false 16685 18 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. 2270807 book 1985 The Cat Who Walks Through Walls total:3327|5:622|4:1182|3:1100|2:326|1:97| 3327 11887 3992 112 5 4 false false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 1987 Fri Aug 15 09:56:14 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 09:59:19 -0700 2008 3 2 true false Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 18:04:25 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 08:25:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 2 false false Mon Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Fri Mar 28 12:55:13 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 13:04:13 -0700 2008
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...more...]]> 2 1 false true Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 08:11:08 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 09:29:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 08:34:48 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 10:17:10 -0700 2009 4 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 19:21:44 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 21:14:46 -0700 2009
Unfortunately, when this fan reads this re...more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Jan 04 10:35:12 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 05:12:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 05:58:12 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 13:46:34 -0700 2009
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) Sexi...more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 22:56:48 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 09:18:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 23:22:11 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 22:16:33 -0700 2009 2 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 ...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 13:27:51 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 22:07:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 16:32:47 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 19:19:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jul 31 12:41:04 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 27 13:39:32 -0800 2007
Late in his career Heinlein started linking up his previous works into a shared history, while at the same time taking some elements tha...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 09 17:29:17 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 17:30:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Tue Apr 08 11:21:42 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 11:30:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false true Wed Jul 01 07:42:19 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 07:45:12 -0700 2009
To be fair, I might need to return to the last quarter of this book after completing the Heinlein ouvre, as it i...more...]]> 2 0 true true Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 14:18:18 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 13:48:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 10 12:51:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 12:57:02 -0800 2009 Starship Troopers, by the same author, this was a little disappointing.more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 08 19:02:17 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 19:05:03 -0700 2009 4 0 false true Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 11:05:47 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 11:06:34 -0700 2009 inhaled this book; it grabbed my attention immediately and I loved the two main characters. The only thing keeping it from getting the 5th star is the tiny problem I had with male characters being seriously tempted by 12-year-old girls. ]]>