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The Forever War Starship Troopers

Classic Sci-Fi: Should you read it? Starship Troopers and The Forever War

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

March 17, 2024 by HC 6 Comments

Classic Sci-Fi: Should You Read It? is a self-imposed project in which I read pre-1990 science fiction novels and categorize them as “classis sci-fi you should read,” “classic sci-fi you should read if you’re all hardcore about it,” or “classic sci-fi you don’t have to read.” For background on my project, please see the introduction to my review of 1984. One appealing thing about sci-fi is that some novels really must be discussed within the context of others. Today (and many other days, I suspect) […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: CSF:SYRI?, joe haldeman, robert a heinlein, Should you read it?, war

HC's CBR16 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: CSF:SYRI?, joe haldeman, robert a heinlein, Should you read it?, war ·
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Compendium of Robert Heinlein

The Menace from Earth by Robert A Heinlein

Assignment in Eternity by Robert A Heinlein

Red Planet by Robert A Heinlein

For Us, the Living by Robert A Heinlein

Between Planets by Robert A Heinlein

Farmer in the Sky by Robert A Heinlein

March 23, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Menace from Earth – 3/5 Stars – Like a lot of science fiction writers, Robert Heinlein just wrote and published tons of stories. Some of them are good and some of them are not, and a lot of them were published with pseudonyms. This collection was edited and revised and republished in the 1990s in order to keep those Heinlein monies going. The collection is a mixed bag, and generally have the the opposite problem of the novels. The novels are often way weirder […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: robert a heinlein

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:117 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: robert a heinlein ·
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The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag; Waldo; Magic Inc.

The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag by Robert a Heinlein

Waldo by Robert A Heinlein

Magic Inc by Robert A Heinlein

February 2, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

These three novellas by Robert A Heinlein were all first published, I think, in the early 1940s. But Heinlein’s early work were often repackaged and republished later once he was a better-selling writer. His early novellas sometimes went through fix-ups (melding two or more together to make a kind of novel out of them), but these have not gone through that. While Waldo and Magic Inc are published together, they are not connected in anyway beyond thematic considerations. The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag Jonathan […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: robert a heinlein

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:49 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: robert a heinlein ·
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Late October

Empire of Necessity by Greg Grandin

Friday by Robert A Heinlein

The Late Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello

Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert

November 1, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Empire of Necessity – 5/5 Stars Grandin begins his book with a short retelling of the Herman Melville novella “Benito Cereno” about a slave rebellion on slaving vessel in 1799. In the novella, the ship is happened upon by another trade vessel where the captain Delano talks with Benito Cereno, the one surviving former crewmate, now held hostage in order to assure safe passage. Delano, not really seeing the Black crew and imprisoned slaves as capable of such a subterfuge, never really understands he’s being […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Frank Herbert, Greg Grandin, Luigi Pirandello, robert a heinlein

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:437 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Frank Herbert, Greg Grandin, Luigi Pirandello, robert a heinlein ·
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Ok, but don’t make a Hobbit of it — Three by Robert Heinlein

Glory Road by Robert A Heinlein

The Star Beast by Robert A Heinlein

Podkayne of Mars by Robert A Heinlein

August 13, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Just a full balls to the wall Robert Heinlein novel. This means strong opinions about gender roles! Weird comments about sex! Being American in other worlds! Etc! But more than that, this book is a reaction to the Vietnam War. Rather than making a book that covertly criticizes the war, or worse, making a book that openly supports it, this book looks at Vietnam and questions some core ideas from it. It’s clear that Heinlein knew the war was not like other American wars. This […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: robert a heinlein

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:351 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: robert a heinlein ·
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Time for the Stars – Robert A Heinlein (1956)

Time for the Stars by Robert A Heinlein

June 14, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I never quite know if I am going to really enjoy a Robert Heinlein novel going in or not. I also never quite know where the novel is going to break on the weirdness scale. Similar to other writers that he influenced, like say Philip K Dick, his novels often circulate on a conceit, but then take it to some truly strange places. The Sixth Column took a futuristic guerilla warfare novel and ended up creating a new religion. A similar blasting off from the […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: robert a heinlein

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:252 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: robert a heinlein ·
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