Download The Number of the Beast Audiobook

" My best friend (at the time) gave me this book in tenth grade and said, "Here, read this." It was the first Heinlein novel I read; I had never heard of the author before. It was a great story and I was hooked from the first words, although I remember being a bit confused toward the end when some of Heinlein's characters from other books appeared. Since two of the main characters were named for characters in the Edgar Rice Burroughs Mars novels, reading this book led me to investigate those as well. This led to me writing a comparative study of science fiction through the twentieth century in eleventh grade English! Ahhh....good times. I recently unpacked the very book my friend gave me over twenty years ago and I'm looking forward to reading it again. "

" This one's tricky! It may bite you on the ass ... "

" Interesting notions about the nature of reality and the possibilities that exist. Standard Heinlein weirdness applies. "

" Disjointed, slow plot. Tries to tie all his books together, but feels forced. Fun Heinlein wordplay, but overall not an enjoyable read. "

" One of the worst books I've ever read. The plot was BAD. It had Heinlein's "oh, so risque" view of sex. Maybe in the 50's, his view of sex was risque. It was just monotonous to read about. This and one other of his books kind of killed me of any desire to ever read Heinlein again. A couple of his other books had previously given him my "read anything he writes" status. "

" Self indulgent, both on Heinlein's part and mine. You've got to be a fan to love every part of this book. "

" One of the few books I have actually given up on. This book is one tedious argument about who the fuck is gonna drive the spaceship. Ugh. FAIL. "

" A lot of words to produce such fluff. The SF aspect of the story is merely the backdrop for a rather unimaginative road trip by a group of sexually liberated folk. Readers probably found this groundbreaking stuff had Heinlein written it in the late 1950s. For my sensibilities, it falls between the cracks. The story does not strike true as either a grand comedic romp or a hard space biopic. The novel is the worst of both. "

" Love the way Heinlein brings physical love into his novels without actually describing the act of making love. This is the second time of reading this, it's one of my keepers "

" One of my favorite audiobooks. I love the way this was written, each chapter is told from the point of view of one of the four main characters. Another great Heinlein work but then aren't they all? "

" Number of the Beast by Robert A. Heinlein (1986) "

" It had so much potential, and some parts were really great. But I have come to hate 3/4 of the main cast and the exploration was so.... Dry. I'll give it a 3/5 for the few good parts it had.... Oh well "

" Ugh. Ludicrous, masturbatory, and not at all fun. Classic late Heinlein. "

" couldn't stand this book, so much gratuitous sex (and way too much of that is incestuous) and horribly cheesy too "

" Like so many others have said, this book is tiring and obnoxious. I've read a few Heinlein books, mostly because my father is a huge fan, and I really enjoyed Stranger in a Strange Land, but this one is just plain unfortunate. Just don't bother. "

" What if all the worlds written about in books existed in other dimensions...including Oz? "

" I'm finished with this, FINALLY. Took some time, as whenever I turned around there was math EVERYWHERE. Was quite awesome though, regardless. Had Jubal Hershaw in it, and one of the greatest characters I've come across thus far, Mr. Lazarus Long! "

" My all time favorite science fiction book. I have reread it at least 5 times. "

" Plodding. Zzzzzzzzz. "

" Truly one of his worst. "

" Kind of a fun book, in that it explores a bunch of fictional worlds, but it's deep in the period where Heinlein was just phoning it in. Lotta fanciful ideas. Lotta sex. Not a ton of substance anymore. "

" Ok, I didn't finish this; it had something to do with the preoccupation with perky nipples. "

" I love this book. An intense read of sexy mathematical creative genius. "

" This was my first Heinlein book - and it hooked me on the Grandmaster and SciFi forever... Multiple universes, almost infinite possibilities? Rejuve, time travel, links to all my favorite classic stories? Whew! I need to re-read this... "

" Like THE CAT WHO WALKED THROUGH WALLS, Heinlein's attempt to combine characters from other stories. He also drew in literary favorites. His means was intriguing, but a bit far-fetched. Pace of story was good, but ending was disappointing. "

" Heinlein was senile :-( "