Title: Early Heinlein with all his faults
Review: Genetic engineering, Second Amendment implications, the war between the sexes, life after death, telepathy -- just what is this book about?It meanders through numerous half-baked subplots (and the pointless intrusion of a twentieth century time traveler), only really dealing with genetics in detail, until it finally just peters out (presumably when the word count was sufficient for Astounding serialization in 1942).Not only is it stuffed with Heinlein's usual lectures and pontificating, but it uses the annoying device of addressing the reader directly in first and second person asides outside of its characters, and uses 1930's slang that was already obsolete by WWII.Really a mess, nevertheless, Heinlein could come up with more thought provoking ideas at his worst than today's authors can come up with at their best, so I'm giving the book an extra star, but only recommending it for Heinlein fanatics.
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