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I thought of this book as one of Heinlein's most popular works, to go alongside Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, or the Puppet Masters. And maybe, for as prolific an author as Heinlein was, it might still qualify. I decided to listen to it because I thought it would be an easy listen (it was) and a fix for a cultural blindspot like Stranger was (it wasn't).
So it was a quick read, and I thought the fantasy/sci-fi world it described was interesting, but man, oh man, were the gender ...more
So it was a quick read, and I thought the fantasy/sci-fi world it described was interesting, but man, oh man, were the gender ...more
A fine example of the daring imagination of Heinlein, from the time before didacticism overcame his style and choked it. I notice everybody else reviewing it hates it! Well, you either like the Admiral or you don't, I guess...
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Dec 17, 2010
Rosemary Grace Bartlett Libby
marked it as to-read
Jun 29, 2012
Beth Tabler
marked it as to-read
