Beyond this Horizon
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780839826729 (0839826729)
Publish date: January 1st 1981
Publisher: Gregg Press
Pages no: 242
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Classics,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
Science,
Technology,
Speculative Fiction,
Engineering
This is one of Heinlein's first novels, published as a book in 1948, it would be his second novel, and actually it first appeared in serialized form in 1942. So I'd agree he's not at the top of his form here, although it's interesting to see themes and tropes here that would later come to flower in ...
I have a profound respect for Robert A. Heinlein's works, so it's a bit of a disappointment when I say that "Beyond This Horizon" is not one of his better works. Reason being is that while the story focuses on an alternate universe where genetic imperfections are absent and genetic manipulation is ...
I read this book when I was 11, and I don't care who knows: I really liked it. I don't guarantee I'd like it as much if I read it again today. I'll admit I can't remember all that much about it. It's this future society run along sort of eugenic/libertarian lines. Everyone walks around carrying a de...