The Number of the Beast
An enthralling combination of classic space opera and heroic fantasy, The Number of the Beast is a breathtakingly original masterwork from one of the acknowledged greats of the genre.A brilliant, but eccentric scientist has invented a space/time machine and using the three space and three time...
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An enthralling combination of classic space opera and heroic fantasy, The Number of the Beast is a breathtakingly original masterwork from one of the acknowledged greats of the genre.A brilliant, but eccentric scientist has invented a space/time machine and using the three space and three time co-ordinates, he has discovere a possible 666 alternative universes... 666 being the magical number associated with the biblical Beast of Revelations.Into this theme, Heinlein weaves his own galaxy of incredible ingredients - a Martian penal conoly where the British Empire wars with Imperial Russia, a universe with no letter 'J'. Multiperson Panthestic Solipsism, and the possibility that the mythical Beast may not be mythical at all...(Source: back cover)(Alternative cover for ISBN 9780449144763)
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Format: mass market paperback
Publisher: New English Library
Pages no: 556
Edition language: English
Series: The World As Myth
(Original Review, 1980-08-31)Robert Heinlein's agent had hoped to get $1 million for his latest novel, "The Number of the Beast." What he had to settle for was half that, and not from his accustomed publisher nor from any of the houses with heavy SF publishing programs. The U.S. book rights went to ...
Nutshell: libertarian builds time machine, elects to use it for the noble humanitarian purpose of fulfilling oedipal desire.Lucked out and got this first edition at a library sale; it includes original interior art by one Richard Powers. The art is the normal ensemble, listed in order of ascending ...
Can't believe I dragged this piece of crap around for years before reading it. It was so bad, from almost the first sentence. "He's a Mad Scientist and I'm his Beautiful Daughter."That's what she said: the oldest cliche in pulp fiction. She wasn't old enough to remember the pulps.The thing with a si...
**Él es un Científico Loco y yo soy su Hermosa Hija.** Eso es lo que ella dijo: el viejo cliché de los antiguos pulps. Pero no era lo bastante vieja como para recordar los pulps. Lo único que se puede hacer con una observación estúpida es fingir no haberla oído. Seguí bailando el vals mientras echab...
Late period Heinlein, a lot of pointless running around and pontificating. A car gets turned into a device for visiting alternate realities including fictional worlds.
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