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'of an age' both for the author and for the era. heinlein's few works from the late 60s to mid 70s were mediocre, usually staggered writing with an unintentional burroughesque feel (william burroughs, who wrote novels, then cut the manuscripts into sections and randomly assembled the pieces into a final draft). In the mid 70s, after brain surgery, the old heinlein re-emerged and he published some fine novels, e.g. Friday.
There are a couple of lucid novellas buried in a too-large novel of rambled ...more
There are a couple of lucid novellas buried in a too-large novel of rambled ...more
This may have received the Hugo Award but I hated it. Compared to the best of Heinlein, the plot was wandering, the story was dumb, and I just didn't get Long.
Of course I read it in my teens so that may have been the issue. ...more
Of course I read it in my teens so that may have been the issue. ...more
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