

Farnhams Freehold
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Narrator: Tom Weiner
Unabridged: 10 hr 25 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/05/2011
Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Narrator: Tom Weiner
Unabridged: 10 hr 25 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/05/2011
Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction
Robert A Heinlein is considered one of the Big Three of classic science fiction (along with Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke). Heinlein is a seven-time Hugo Award recipient and was given the first Grand Master Nebula Award for lifetime achievement. Heinlein’s juveniles alone have influenced generations of scientists, engineers and creators the world over (for instance, it was once estimated that everyone in the Apollo 11 mission control room had read and loved at least one Heinlein novel). His worldwide bestsellers include Have Space Suit — Will Travel, Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, Time Enough for Love, and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.
Bridge-playing libertarian type gets hit by nuclear weapon and ends up in future world where whites are enslaved by blacks. Well, you can see why I gave up playing bridge.......more
Farnham's Freehold is one of Heinlein's most neglected novels from his middle period, not as well-received or remembered as his other 1960s books: Glory Road, the iconic pair of Stranger in a Strange Land and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, or his final juvenile, Podkayne of Mars. It's got some proble......more
Like Glory Road, this is almost 2 books. The first one focuses on the Cold War, an atomic attack, & then a survival story. I liked it a lot. RAH actually managed some subtlety with his characters at times. They weren't all perfect & some of the imperfections were well used later in the book. For ins......more