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Apr. 25th, 2020 10:41 am The Pursuit of the Pankera, Robert A. Heinlein & some cast of posthumous reconstructors.
I am surprised.
I know The Number of the Beast all too well, having read it as a teenager and then three or four times more, trying to figure out what was going on -- once after Gharlane of Eddore's explanation of it as a text by counter-example. This book is identical for some number of chapters, perhaps 20 or 25%, and then diverges.
I think this book is better than TNOTB. But it's still late-period Heinlein, and steals elements from other of his books. Very minor spoilers start here.
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I am surprised.
I know The Number of the Beast all too well, having read it as a teenager and then three or four times more, trying to figure out what was going on -- once after Gharlane of Eddore's explanation of it as a text by counter-example. This book is identical for some number of chapters, perhaps 20 or 25%, and then diverges.
I think this book is better than TNOTB. But it's still late-period Heinlein, and steals elements from other of his books. Very minor spoilers start here.
( Read more... )
