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- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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Publisher's Summary
E. C. “Scar” Gordon was on the French Riviera recovering from a tour of combat in Southeast Asia, but he hadn’t given up his habit of scanning the personals in the newspaper. One ad in particular leapt out at him: "Are you a coward? This is not for you. We badly need a brave man. He must be 23 to 25 years old, in perfect health, at least six feet tall, weigh about 190 pounds, fluent English with some French, proficient with all weapons, some knowledge of engineering and mathematics essential, willing to travel, no family or emotional ties, indomitably courageous and handsome of face and figure. Permanent employment, very high pay, glorious adventure, great danger. You must apply in person, 17 rue Dante, Nice, 2me étage, apt. D."
How could you not answer an ad like that, especially when it seemed to describe you perfectly? Well, except maybe for the “handsome” part, but that was in the eye of the beholder anyway. So he went to that apartment and was greeted by the most beautiful woman he’d ever met. She seemed to have many names but agreed he could call her Star. A pretty appropriate name, as it turned out, for the empress of twenty universes. And she sends him on the adventure of a lifetime.
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Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) was the dominant science fiction writer of the modern era, a writer whose influence on the field was immense. He won science fiction’s Hugo Award for best novel four times.
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- David J. Thompson
- 2021-08-18
A return to my first-read Heinlein novel!
This was the first novel by Robert A. Heinlein I ever read. I was only 13 at the time, so some references went way over my head. As a senior, I found it even more enjoyable as I could relate to it better. The story of PFC E. C. Gordon and his heroic (and often humorous) adventure is unique, to be sure. Of course, it does have R.A.H.'s stamp of not being afraid to voice his opinions on the human condition...be it philosophical, political or about how he thought life should be lived.
It's an excellent audiobook and Bronson Pichot reads it with definite flair and does a great job making each character unique and alive.
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- T Woodward
- 2019-09-12
Bronson Pinchot is the best narrator!!!
I really loved the story; so strange but so interesting. I've read several of Robert Heinlein's books.
Bronson Pinchot's narration of it is incredible!!
His character voices leap out with so much emotion, plus, at times, are hilariously portrayed too.
I highly recommend both the this story and the narrator's version of it.
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- M. Simon
- 2022-10-02
Narration ruined it
This is one of my all time favourite books. I was excited to listen to it but was unable to do so as the narrative interpretation of the heroine was dreadful. This is a strong demonstrative character sounding like a timid mouse. Very disappointed.
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- An Amiable Fellow
- 2024-05-02
Horribly dated and sexist
I thought I loved Heinlein. I read much of his stuff in the seventies. Some of it was better than this. His stories aimed at young adults were probably the best. But this... This was sexist and overly, needlessly and distractingly full of sex but worse, sexism. And just meandering in a meaningless way. Have my tastes matured so much since I used to read his stuff or is this just one of the worst examples of his work?
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