2006-07-14 15:13:58 · 12 answers · asked by Bonapartess 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I first discovered Heinlein when I was an adolescent. My favorite among his books then was Farmer in the Sky, and I must admit I still like it now.
But my favorite--and one that is especially relevant for 2006--is JOB: A Comedy of Errors. It's a "sort-of" retelling of the book of Job, and it deals with what happens when the separation of church and state is abrogated. I read it about fifteen years ago. If I can find my copy, I think I may read it again. (But then it may be too frightening . . . . )
2006-07-14 17:20:14 · answer #1 · answered by bfrank 5 · 6⤊ 1⤋
All of them. I would particularly suggest The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Starship Troopers. Both are complex and beguiling and Starship Troopers was so utterly different than the movie. It wasn't a shoot 'em up at all and it had a clencher ending that was both grim and a telling comment on the so-called Human condition.
2006-07-15 00:25:17 · answer #2 · answered by chipchinka 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time Anough for Love, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls.
Heinlein is one of those authors whose tales cross over if your follow enough of them.
2006-07-14 23:49:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Job: A Comedy of Errors is my favorite Heinlein. It may be hard to find, but it is way worth it.
2006-07-14 23:13:03 · answer #4 · answered by e.l.f. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of his earlier works. "Farmer in the Sky", was fun. So is "Tunnel in the Sky"
I hear the book "Starship Troopers" is good, so much better than the movie.
Actually I didn't much like "Stranger in a strange land" though.
2006-07-14 22:23:34 · answer #5 · answered by Rjmail 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. It's about lunar colonists fighting for their independence from Earth.
2006-07-14 22:21:52 · answer #6 · answered by timm1776 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Number of The Beast, I Will Fear No Evil, Farnham's Freehold, and Tunnel In The Sky.
2006-07-14 22:18:55 · answer #7 · answered by kennethleemcdaniel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
2006-07-14 22:16:17 · answer #8 · answered by alibababbb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Starship Troopers is awesome. Way better than the movie.
2006-07-14 22:17:36 · answer #9 · answered by Lupin IV 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Glory Road.
2006-07-14 22:18:43 · answer #10 · answered by smgray99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋