Title: Heinlein was in his dotage...
Product review: The first sci-fi I ever read was Heinlein's _Have Space Suit Will Travel_, it hooked me as a Heinlein fan for life. When _Number..._ hit the shelves I was delighted--what could be better than another Heinlein? To say I was disappointed would be gross an understatement. The fine sense of alternate reality, the wit and the sarcasm of the Heinlein I loved was all missing from _Number_. What this books seems to show us is an aging writer badly stretching his credibility to write a final cumulative volume wherein all his characters in all his novels get a final chance to meet each other. Sappy, trite and not worth it. The "continuity editors" were sleeping through this one and it, sadly, must have made it into print on the author's name alone. If you love Heinlein, don't sully your memories of him by reading this one.
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