Well, this experiment can be considered a great success and glory road is a fascinating adventure well worth your time. At the publishers request, this title is being sold without digital rights management software drm applied. The reading lists hidden inside 12 great books literary hub. Still, glory road was different, more fantasy than sf and heavy on dialogues attacking the social and political mores of the day. Heinlein s one true fantasy novel, glory road is as much fun today as when he wrote it after stranger in a strange land. Glory road was nominated for the hugo award in 1964. Unusually for heinlein, glory road is generally regarded as a comic fantasy, clearly a lighter book than much of his material around this time.
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. Tor is proud to return this alltime classic to hardcover to be discovered by a new generation of readers. Glory road 2006 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Gordon, aka oscar and star aka empress of the twenty universes in their attempt to recapture the egg of the. Glory road, a poem to inspire letterpile writing and. Grand lists is a curated arts site specializing in books and movies selected by 100 public figures and. Accessories such as cd, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included. His book stranger in a strange land was at one point the ultimate novel and the ultimate philosophical work, in my humble 17 year old mind. Some of his most popular works include glory road, as well as his controversial bestsellers starship troopers, stranger in a strange land, and. 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 berkley medallion book heinlein, robert a. Stranger in a strange land paperback or softback by heinlein, robert a. Gordon, a military veteran from a long line of military family who. It was nominated for the hugo award for best novel in 1964.
Glory road by heinlein, robert book the fast free shipping. First edition of heinleins glory road, a classic work that reveals the author at the top of his form, a splendid copy in the original dust jacket. Logic proved that airplanes cant fly and that hbombs wont work and that stones dont fall out of the sky. Someone who got a real good price on the remainder of that edition a few. Heinleins one true fantasy novel, glory road is as much fun today as when he. There were some good characters, some decent action, interesting challenges for. Heinlein and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. His followup novel, glory road, was not precisely heinleins first fantasy piece his 1959 novella the unpleasant profession of jonathan hoag had contained a. Glory road project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. In terms of basic literary substance and quality, it represented no slackening on his part. Glory road is a science fantasy novel by american writer robert a. I feel like every dollar i ever spent on dues came back to me in it, and then some probably. Glory road was published by orb books on 21 march 2006. Heinlein whom known as an author and have wrote many interesting books with great story telling.
Heinlein, vintage science fiction paperback book, hugo award winning book. The civil rights movement to end discrimination against blacks was in full swing. Nov 22, 2020 glory road 1963 is a fantasy novel by robert a. Glory road followed closely on the heels of stranger in a strange land, but it is a much different book. Glory road glory road is a fantasy novel by robert a. Heinleins 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. Let me start by saying that i really enjoyed a lot about this book. I was as brown as they were, in my face, except for a long pink scar. Heinleins glory road the author of this novel suggests that. Heinlein himself reported that the book only took several weeks and was a lot of fun to write.
Just to put that in historical context, the militaristic starship troopers was published 1959, the seminal stranger in a strange land in 1961 and podkayne of mars in 1963. 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. By that, i mean hes this fantasized version of himself that heinlein puts into just about all of his later books. Of all the science fiction that is out there in the world, the fiction that is the closest approximation to the way things really work in this universe is not something from star trek, or star wars. I must have read it a dozen times in the space of a few years. Possible ex library copy, with all the markingsstickers of that library. Robert heinlein was of course already a great science fiction writer one usually at odds with the establishments pc dogma of the day. Heinlein stranger in a strange land sellersupplied images. Mar 17, 2020 the name glory road roleplay was suggested by the robert heinlein s novel, glory road, but the game is not based on the novel. It shares the concept of the road of adventure common to action stories and picaresque fiction and now, to games like this one. 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. Glory road is a fantasyscience fiction novel by american writer robert a.
Scar gordon was on the french riviera recovering from a tour of combat in southeast asia, but he hadnt given. Glory road first edition robert heinlein bauman rare books. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. 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. He won science fictions hugo award for best novel four times. Glory road book by robert a heinlein 21 available editions. Though, glory road is the first of heinlein s novels i was fortunate to read and still my favourite. Heinlein 19071988 was the dominant science fiction writer of the modern era, a writer whose influence on the field was immense. Last name first name address 1 address 2 address 3. Heinlein its just past midnight, and as i stare across the desk at the book wall opposite i spot the slim red spine of an old paperback. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world. My story of the 1966 ncaa basketball championship and how one team triumphed against the odds and changed america forever.
Glory road full text by robert heinlein this is the full text of the novel by robert heinlein. Argentina road race morrow, 1962 pberkley novel the day of the drag. Glory road has 21 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Justice of the peace 2018 sheet1 b c d e f g h i j k 1 updated 2.
Glory road is one of best books released on 2006, this book written by robert a. On the whole, i found it to be an interesing book, but it had several rough patches that threw off the cadence of the narrative. This first edition by robert heinlein is available at bauman rare books. Heinlein, quote from glory road logic is a feeble reed, friend. The story is a peculiar mix of good creative writing, and bumblefooted limping as he tries to pad a. Gordon, a military veteran from a long line of military family who nearly died fighting in southeast asia. Glory road is quite different from what you might expect of a novel by robert heinlein. Often called the dean of science fiction writers, he was an influential and controversial author of the genre in his time. Scar gordon is your typical, later period heinlein hero. Scar gordon was on the french riviera recovering from a tour. The story is a peculiar mix of good creative writing, and bumblefooted limping as he tries to pad a short story out to novel length. Afterwards, i was inspired to look into other bookfilled books. The beginning and the ending both have the seeds of a good book.
The one that followed next, glory road 1963, was perhaps his least. This book was something of a sensation when it was first published around 1963. Glory road is a masterpiece of escapist entertainment with a typically heinleinian sting in its tail. Written in 1962, this is heinlein s only fullfledged fantasy novel, and that in itself makes it an interesting read. But, alas, the middle of glory road is page after page of this sort of thing. Robert heinlein was of course already a great science fiction writer one usually. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Sep 23, 2018 apart from glory road, other robert heinlein books in my collection include stranger in a strange land, time enough for love, podkayne of mars, and job.
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