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This book is a deadly bore, I fell asleep many times (two of which on the subway) while reading it even if I jump around the page. My first meeting with Heinlein had been Starship Troopers and it hadn't made me happy, for Stranger in a stranger Land I had appreciated the effort, but I would have cut it a lot; this story could be way shorter, but it would have been an illegible book anyway. I would say that I tried, but with Heinlein no more.
Questo libro é di una noia mortale, e anche saltando pa ...more
Questo libro é di una noia mortale, e anche saltando pa ...more
If I could, I might dock this a half-star for the few times that Heinlein gets carried away in exposition, but that’s a minor complaint. Mannie’s voice is so consistently delightful, it explores interesting political and philosophical ideas without getting too preachy or patronizing, and it has a surprisingly moving ending involving a computer. I like the way that Heinlein straddles the scientific Hard SF of the Golden Age with the more experimental style and humanitarian interest of the New Wav
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