Assignment in Eternity (Paperback)

from VVilliam

A collection of four stories about man's evolution. The first and third stories were definitely the best, but none were amazing. Heinlein definitely does a good job exciting the reader with the possibilities of super powers if only they focused on the task. Still has Heinlein's amazing style of j...

from fuzzi

This is an early Heinlein that should appeal to lovers of the genre, or lovers of Heinlein. I really liked the first story which turned out to be a forerunner to one of my favorite Heinlein books, Friday, but the rest in the collection were just okay.

from bensdad00

An example of Heinlein's lower tier of works - interesting and enjoyable but not worthy of study or rereading.

from jmourgos

Quite the Assignment! Early Heinlein, for me, is a bit interesting regardless of its sly wit and occasional weak female characters. These were written in the 40s and were decent and entertaining but not up to the level of story Heinlein wrote in the Sixties and beyond, "Stranger in a Strange Land...

from KirkLowery

A collection of three short stories. Typical 1950s era concepts. I was particularly annoyed with his 1940s-50s colloquial dialogue. Clearly, Heinlein was still finding his narrative "voice".