Quite possibly the best Heinlein novel not written by Bob Heinlein. The main character is named Podkyne. Yes that's right.
I like Varley's sense of humor as well, from page 197:
I finally read the book my parents stole my name from, Podkayne of Mars.
What a Horrible book! What a mean old man! He spends the whole book getting you to like this sweet little airhead, and then he does terrible things to her. Don't you hate it when an author does that? I'm not reading any more of his books I promise you.
What a Horrible book! What a mean old man! He spends the whole book getting you to like this sweet little airhead, and then he does terrible things to her. Don't you hate it when an author does that? I'm not reading any more of his books I promise you.
HA. Foreshadow much ?
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> Quite possibly the best Heinlein novel not written by Bob Heinlein.
Well said.
The novel was still flawed - a bit too obvious in several places, and a bit too over the top. I liked it...but I didn't read the sequels.
Rolling Thunder is one of the Sequels actually. Varley has taken the whole "Heinlein pastiche" think to a very high level. This one reads quite a bit like a more modern take on one of the Boy's Life serialized juveniles.
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