Tor is proud to return this alltime classic to hardcover to be. Lady vivamus the official sword from heinleins glory road. Well, this experiment can be considered a great success and glory road is a fascinating adventure well worth your time. Glory road full text by robert heinlein metallicman. This is not for you after a heinleinesque sojourn with my last read, i felt compelled to pick up a real heinlein novel. Robert anson heinlein 19071988 was an american sciencefiction writer. Heinlein proves himself as adept with sword and sorcery as with rockets and slide rules and the result is exciting, satirical, fastpaced, funny and tremendously readable a favorite of all who have read it. Heinlein 1 include characters include relationships include additional tags drabble 1 community. Science fiction july september 1963 and published in hardcover later the same year. Heinlein bibliography includes 32 novels, 59 short stories and 16 collections published during his life.
The main characters of this fantasy, science fiction story are e. They say that you should not look back at some things. Heinlein, quote from glory road i object to conscription the way a lobster objects to boiling water. The heinlein society was founded by virginia heinlein on behalf of her husband, science fiction author robert anson heinlein, to pay forward the legacy of robert a. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading glory road. It was nominated for the hugo award for best novel in 1964. Heinlein s one true fantasy novel, glory road is as much fun today as when he wrote it after stranger in a strange land. Written in 1962, this is heinlein s only fullfledged fantasy novel, and that in itself makes it an interesting read. Glory road the gregg press science fiction series authors. Possible clean exlibrary copy, with their stickers and or stamps. Heinlein, quote from glory road logic is a feeble reed, friend. Security chief juan alvarez the moon is a harsh mistress.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read glory road. Often called the dean of science fiction writers, he was an influential and controversial author of the genre in his time. Robert heinlein was of course already a great science fiction writer one usually at odds with the establishments pc dogma of the day. Robert heinlein friday robert heinlein glory road robert heinlein grumbles from the grave robert heinlein have space suitwill travel robert heinlein i will fear no evil robert heinlein job a comedy of justice robert heinlein methuselahs children robert heinlein orphans of the sky robert heinlein podkayne of mars. Weatherby original owner of a winning irish sweepstakes ticket.
The beginning and the ending both have the seeds of a good book. Glory road is a masterpiece of escapist entertainment with a typically heinleinian sting in its tail. Actually, since heinlein published glory road in 1964 and anthony did not publish a spell for chameleon until 1977, the question may be. The first edition of the novel was published in september 1st 1963, and was written by robert a. Heinlein was the dominant writer of american science fiction in the. Heinlein 19071988 was productive during a writing career that spanned the last 49 years of his life. This is a science fiction story that accurately depicts the way that our universe. Heinleins one true fantasy novel, glory road is as much fun today as when he wrote it after stranger in a strange land.
Glory road, robert heinlein this is the only official lady vivamus, endorsed by the heinlein prize trust, in a limited edition of 100 swords, based on the sword described in the robert heinlein classic, glory road. Glory road is a breathtaking tale of an ordinary man thrust into a totally alien world. For businessexclusive pricing, quantity discounts and downloadable vat invoices. Very good, with moderate reading creases along the spine and slight soiling to the covers, no writingmarkings. He won science fictions hugo award for best novel four times. Glory road is a science fantasy novel by american writer robert a. More of a fantasy adventure than science fiction, it seems to me that heinlein was very much in a transitional phase while writing this book. Glory road first edition robert heinlein bauman rare books. But to give him credit, heinlein does go for a somewhat nontraditional denouement and clumsily pokes at the happilyeverafter ending to see if it holds up. Glory road is as much fun today as when he wrote it after stranger in a strange land.
Unusually for heinlein, glory road is generally regarded as a comic fantasy, clearly a lighter book than much of his material around this time. Piers anthony should be glad that glory road was robert a. But, alas, the middle of glory road is page after page of this sort of thing. This is a list of characters in the fiction of robert a.
Glory road is quite different from what you might expect of a novel by robert heinlein. Scar gordon was on the french riviera recovering from a tour of. First edition of heinlein s glory road, a classic work that reveals the author at the top of his form, a splendid copy in the original dust jacket. Heinlein s wit, wisdom, social commentary and humor are on full display in this brilliant fantasy novel that presents other worlds to illuminate and evaluate our own. Glory road pb robert a heinlein 7th 1969 avon ebay. Heinlein 19071988 was the dominant science fiction writer of the modern era, a writer whose influence on the field was immense. If the glory road is an allegory for lifes journey, then both oscar and ourselves must continue to tread along its route, continually finding new challenges if they wish to be. Some of his most popular works include glory road, as well as his controversial bestsellers starship troopers, stranger in a strange land, and. Exclude ratings general audiences 1 exclude warnings no archive warnings apply 1.
Special offers and product promotions amazon business. Still, glory road was different, more fantasy than sf and heavy on dialogues attacking the social and political mores of the day. Here are our closest matches for glory road by robert a. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Heinlein proves himself as adept with sword and sorcery as with rockets and slide rules, and the result is exciting, satirical, fastpaced, funny, and tremendously readablea favorite of all who have read it. Buy glory road by robert a heinlein online at alibris. Glory road followed closely on the heels of stranger in a strange land, but it is a much different book. More ideas and technology from glory road more ideas and technology by robert heinlein tech news articles related to glory road tech news articles related to works by robert heinlein. Heinlein 19071988 is widely acknowledged to have been the single most important and influential author of science fiction in the twentieth century.
This book was something of a sensation when it was first published around 1963. Heinlein 1996, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Heinlein proves himself as adept with sword and sorcery as with rockets and slide rules and the result is exciting, satirical, fastpaced, funny and tremendously readable a favorite of. Heinleins only fantasy work since it gives the fantasy writer a run for his money, especially the xanth series. The is the full text of the robert heinlein novel titled glory road. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 320 pages and is available in paperback format. Free download or read online glory road pdf epub book. This is a science fiction story that accurately depicts the way that our universe actually is as opposed to the way most science fiction writers think that it is.
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