Number of the Beast

from Murphy-Jacobs

This is the last Heinlein book I read to the end. I was probably about 18, finally legal yet really not an adult -- but working on it. Heinlein's books had informed a lot of my teen age thinking an...

from joeldinda

Painful to (re)read. Some more or less random comments follow. At one level this book's an adventure story, but it's pretty incoherent--just a bunch of episodes, for the most part. A couple are pre...

from 5hrdrive

Heinlein comes up with a terrific idea for a "continua" machine, able to instantaneously transit to any time or place. He then proceeds to go absolutely nowhere with the idea. Honestly, for 511 pag...

from JohnFair

When Zeb Carter is propositioned at a party by an incredibly beautiful young woman, he's flattered even when he finds out she got him confused with his cousin Zeb Carter (There's a will involved......

from Unreachableshelf

Not among my very favorite of Heinlein's books, I still found this to be an enjoyable read. It does fall apart a little during the last section, L'Envoi, and I spent a lot of time wanting to throw ...