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When a stranger attempting to deliver a cryptic message is shot dead at his table, Dr. Richard Ames is thrown headfirst into danger, intrigue, and other dimensions, where a plot to rescue a sentient computer could alter human history...

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Published June 1st 1988 by Ace (first published 1985)

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Aug 15, 2008 Kori Warren rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: everyone

This was my very first RAH book...the one that got me hooked. I thought it had a cool cover and was in the discount bin so I had just enough for it. I was 15. I couldn't put it down. Since then, I've read almost everything he has written and have loved every single one!

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Mar 16, 2013 Mei rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy-and-science-fiction

When I bought this book a couple of weeks ago, I was with two friends, one of whom is a fairly decent sci-fi fan, and the other of whom is a completely nutty sci-fi fan. Both of them started lyricising about how wonderful this book was, how absolutely fantastic, how I definitely had to read it. And, similarly, a week ago, another friend saw the book on our coffee table, and again, this lyrical Heinlein-is-amazing rhapsody was replayed.

Having now read the book myself, I have to confess that I di...more

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Nov 26, 2012 Jeff Yoak rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2009, audio-collection, read-in-1997, read-in-2012

I remember liking this book less when I read it long ago. Robert A. Heinlein's "World As Myth" series doesn't appeal to me and I tend to prefer the older juvenilia and middle novels much more. The thing is, I've become such a fan of his, and particularly of his wonderful characters, that the opportunity to meet most of the characters from most of his novels again was a happy one.

I wouldn't suggest this book for anyone not already a serious Heinlein fan. I imagine it would be pretty much a failur...more

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Jun 23, 2008 Sara rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: People familiar with Robert Heinlein, people willing to accept broadly impossible sci-fi plots

This is kind of two separate books smooshed together. The first half is pretty straight-forward space adventures, and then everything gets weird after that. Not bad, just weird and very separate-feeling from the first half. This is not uncommon with Heinlein, and it didn't ruin the book or anything, but I did kind of feel betrayed that the first half was somewhat meaningless. Also, the ending left me hanging more than I would have liked. I plan on reading the rest of this "series" (having alread...more

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Mar 28, 2008 Stacie rated it 1 of 5 stars

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I am a great lover of the words of Heinlein. But this book has got to be one of his worst. While it has some very interesting quantum physics threads, and some interesting character as aware entity moments, it does not hold together. The relationships of the main character and his children (near the end of the book) are confusing and more explicit than needed/wanted. The 'mysteries' the main character was trying to solve fell apart like wet tissue paper. I was dissapointed that th...more

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Jan 10, 2009 Katy rated it 2 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book starts out engagingly enough, with a mystery on a moon-orbiting space habitat. As can be expected from Heinlein, there is passing commentary on the governement of the habitat(all privately owned and controlled). When the action passes to the Moon we discover that this story is set in the same universe as The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, and we get more commentary about how the government on the moon has changed in the 100 or so years since the revolution.

And then that's where it turns jus...more

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Jul 28, 2012 Dale rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Easy to love and easy to hate

Published by Simon and Schuster Audioworks in 1987.
Performed by Robert Vaughn
Duration: 3 hours
Abridged

Note: The 2007 re-release of The Cat Who Walks Through Walls clocks in at just over 13.5 hours, so this 3-hour-long 1987 abridgment is undoubtedly heavily abridged, even considering that acclaimed actor Robert Vaughn is a relatively quick reader.

Books like The Cat Who Walks Through Walls are hard to describe and easy to love and easy to hate. This is a soaring piec...more

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Jan 06, 2012 Pvw rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: social-criticism, science-fiction

I like Heinlein, but not this book. Very little happens in it and the seemingly endless conversations about morality in relationships is tedious. I would actually agree with Heinlein and don't see a problem in people fornicating around with one another, without bothering with outdated monogamous principles. It's just that he can stop beating me around the head with it.

Many of Heinlein's favourite characters make a re-appearance in this novel, like Jubal Harshaw, Lazarus Long and Mike, the comput...more

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Aug 09, 2010 Josh rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Nobody

Recommended to Josh by: Nobody

I haven't read any Heinlein previous to this novel, and I'm somewhat glad, as it gave me an opportunity to evaluate it based on its (lack of) merits as a story, rather than any fanservice appeals to classic Heinlein characters.

The story starts off as a decent sci-fi action romp. The charismatic protagonist is likable in a James Bond sort of vein, his banter with his girlfriend is punchy, his quirks are endearing.

Things start getting weird the moment another female character enters the story. Sud...more

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Aug 04, 2009 Peter rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Heinlein fans

Shelves: fantasy, science-fiction

One of Heinlein's last books, and not one of his best. It represents yet another installment in the "World As Myth" theme that he used so often later in life, and therefore includes many characters from his older, better works - including, inevitably, Lazarus Long, who continues his long (pun intended) degeneration from the original interesting protagonist of "Methuselah's Children" into an annoying incest-freak, Heinlein surrogate, self-parody (I suspect), and all-around jerk-who-must-be-worshi...more

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Jul 07, 2009 Joshua Keezer rated it 5 of 5 stars

At some distant point in time down the road, a fan of mine will stumble onto my goodreads account and read my reviews. This fan will notice that of all of the Heinlein books, only one book was given a five star review. This fan will wonder why.

Unfortunately, when this fan reads this review of the book, he will find himself disappointed as I do not intend to explain why this book is getting the rating I'm giving it. The reason for the fifth star is just too personal.

The Cat Who Walks Through Wall...more At some distant point in time down the road, a fan of mine will stumble onto my goodreads account and read my reviews. This fan will notice that of all of the Heinlein books, only one book was given a five star review. This fan will wonder why.

Unfortunately, when this fan reads this review of the book, he will find himself disappointed as I do not intend to explain why this book is getting the rating I'm giving it. The reason for the fifth star is just too personal.

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls is a book you will either love or you will hate. For one thing, it is a Lazarus Long book. If you don't know who Lazarus Long happens to be, read my review of my much hated read of Time Enough for Love. Lazarus is a minor character, however, and the main character is Richard Ames. Richard Ames is a guy who went to dinner with his girl and ends up on a chain of really horrible events.

The story, however, starts to get really messed up and strange. I'm not sure strange alone justified what I'm talking about. Imagine going to a baseball game and during the middle of the fifth inning, the baseball fields morphs into a football field and bug-like creatures appear and start dancing the cha-cha. It goes that kind of strange.

Despite the strange divergence this story takes, it all fits in with the original plot and the direction of the characters. It continues forward to a conclusion that must happen the way that it does. You will be left with an ending that will make you ponder what happens next. The answer is there if you think about it even if it is not obvious.

Heinlein also deserves credit for the depth of his character. I loved Gwen and cannot begin to describe how happy I was to see a female character so well written by Heinlein. However, the character of Richard goes much deeper. I remember a scene where Richard is chastising Bill about why you must always pay for air. I wanted to strangle Heinlein for anti-socialistic rhetoric. This bothered me for a long time until Gwen and Lazarus get into an exchange with each other. During this exchange you see it isn't rhetoric but rather a deeply embedded culture belief of Richard that was masterfully pulled off by Heinlein.

In conclusion, I must re-iterate that the strangeness that transpires is not for everyone. You may not like what you read. You might not like that the "mystery" to this story is not so cut and dry. But you might just like the final destination of this story. I did.(less)

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Jan 16, 2013 Amber rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: tech-and-space-and-other-stuff

I am a late-comer to the Heinlein bandwagon. I've now read/listened to two of his books and have been pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed them. The Cat Who Walks Through Walls starts in the same universe as The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, which worked well for me as I was already familiar with some of the culture that was referenced and had more time enjoying the action that was going on. Mind you, Heinlein is great at keeping the action up. There were only a handful of pages total that cou...more

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Jul 14, 2012 Bryce rated it 4 of 5 stars

Dr. Richard Ames is an normal guy (that is, if you overlook the fact that he lives in space and is a decorated soldier in hiding) that is in the wrong place, every time. He and his new bride bop across the galaxy, trying to figure out who is trying to kill them and why. Throw in an invincible bonsai tree, a super-sonic space bus and a cat who walks through walls.

This book was weird and witty and adventuresome. My only other exposure to Heinlein was Starship Troopers which I appreciated but didn'...more

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Jul 04, 2011 Helen rated it 2 of 5 stars

What happened? WHAT HAPPENED? Heinlein I love; can't get enough of the fellow. First read Have Space Suit-Will Travel in - fourth grade, was it? - and have enjoyed a number of his books since. But this one... The story, or at least the set-up for the story, was good. Fellow sits down at Richard Ames's table at a restaurant, invokes an old oath taken by Richard among buddies somewhere in the mysterious past, and tells him to kill a certain man, or face certain doom (more or less.) Fellow gets sho...more What happened? WHAT HAPPENED? Heinlein I love; can't get enough of the fellow. First read Have Space Suit-Will Travel in - fourth grade, was it? - and have enjoyed a number of his books since. But this one... The story, or at least the set-up for the story, was good. Fellow sits down at Richard Ames's table at a restaurant, invokes an old oath taken by Richard among buddies somewhere in the mysterious past, and tells him to kill a certain man, or face certain doom (more or less.) Fellow gets shot and dies right there, and is whisked off by waiter and busboy. Or is he shot? We don't know, and best I can tell, we never find out. The lovely Gwen, Richard's date, marries him later that night because she claims to think that HE did the shooting, and wants to keep him out of trouble. People begin pursuing our newlywed heroes, who have to scramble to escape and figure out what's going on. At least, in theory that's what they should do. They seem to spend much more time fleeing than trying to figure out why Richard is supposed to kill this fellow, and that whole thread of the story gets neglected.

Perhaps it's brought up later on, and the issue's resolved, though from my understanding of reading the other reviews here it isn't. Things go crazy in the second half of the book, and some say it's confusing. I don't think so; I didn't have any problem following the plot. I just gave up on it. I, in fact, got sick of it. Or rather, of the author's depiction of women. Every single bloody woman in the whole book (and later, a man) absolutely throw themselves at Richard; and if you believe the the author, that's perfectly normal in the future. Everyone woman's a promiscuous nymphomaniac (not to mention the men), and polygamy is normal and perfectly acceptable. In fact, at the point I gave up reading, Richard is thinking about taking a second wife, even though he's been married only a week (well, that leaves out the time he was unconscious, but that only brings it up to a bit over a month). I'm anything but a touchy feminist; but this is taking it a bit far. I think I would have put up with this annoyance if he hadn't been so detailed. Too many details; I don't really want to spend time in bed with a pair of newlyweds, or anyone else for that matter. It could have been much worse, I suppose, but it was still more than I wanted to read.

Despite all that- even though I couldn't bring myself to finish the book- it was still a largely enjoyable read. I find it hard to dislike Heinlein, even when I absolutely disagree with him. He writes with a sort of hoopla golly-gee flair that draws you along and keeps you smiling. Man's got a knack for that. But on this book, in his shallow characters, irksome views of the future, and poorly formed plot... he lost me. Still, this won't stop me from going on and, I'm sure, loving plenty of other Heinlein books in the future.

--EDIT--

I really hate leaving books unfinished, so the very day after I finished writing this review, I went back and read the rest. In the second-to-last chapter or so, everything is explained, in a sort of fumbling summation to wrap up the book. And then, the last chapter serves as one of the most gosh-awful cliffhangers I've ever fallen off. Guess it's a set-up for the sequel. I would love to know how it all turns out... but everything that comes along with that, I would rather not read. There it is.(less)

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Feb 12, 2011 Allison Rockwell rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: sciencefiction

Ok, I'm only partway through, but I'm going to post my thoughts so far.

The first Heinlein book I read was Stranger in a Strange Land, which I found among my mother's book when I was 12. I adored that book, and read it many, many times. However, I'd never really read much other Heinlein.

This book started out great - James Bond style space adventure with witty banter and a clever female sidekick. Despite the sagacity of the girl (actually much older than we initially think), Heinlein has sprinkled...more Ok, I'm only partway through, but I'm going to post my thoughts so far.

The first Heinlein book I read was Stranger in a Strange Land, which I found among my mother's book when I was 12. I adored that book, and read it many, many times. However, I'd never really read much other Heinlein.

This book started out great - James Bond style space adventure with witty banter and a clever female sidekick. Despite the sagacity of the girl (actually much older than we initially think), Heinlein has sprinkled weird sexist remarks about both men and women throughout the entire novel, which, now that I'm older, I see he does in ALL his novels, but it's still kind of grating.

Then, about halfway through, it became some weird porno fantasy land, where everybody's walking around naked and kissing and sleeping with everybody and their mother, and whooo isn't this fun. What the heck, Heinlein? All the stuff about parallel universes has been sidelined by descriptions of beautiful, practically immortal women, and how they throw themselves at the main protagonist. Both gag and yawn.

Also, presumably the protagonist grew up on a farm outside Grinnell, Iowa, which, while it's nice to get a shout out, actually just gives Heinlein the chance to play on Midwestern bumpkin stereotypes. Le sigh.

I've got about 1/4th of the book left to go; hopefully something good will happen to bring this book back from the world of a juvenile male's reverie.

Updated upon completion of the book: all the sexy stuff faded into the background in the last quarter of the book, which I liked, and the general idea suggested by Heinlein as the explanation for the existence of the multiverse is intriguing... yet, still disappointed. It's as if he explained it all as fast as he could right at the end and then poof, all done. Not his strongest work.

Also, if Heinlein knew anything about Iowa, he would know that it's the humidity, not the heat, that makes picnicking unbearable in the summer. Doesn't matter if you're in the shade, you still feel like you have a hot wet towel wrapped around you all the time. K thanks.(less)

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Apr 06, 2012 Melody rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: heard

Here's one I probably shouldn't have revisited. The narrator was not particularly good, in my opinion. He tended to hold the last word of each sentence too long. And it was annoying, as if he was trying for portentous but only managed pretentious.

Getting beyond that, despite my longstanding reverence for all things RAH, this book just isn't very good. The women are all beautiful and competent but entirely dependent upon the opinions and guidance of their menfolk. I don't think RAH even noticed...more

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Jan 31, 2011 Aleix Dorca rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: science-fiction

I don't know what to think about this book, for more than half of it I was expecting for something to happen to the point of being bored, and then suddenly everything goes all weird and very, very hard to follow, which I LOVED! So, why the four stars, mainly because it's Heinlein. I've loved all the books I've read from him, especially Stranger in a Strange Land, otherwise this would be a three star book.

I also found that this book is (relativelly) similar to Have Space Suit-Will Travel, saving...more

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Mar 16, 2010 Krys rated it 3 of 5 stars

I have to say, that while I found this a fun, brain-junk-food book, I didn't feel it was a GREAT book.

The characters are classic Heinlein:

Strong, capable, wealthy and powerful woman who's much older than she looks, gorgeous with a perfect body and sexually insatiable, incredibly insightful and intelligent, and sharper than her male counterpart but somehow magically submissive to him.

Strong, capable, wealthy and powerful man who is seasoned and experienced, with a military background, great at fi...more

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Mar 24, 2013 Yougo rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: sci-fi, adventure

I'm torn on this book in some ways. The first half of the book I kept thinking to myself, "I remember now why I like Heinlein books." The story is told in first person, there is lots of playful funny banter. Heinlein has a knack for coming up with very inventive and creative analogies and metaphors. I found myself chortling often at the banter in the beginning.

Then I got to the second half.

There was a little innuendo in the beginning, however in the second half, the innuendo gets stepped up a co...more

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Apr 10, 2012 Insouciantly rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: science-fiction, alternate-reality, reviewed

I confess, the main reason I decided to pick up this book was not the author; I'm not a huge Heinlein fan, though his books are "classic" sci-fi, and I agree he is defintiely necessary to the evolution of the genre. I can admit to his worth as a writer without being a ardent lover of his writing style. I picked up this book on a whim, and because it had the subtitle of "A Comedy of Manners." If there's one thing I can almost always enjoy, its a narrative comedy of manners. Add in some science fi...more I confess, the main reason I decided to pick up this book was not the author; I'm not a huge Heinlein fan, though his books are "classic" sci-fi, and I agree he is defintiely necessary to the evolution of the genre. I can admit to his worth as a writer without being a ardent lover of his writing style. I picked up this book on a whim, and because it had the subtitle of "A Comedy of Manners." If there's one thing I can almost always enjoy, its a narrative comedy of manners. Add in some science fiction and space travel, and how could I resist?

In my mind, I can break up this book into three disticntly separate books. The first third was filled with all the little details that really make "a comedy of manners" in my mind. We meet an ex-army man and his new (as of two hours ago) wife fleeing from the bureaucracy of space-station life after a complete stranger is awkwardly killed at their table in the finest resturant after delivering a mysterious message. They pick up a companion in the form of a man from the slums who was paid to kill them, but joins their side after promising not to kill them and help carry their luggage. They teach him about the importance of always being polite, and give him the charge of protecting the little bonsai tree they (for some reason) are determined to save while escaping the space station known as "Golden Rule." This third of the story is all about adventure, and travel, and about solving the mystery of why Richard and Gwen are being hunted down and who killed the stranger at their table.
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While I loved the initial set-up of the story, I ended up rather disappointed with the end. So many of the mysteries that intrigued me were never answered, or even worse, were poorly answered in awkward exposition that left plot holes an elephant could fall through.

The development of the charming and witty relationship that developed between Gwen and Richard was put aside in favor of annoying justifications for "free love" and polygamous marriages.

Had the story continued in the same vein as that first third of the book, I think this novel could have won five stars from me, but Heinlein lost the thread of the most important piece: the actual plot. His priorities were obviously more on describing his idea free-love society, and on his World as Myth philosophy. While I did find the latter interesting, I think there may have been better ways to incorporate it into the story than pure exposition and long non-plot centric conversations.(less)

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Aug 08, 2011 Ronald rated it 3 of 5 stars

It started out really interesting, well-written with plenty of humor, action, and intrigue. I was often grinning to myself, greatly enjoying the witty banter and intelligent writing. It starts losing steam about a third of the way into the book, not a big a deal, but then about half-way in it completely changes direction and becomes dull, pointless, utterly confusing, and almost entirely plotless from there on out. It's really a shame because I greatly enjoyed the beginning and was hoping for it...more

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Jan 21, 2013 Angela rated it 3 of 5 stars

Much of what I think about a book depends on my mood when I read it. When I started this one, I was in the mood for something lighter then The Wind-up Girl. Yet my mind wasn't fully prepared for this story having only read Starship Troopers by the same author (The two books are totally different, trust me.)

This book is subtitled 'A Comedy of Manners.' It is indeed a comedy about a writer and former military man who becomes involved in a life-and-death adventure - all while on his honeymoon. It b...more

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Sep 19, 2011 ***Dave Hill rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: text

One of Heinlein's last novels, the beginning half or so is a marvelous romp through a near-future setting, full of gunplay, philosophizing, touring, spycraft, and bon mots.

It starts to derail after that, though, bogging down in Heinlein's increasingly complex, self-indulgeent, and overused "World as Myth" universe, during which our protagonist discovers that everything he knows is wrong, and everyone he knows is somehow related to (or married to, or an associate of) Lazarus Long, and etc. and e...more

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May 04, 2013 Cristofer rated it 1 of 5 stars

Well, I found this to be another example of Heinlein not only pushing his political/social beliefs, but also his very strange, somewhat disturbing views on sexuality. While I do agree with the political/social bit for the most part, the continual deviant sexual byplay really turned this book off for me. Also, the book is very dialog-heavy, (mostly to push the aforementioned themes), and without much in the way of redeeming value. I initially decided to read this book because The Moon is a Harsh...more

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Dec 05, 2010 Alyson rated it 4 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book was all over the Seattle Sci-Fi Museum, otherwise I wouldn't have thought to pick it up when I saw it at a book sale. The beginning is sharp, with the narrator and his date framed for murder when a stranger drops dead at their table at a restaurant, killed by an unseen bullet. The narrator is an odd combination of cultured author and ever-prepared ex-military commando. His date, who becomes his wife in an unofficial ceremony in the first few pages, is skilled at everything from Japanes...more

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Dec 04, 2008 Jim rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: science-fiction

The book was disappointing. Long, rambling & full of 'sage' advice from his various father figures. More tying his various universes together, unnecessarily. If you like any of his books originally published after 1970, you might give it a try, but I wouldn't put it high on my list. If you like "To Sail Beyond the Sunset" you'll like this.

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Jul 27, 2011 Farfoff rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is the second time I have read this book. I think it might have been the first Heinlein I read 20 years ago. I loved the beginning. I think the middle is okay. I don't love the end. I might not recommend this as the FIRST Heinlein book someone read. It has a lot of characters in it that were more fully developed in other works.

There are great quips throughout, but this is probably the most meaningful:

"If the great brains had not been so hoodwinked by their shared conviction that the univers...more

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Oct 05, 2010 Oleg Kagan rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Up until now I have been smitten with Robert Heinlein, but somewhere between the wooden dialogue, strung-out plot, and self-serving characters of The Cat Who Walks through Walls my feelings began to change.

I have consistently complimented Heinlein's anthropological imagination; the man creates wonderful cultures for his characters to travel to. Unfortunately, in The Cat Who Walks through Walls his worlds seem to serve not the plot, but the author's political leanings - from the constantly bicke...more

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Jun 02, 2009 Simeon Kohlman Rabbani rated it 3 of 5 stars

What I learned from "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls":

1) If a government official refuses to speak with you, just threaten to walk out and he'll change his mind immediately.

2) A fez, not unlike Clark Kent's glasses, makes an impenetrable disguise.

3) Sexism will make a big comeback in the future. Incest, too.

4) Alternate universes and time travel can be used to fill any plot hole.

5) Cutting in line is a death-penalty offense, but murder... meh.

6) Just like in "Field of Dreams," Iowa is teh awesom...more

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Aug 10, 2011 Matthew Purnell rated it 5 of 5 stars

This mid-sized science fiction paperback is yet another great novel written by Robert Heinlein! He wrote this one late in his life & near the end of his writing career so it includes a lot of characters from his original novels as well as some brand new ones. The author keeps you guessing at what might happen next all the way through, mostly thanks to the constantly changing settings and the part near the middle where the main characters are picked up by a time-ship and taken to another plan...more

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