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Summary: fascinating, creative concepts about society,makes you think
Review: Personally, I believe this is the type of book we should have on the required reading lists at our schools - a book that is fun and fascinating to read, that introduces creative concepts about society, technology, and people...and a book that makes you think. It makes you think about the importance of freedom, about the slipperiness of the concept of freedom...about the choices that we make, and the choices that are made for us...about how people may have more to them than we suspect based on first impressions or based on their chosen profession. The first time I read the book, I was disappointed in the ending. In rereading it, I realized that Heinlein was showing one more aspect of freedom - and, in having his character give up what many people would consider an almost ideal life, in being rich with no responsibilities --- and choosing to take on the burden of those responsibilities...Heinlein was showing even more about the importance of values, of character, over superficial fun.
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Summary: Good book even though I like other Heinlein books better
Review: Of the 31 Heinlein books I own, I'd say this one ranks somewhere in the middle. Thorby (the main character) is not Heinlein's strongest hero but I think he's one of the most adaptable. Since he gains control of a major holding company before he's 25, he's not a doormat since he starts the book as a slave. Thorby was lucky since his last official master ("Pop" Baslim) treated him as his adopted son and educated him accordingly. His education served him well in the 3 other societies he encounters after "Pop" dies. Heinlein expresses some interesting ideas on freedom in this book in a fairly subtle way.
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Summary: I bealive this is one of heinleins greatists works.
Review: I think this is agreat book for all ages. I was twelve when I first read it and it was one of my favorite books. It still is.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This book despite, being a juvenal, is probably one of the best reasons why science fiction isn't just kid stuff. It examines what it means to be free. I doubt that very many slice of life writters are of even have examine this issue. Heinlein also shows us future cultures that give us insight into the real world.
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Summary: Superb
Review: A delightful story of a slave with an unimaginable destiny
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Summary: This is a very good book
Review: This book is one of those books that gets you thinking. The first time I heard it, my father read it too me, and I think that that really made a lasting impression on me. This is a realy father-son story, and everyone should read it. If you don't like it, that's not my problem, but I sincerely hope you don't live near me.
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Summary: Good!!
Review: This Is no doubt one of Heinlein's best. I have read the book thouroughly 3 times through and loved every second. If you read this book you'll find your hands glues to the cover and your eyes rusted open. If you don't read this, you don't know what your missin. Not one of the worlds best literary novels but sure is a good book.
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Summary: This is why Heinlein is THE MASTER!!!
Review: This book is the epitome of Heinlein's adventure novels. It reminds we humans that we are not truly civilized beings. He points out clearly that slavery is one of the most awful things we can entrap our fellow beings in, and also points out that there are more types of slavery than actual enslavement. Humans can be trapped by family, friends, work, and, as Heinlein shows near the end of this novel, by money. Humans do not have never known any true freedom, even though we tend to feel that capitalism or socialism are ways for us to achieve freedom. Heinlein points out that none of these systems will make us free. I also really enjoy the fact that Thorby never really cares about his past; he only wants to live in the now, the way humans should. This is an easy book to read even though its plot is like some sort of roller-coaster. Even though somewhat deep ideas are expressed in this book, I think it would be best suited for teenage readers.
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Summary: A young man comes of age
Review: One of my favorite Heinlein books, Citizen of the Galaxy shows how Thorby searches for his place in society. The big problem is, the society he lives in keeps changing as he's uprooted from his mysterious apartment under the old ruins, through billets on two very different star ships, coming full circle to Rudbek on earth.Brings a tear to my eye every time I read about Thorby's search for his identity, his growth from boyhood to man's responsibilities. Perhaps Heinlein's best boy's book.
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Summary: Very good plot but just a tad too technical for youngsters.
Review: This book was very good for many reasons, one being, that Thorby(slave boy), is a very insteresting character, you dont know much about him until the very end. Another reason, Balsim(beggar), was also very interseting and very misterious, you also didnt know much about him until the end. There is just one thing that i dont like about this book, it was one of Heinleins childrens series books but i felt that when i read it(first time-17 years ago), that it was just too technical for a young kid to understand. But, all and all, it was a very good book and deserves a sequel.
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