Glory road followed closely on the heels of stranger in a strange land, but it is a much different book. Heinlein proves himself as adept with sword and sorcery as with rockets and slide rules and the result is exciting, satirical, fastpaced, funny and tremendously readable a favorite of all who have read it. Heinleins one true fantasy novel, glory road is as much fun today as when he wrote it after stranger in a strange land. The first edition of the novel was published in september 1st 1963, and was written by robert a. Buy glory road by robert a heinlein online at alibris. By comparison, glory road is a novel with the semblance of. The glory road led beyond the stars to a far, strange dimension a world of peril, adventure and enchantment for a warweary young american. Glory road is, in my never humble opinion, one of the finest books ever written. Heinleins books were among the first works of science fiction to reach bestseller status in both hardcover and paperback. Heinlein 19071988 will welcome the reissue of the sf authors 1963 fantasy adventure, glory road. I had no bent, i was a dilettanteand i realized it when i saw that my tutors were bored with me. Written in 1962, this is heinleins only fullfledged fantasy novel, and that in itself makes it an interesting read.
It was nominated for the hugo award for best novel in 1964. Scar gordon was on the french riviera recovering from a tour of. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 320 pages and is available in paperback format. Heinlein was an american author of science fiction, considered to be part of the big three in the genre along with isaac asimov and arthur c. Free download or read online glory road pdf epub book. Published march 21st 2006 by orb books first published september 1st 1963.
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