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0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Don't be put off by the cover, it's not a western!
True, some nostalgic elements of the old pioneer frontier are present, but so well blended in the futuristic (and quite believeble) contest that it makes it very enjoyable reading.
It's one of Heinlein's best novels!
I hope too see it on the screen soon.
True, some nostalgic elements of the old pioneer frontier are present, but so well blended in the futuristic (and quite believeble) contest that it makes it very enjoyable reading.
It's one of Heinlein's best novels!
I hope too see it on the screen soon.
0 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a must read for all fantasy fans. I read it over 20 years ago and reading it again it still has the same magic.
BRILLIANT!!!!
BRILLIANT!!!!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
The Ending is What Matters
18 Sep 2008
Format:Paperback
A great many reviewers here, and many other people who have talked about or reviewed this book, are disturbed or unsatisfied by the ending. However, the ending is what Heinlein was trying to do.
The adventure and romance that makes up the first part of the book is interesting and exciting. There are some very good action scenes, something Heinlein does well but not as often as some others. There are plenty of hints at sex. The characters grew on me. This isn't, as someone suggested, a parody of a fantasy/sword & sorcery novel. Heinlein is respectful of the material. The resemblance to his friend Poul Anderson's Three Hearts & Three Lions is deliberate. However, he is using the sword and sorcery novel and all its tropes to reach his central question, not just for its own sake.
The question the book asks is "what do you do after you've slain the dragon?" and that question is central to the book. I'm not saying that Oscar answers the question very well, even for himself. I'm sure that he doesn't answer it for every dragon-slayer who will come along. But Heinlein, opinionated as he often is, usually leaves us with questions unanswered and things we have to think about. Which is good.
I gave it only four stars because Heinlein wrote better novels than this one. But 4.5 would have been more appropriate.
The adventure and romance that makes up the first part of the book is interesting and exciting. There are some very good action scenes, something Heinlein does well but not as often as some others. There are plenty of hints at sex. The characters grew on me. This isn't, as someone suggested, a parody of a fantasy/sword & sorcery novel. Heinlein is respectful of the material. The resemblance to his friend Poul Anderson's Three Hearts & Three Lions is deliberate. However, he is using the sword and sorcery novel and all its tropes to reach his central question, not just for its own sake.
The question the book asks is "what do you do after you've slain the dragon?" and that question is central to the book. I'm not saying that Oscar answers the question very well, even for himself. I'm sure that he doesn't answer it for every dragon-slayer who will come along. But Heinlein, opinionated as he often is, usually leaves us with questions unanswered and things we have to think about. Which is good.
I gave it only four stars because Heinlein wrote better novels than this one. But 4.5 would have been more appropriate.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
fantasy work from Heinlein beats most of today's stuff
21 April 2010
Format:Paperback
This was one of the first fantasy novels I read as I migrated from science fiction to fantasy, and I couldn't have asked for a better transitional book to show how fun and creative the genre can be.
Heinlein tells a simply "on the road" story and a "coming of age" story at the same time, using an adult -- unusually -- instead of the typical teenage boy. The book felt like it was dashed off in a hurry - not because it was sloppy, but because it seems to move and flow so seamlessly from adventure to adventure. I can imagine Heinlein just had a bunch of fun whacking this story out!
Glory Road is 40 years old, but manages to avoid feeling dated, and that's a big accomplishment all by itself. It's a thoroughly enjoyable, easy read book.
Heinlein tells a simply "on the road" story and a "coming of age" story at the same time, using an adult -- unusually -- instead of the typical teenage boy. The book felt like it was dashed off in a hurry - not because it was sloppy, but because it seems to move and flow so seamlessly from adventure to adventure. I can imagine Heinlein just had a bunch of fun whacking this story out!
Glory Road is 40 years old, but manages to avoid feeling dated, and that's a big accomplishment all by itself. It's a thoroughly enjoyable, easy read book.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Mix of Fantasy and Sci-fi
26 Aug 2010
Format:Paperback
'Glory Road' is Robert Heinlein's take on Fantasy. Being Heinlein, the fantasy elements have scientific explanations, but are fantasy nonetheless. In 'Glory Road' Heinlein is commenting on heroes and fantasy conventions, as well as adding commentary on social and political mores of late '50s early 60's America in the usual Heinlein manner.
I have enjoyed several of Heinlein's works but I did not care for this one too much. I found the dialogue to be excruciatingly bad, and the plot to have absolutely no tension or drama. Even the usual pontificating, which normally doesn't bother me too much, just grated, even when I agreed. I guess I can see what Heinlein was doing here but I didn't enjoy the result.
I have enjoyed several of Heinlein's works but I did not care for this one too much. I found the dialogue to be excruciatingly bad, and the plot to have absolutely no tension or drama. Even the usual pontificating, which normally doesn't bother me too much, just grated, even when I agreed. I guess I can see what Heinlein was doing here but I didn't enjoy the result.
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