The Past Through Tomorrow
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The Past Through Tomorrow

by Robert A. Heinlein

1967•Science fiction•667 pages

Taste attributes: science fictioncomedyfresh & originalheavyimaginarybig & variedsocial commentaryall consuming questunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and inventive: an expansive science-fiction novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like surprises over comfort.

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4.2 / 5

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About This Book

Prophetic science fiction: Life-line; The Roads Must Roll; Blowups Happen; The Man Who Sold the Moon; Delilah and the Spacerigger; Space Jockey; Requiem; The Long Watch; Gentlemen, Be Seated; The Black Pits of Luna; "It's Great to Be Back!"; "We Also Walk Dogs"; Searchlight; Ordeal in Space; The Green Hills of Earth; Logic of Empire; The Menace from Earth; "If This Goes On ..."; Conventry; Misfit; and Methuselah's...

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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

Science fictionComedySocial commentaryAll consuming questUnlikely connections

Subjects

English Short storiesScience fictionAmerican Science fictionShort stories, EnglishScience fiction, American

Details

Author
Robert A. Heinlein
Published
1967
Pages
667
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