The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

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Summary: Hated it.
Review: I was loaned this book by a friend who raved about it. I read it while sick and bed and ended up preferring to stare at a wall. "This is not a book to be put down lightly, but to be thrown with great force..." RAH's vision of the future is fascinating, but for that I would rather read William Gibson. From the implausible plot to the unnatural (read silly) dialog, I was irratated from the 5th page. As highly as RAH is praised as a writer one would think his characters would be more believable. His female character (whatever her name was) is completely false, obviously written by a man. The dialog between the two main characters is completely fatuous. I wouldn't even recommend this book to a 13 year old boy (the only audience who may find this poorly-conceived, horribly-written waste of trees entertaining).

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Summary: Good "Future-History" wrap-up
Review: If you enjoyed "Methusalah's Children," "Time Enough for Love," "The Number of The Beast," "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress," the "Expanded Universe" collection, "The Rolling Stones" and you're begging for a wrap-up, you'll love this book. *Don't* read it if you *only* want fast-paced action and interesting plot twists: the book has them in good quantities, but you'll be disappointed with the ending. I was at first, but later on I've re-read it several times just to re-live good yarns with Heinlein's great characters. The good part is that the ending leaves you rarin' for more :-).

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Summary: not absolutely the best, but...
Review: Not bad. I think the ending was okay, it leaves you in the dark- just like Schrodinger's Cat does... until you open the box.

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Summary: It was a good book from the begining but not to end
Review: Im now a new fan of RBH,The cat who walked through walls was one of the first book of his iv'e read. It was great all the way through except for the ending.I think he should have Re written the ending which had many loose ends and leave you wondering what happened to richard and gwen

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Summary: Not one of Heinlein's best
Review: I am a fan of Heinlein's books and normally have nothing but praise for his writing as well as his expressed philosophy. "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" and "Starship Troopers" are perfect examples of what I mean, both in style as well as philosophy. "Cat" starts out well enough, promising to be a sequel to "Moon" in style and storyline. But then Heinlein goes astray. His dialog tends to get lost in meaningless, erudite chatter that does nothing but camouflage the action. The plot has many loose ends that are never explained or tied into the story. The motivation of his characters is weak or non-existent and he gets lost in his late-years philosophy of "free sex with everyone and shame for none". By the end of the book, I was asking myself why I had read it - or at least finished it. I was very disappointed.

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Summary: Falls off at the end
Review: First two-thirds a 9, last third a 3, average out to a six...this book is similar to the series "Twin Peaks" (first season), with a beautiful, stylistic set-up, and then a completely unfulfilling ending. It is fun, especially the beginning, but leaves you feeling cheated. Not a good beginning book for RAH novices...at least read The Moon is Harsh Mistress, first.

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Summary: From a RAH fan: This book SUCKS
Review: I'm a big fan of RAH, but this book just sucks. I would rather cut off my own head with a spoon than read this book again. It's a great book though if you want to read about an old man's fantasies of having sex with teenage girls.

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Summary: YUCK!
Review: Avoid this one.. the first 200 pages are great; page turner, lots of suspense & fun. After that, Heinlein starts trotting out popular characters from his more successful books (& they have no place in this novel!!) The last section of the novel is one giant committee meeting, essentially. And committtee meetings are boring enough in real life, do we really need to read about them in a sci-fi book? For over 100 pages? Finally, the last section & ending do absolutely NOTHING to resolve the set up of the first 200 pages. Yuck. I felt cheated after (struggling) to finnish this.

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Summary: A must Read!!!
Review: This is one of the best R.A.H. Books I have read.

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Summary: Funny, and original
Review: I think this is one of RAH's finest books. Unlike many people who condem it for a lack luster ending, I think the beginning and middle make up for it. This was the first real Science fiction book I've ever read, and is still in my top five favorites. This is a must read for someone who loves science fiction