The Door Into Summer
The protagonist carries the story along like a breeze with his cheerful prattle and witty remarks, ensuring that The Door Into Summer is supremely readable even if it isn’t quite top-tier Heinlein.
Science Fiction
Acceptance
The texture of this final volume comes to mirror the uneasy, perplexing experience of its characters.
The Blob
It’s about the regimented structure of small town life, the relationships between the older and younger generations, and the individual’s tendency to lose their personality as they are absorbed into a larger community.
The Puppet Masters
Heinlein’s pulpy writing style is very fresh and witty, intelligent yet refraining from self-seriousness.
RoboCop
RoboCop is of a rare breed, offering something to chew on for the popcorn crowd, the social philosophers, and the cyberpunks alike.
Fiend Without a Face
It’s a competent, spicy, and occasionally surreal sci-fi film from the Atomic Age.
Sandworms of Dune
This is cynical money-grubbing. On principle I am opposed to the burning of books, but I’m also opposed to throwing up, gouging out my own eyes, and holding a grudge against someone I’ve never met. This book makes me want to do all of those things.
Slaughterhouse-Five
It’s disjointed, almost too happy to change its train of thought on a dime, but the jagged mosaic in its fullness is absolutely brilliant.
Frequency
There’s something universally compelling about humanity’s desire to conquer time and death that make Frequency feel wholesome and life-affirming.