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Robert A. Heinlein has written some of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time, including the beloved classic Stranger in a Strange Land. Now, in The Cat Who Walks through Walls, he creates his most compelling character ever: Dr. Richard Ames, ex-military man, sometime writer, and unfortunate victim of mistaken identity.
When a stranger attempting to deliver a cryptic message is shot dead at his dinner table, Ames is thrown headfirst into danger, intrigue, and other dimensions where Lazarus Long still thrives, where Jubal Harshaw lives surrounded by beautiful women, and where a daring plot to rescue the sentient computer called Mike can change the direction of all human history.
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"So powerful. Like the rest of his books, simply... mindblowing. (I use that word a lot.) "
— Lady (4 out of 5 stars)
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“Narrator Tom Weiner’s extraordinary ability is to take the dozens of distinct characters in Heinlein’s philosophical space adventure and give each a unique and instantly recognizable style…Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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“Dialogue as witty as Oscar Wilde’s, action as rollicking as Edgar Rice Burroughs’, and satire as spicy as Jonathan Swift’s.”
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“Entertaining…plenty of fast action…vivid and believable.”
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“[Heinlein] is, if possible, a greater genius than ever before…this time by giving us a thinking man’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”
— San Francisco Chronicle -
“Irresistible…The Cat Who Walked through Walls has a force that cannot be denied.”
— Locus
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
The Cat Who Walks through Walls Listener Reviews
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Gregory Ford, 11/22/2022
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" This book absolutely rocked... right up until the last chapter. He completely lost me with the end. I wish RAH was still alive so I could ask him what he was intending with this ending.<br/><br/>90% of this book is a fantastic story.<br/><br/>Doc "
— Doc, 5/7/2011 -
" LOVED this book! He's one of my favourite SciFi authors. "
— Marybeth, 5/6/2011 -
" Not one of my favorite Heinlein books, but still interesting. I was really into this one until the major plot twist with about 100 pages to go. Heinlein always creates characters that I find intriguing and likable, but the ending just didn't do anything for me. "
— Troy, 4/29/2011 -
" This was one he wrote when he was having med. probs. main complaint was that you couldn't tell which character was talking. "
— Julee, 3/13/2011 -
" Pretty good, Stranger in a Strange Land was better. "
— Aluminas, 2/11/2011 -
" One of my favorite Heinlein's. "
— Laurie, 2/7/2011 -
" Oh God! Fun story, I guess, but the most insipid damn characters ever. As much as Heinlein seems to thing about women, he certainly can't write them. On the good side, there are some interesting ideas in the book, but they are most often developed in long, preachy monologues. Meh. "
— Brian, 1/24/2011 -
" Ok. Fun play on contemporary stuff and literary characters. Male-female relations typical of Heinlein.<br/>Theme of time travel and changing past events to make future better. "
— Mckinley, 1/19/2011
About Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) is widely recognized as one of the greatest science fiction authors of all time, a status confirmed in 1974 when the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America gave him their first Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement. A four-time Hugo Award winner, he is best known for such works as Starship Troopers, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, and the sensational bestseller Stranger in a Strange Land. Several of his books were New York Times bestsellers, and his worldwide bestsellers have been translated into twenty-two languages.
About Tom Weiner
Tom Weiner, a dialogue director and voice artist best known for his roles in video games and television shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Transformers, is the winner of eight Earphones Awards and is an Audie Award finalist. He is a former member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.