Assignment in Eternity, Robert A. Heinlein
Assignment in Eternity, Robert A. Heinlein
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Assignment in Eternity

Author: Robert A. Heinlein

Narrator: Bronson Pinchot

Unabridged: 8 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/12/2012

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Two short novels Robert A. Heinlein is widely and justly regarded as the greatest practitioner of the art of science fiction who has ever lived. Here are two of his greatest short novels: Gulf In which the greatest superspy of them all is revealed as the leader of a league of supermen and women who cant quite decide what to do with the rest of us. Lost Legacy In which it is proved that we are all members of that leagueor would be, if we but had eyes to see. Plus two great stories A pair of the Masters finest: one on the nature of Being, the other on what it means to be a man.

About Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A Heinlein is considered one of the Big Three of classic science fiction (along with Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke). Heinlein is a seven-time Hugo Award recipient and was given the first Grand Master Nebula Award for lifetime achievement. Heinlein’s juveniles alone have influenced generations of scientists, engineers and creators the world over (for instance, it was once estimated that everyone in the Apollo 11 mission control room had read and loved at least one Heinlein novel). His worldwide bestsellers include Have Space Suit — Will Travel, Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, Time Enough for Love, and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Frank on March 14, 2023

This collection of four shorter works by Heinlein were originally published in various pulp magazines from 1941 to 1949. I have been a fan of Heinlein ever since reading some of his juvenile fiction when I was in middle school back in the 1960s. I also read a lot of his other fiction in the 70s incl......more

Goodreads review by Manny on October 18, 2009

I have a confession to make: when I read this story at age 12 or so, I found the ending very moving. I haven't read it since then, so I can't say I've had a chance to revise my opinion. Maybe I'll just leave it that way. In case you haven't come across Assigment, here's what I can recall of it. So, i......more

Goodreads review by Bernie4444 on November 30, 2022

A good example of early Heinlein There are two major Heinlein camps and a few crossovers. This may account for the wide variation in what people think of this book. Artists in any field paint what is real, and then what is real to them. Realists like the early works that they can relate to in their d......more

Goodreads review by Megan on May 19, 2014

Enjoyable, but nothing special as far as Heinlein goes. The first novella bears striking similarities to Friday - not necessarily the overall thrust of the story, but many of the trappings (secret agent is followed, captured, freed, taken to a farm where s/he learns to embrace his/her full potential......more

Goodreads review by Xabi1990 on October 11, 2020

Leída en 2011 Consta de tres relatos cortos. El primero, Abismo, infumable, sobre una supuesta raza humana "superior" al resto de los humanos (¿a que os suena esto?). El segundo, La herencia perdida, infumable, sobre todo tipo de Percepción Extra Sensorial (muy de moda en los 50´s en USA, donde inten......more