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This morning I was perusing book reviews at Goodreads that, for the most part, lambaste Robert A Heinlein's 1980 novel The Number of the Beast, which I haven't read in years and years. This poor treatment of this particular novel surprised me somewhat, as I remembered TNotB to have been a rather extraordinary read.
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The Number of the Beastisn't meant to be completely understood on first reading, and that's one if its biggest weaknesses. I read the book having read very little of Heinlein's other works, and found it to be a delightfully eclectic book. Instead of attempting to cover all of Heinlein's work as Martha did, I've concentrated on what books one should...
The chart below puts the books in an order that presents one with the "Future History" and standalone books (the green and gray rectangles) before reading the world-as-myth books they lead into (the red rectangles). It also alternates easier books with more challenging ones. However, you can alter this order based on availability of the books, but ...
If you enjoy works where everything is explained neatly, read The Number of the Beast last. However, the books that follow will make little sense, in particular The Cat Who Walks Through Walls depends on familiarity with earlier works. However, Numberbenefits greatly from multiple readings, and can be re-read in whole or in part.
The number of the beast (Koinē Greek: Ἀριθμὸς τοῦ θηρίου, Arithmós toû thēríou) is associated with the Beast of Revelation in chapter 13, verse 18 of the Book of Revelation. In most manuscripts of the New Testament and in English translations of the Bible , the number of the beast is six hundred sixty-six or ...
The Number of the Beast is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, published in 1980. Excerpts from the novel were serialized in the magazine Omni (1979 October, November).
- Robert A. Heinlein
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- 1980
- Jan 1980 (UK)
Robert A. Heinlein's The Number of the Beast introduces the concept of the "World as Myth" which supposes that all fictional universes are equally real and, moreover, are accessible to one another via interdimensional travel.
29 de nov. de 2023 · Letra. Tradução. Significado. O Número da Besta. The Number Of The Beast. Ai de vós, oh, terra e mar. Woe to you, oh, earth and sea. Pois o Diabo envia a besta com ira. For the Devil sends the beast with wrath. Porque ele sabe que o tempo é curto. Because he knows the time is short. Que aquele que possui a sabedoria. Let him who hath understanding.
When two male and two female supremely sensual, unspeakably cerebral humans find themselves under attack from aliens who want their awesome quantum breakthrough, they take to the skies -- and zoom into the cosmos on a rocket roller coaster ride of adventure and danger, ecstasy and peril. all members. Members.
