The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
Robert A. Heinlein, the celebrated author of Stranger in a Strange Land, interrupts the lives of two ordinary people for a terrifying night-ride alo ng the interface between reality and . . . our world. "One of the grand masters of science fiction."--Wall Street Journal. Reissue.
Robert A. Heinlein, the celebrated author of Stranger in a Strange Land, interrupts the lives of two ordinary people for a terrifying night-ride alo ng the interface between reality and . . . our world. "One of the grand masters of science fiction."--Wall Street Journal. Reissue.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780441854578 (0441854575)
Publish date: March 1st 1989
Publisher: Ace Books
Pages no: 214
Edition language: English
This is a collection of one novella, the title story "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag," and five short stories, among them some of Heinlein's strongest. I really loved the opening novella, which is a mix of science fiction, fantasy, horror--and noir mystery. It focuses on a husband/wife d...
This book could reasonably have been called Collected Paranoid Tales of Robert Heinlein. Most of them are satisfyingly creepy, and it's hard to get them out of your head. Anyone who's got even the tiniest trace of paranoia ought to read They. (You haven't come across it? Interesting. Do you think th...
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