If I had to pick just one novel by Heinlein as a favorite--and it would be hard because he's one of my favorite authors, it would be The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. A blurb on the cover calls it: His classic, Hugo Award-winning novel of libertarian revolution. I imagine to many that might be more off-...
Somehow I ended up with two copies of this on my virtual shelves, with comments below both (before I'd even read or reviewed it).Anyway, my actual review is on this Good Reads page: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/587367757
Very disappointing: 2.5* (it's not terrible, but it's weaker than books I award 3*, and I enjoyed it far less).I know of Heinlein as a sci-fi author and had heard of some interesting language-type things that make this novel unique, principally a Lunar dialect. Although it's mostly set in a lunar pr...
Not bad at all! This is a lengthy book, the story is well developed, as are the characters. It's probably not to everyone's taste, though, as a lot of nation-building and politicking goes on. There are peaks and valleys in the action, and there's a lot of "talk-talk" that takes place. Still, a r...
I will undoubtedly be branded a science fiction heretic, but I just don't see what all the fuss is about. I can respect Heinlein's technical proficiency as a writer, particularly the highly consistent dialects and comprehensive rendering of technology. I can appreciate how forward-thinking (in some ...
a 1966 classic that is the best of "straight Heinlein" (as opposed to sexual revolutionary and psionic-mind powers Heinlein of Stranger in a Strange Land), TMISHM captures the best of "gee-whiz" buck rodgers 1950s us with well-thought out conceits that still define space opera and lunar-US political...
Some have suggested that this is one of Heinlein's most political books, and while it this is only the forth that I have read so far, I am probably not that inclined to agree. While it was much better than Podkayne of Mars, it was pretty much on par with Stranger in a Strange Land (the other one I r...
This is often considered to be Heinlein's best book and it is certainly one of his best. It is probably the most archetypal Heinlein novel.The book concerns a revolt on the moon and is yet another restatement of Heinlein's philosophy of radical libertarianism. It's interesting because it has a cen...
Nutshell: lunar colony secedes from Earth, led by John Galt and AI, as told by know-nothing with charming pseudo-slavic accent.Likely one of the source texts for items such as Red Mars and Iron Council, each of which carries echoes of this one.Some odd lapses. One of the principals describes hersel...
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