on a theme (what would happen if we found out how to use the remaining parts of our brain that we don't currently use) that I thought I had come up with on my own. Seems RAH already thought of it, small wonder. But I disgress... Jerry Was A Man is the only story in the collection that I don't think is particularly interesting, but it still has it's merits and doesn't hold down the rest of the book. Like Heinlein always did at his best, this book is extremely thought-provoking and may make you re-examine what you thought was possible in the world around you. Often the book leans more toward fantasy than science fiction, which may turn off some, but this is definite reccommended reading for Heinlein fans.

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2.0�toiles sur 5 Hard to believe Heinlein wrote this! Mostly a bad book.
First, before I begin, I must say that Heinlein is one of my favorite authors. He is a science fiction grandmaster, and deserves the honor. Read more

Publi� le Ao� 16 2000 par Dr. Zoidberg

3.0�toiles sur 5 Raises good questions, but ducks any real conclusions
The stories in this collection blur the often fuzzy line between science fiction and fantasy, and as is often the case with such stories, the results are not entirely... Read more

Publi� le Juil 5 2000 par Dave Deubler

3.0�toiles sur 5 Mostly for fans...
Heinlein is one of my all time favorite, with F. Herbert, J. Vance, P.J. Farmer, and a few others. I trully love 'Stranger in a Strange Land', 'Friday', 'Time Enough for Love',... Read more

Publi� le Mai 26 2000 par Joss Delage