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Engineered from the finest genes, and trained to be a secret courier in a future world, Friday operates over a near-future Earth, where chaos reigns. Working at Boss's whimsical behest she travels from far north to deep south, finding quick, expeditious solutions as one calamity after another threatens to explode in her face....
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In the distant future, man has not only started to settle on other planets and improved the transport system so that you can travel around the world (or to the moon) within hours. It has also become common to 'manufacture' human beings by chosing / manipulating genes that fit their intended purpose. You want the perfect soldier, agent, prostitute, broodmare? No problem at all, especially since those artificially created humans don't have human rights, so their owners can do with them as they please.
Friday is such a created woman. She's faster, stronger and more intelligent than normal people, which she needs for her job as a courier of secrets for a private company. While she spent the same abnormal childhood in a creche where she was treated as subhuman, she is now lucky because her boss and colleagues appreciate her and treat her like a person. She's extremely good at her job, too, and enjoys it despite - or maybe because of - its dangers. But then things start to go wrong badly: First she is caught and tortured by enemy agents, but can be saved. While on leave to recuperate, the family she married into finds out about her origins and drops her like a hot potato, and on her way back to headquarters she is suddenly cut off when a planet-wide series of terrorist attacks makes travel almost impossible and leads to aggression towards suspicious individuals such as her. In the end, she has to risk everything to save herself and the new friends she has found...
This is one of Heinlein's finest novels. It's full of suspense, adcenture, action and humour, while at the same developing a very convincing future world that can also give you quite a lot to think about. Add wonderfully well-developed and likeable characters, and this book is pure fun to read. I also find it amazing what a great female lead Heinlein put at the center of this book, a strong woman who is still womanly and very human. If you consider that this is a book written not only by a man but in the early 80s, that just shows how talented and original a writer Heinlein was. I'd say that if you don't already know Heinlein's books this is a very good place to start. It's also something that every SciFi-fan should enjoy.
Friday is such a created woman. She's faster, stronger and more intelligent than normal people, which she needs for her job as a courier of secrets for a private company. While she spent the same abnormal childhood in a creche where she was treated as subhuman, she is now lucky because her boss and colleagues appreciate her and treat her like a person. She's extremely good at her job, too, and enjoys it despite - or maybe because of - its dangers. But then things start to go wrong badly: First she is caught and tortured by enemy agents, but can be saved. While on leave to recuperate, the family she married into finds out about her origins and drops her like a hot potato, and on her way back to headquarters she is suddenly cut off when a planet-wide series of terrorist attacks makes travel almost impossible and leads to aggression towards suspicious individuals such as her. In the end, she has to risk everything to save herself and the new friends she has found...
This is one of Heinlein's finest novels. It's full of suspense, adcenture, action and humour, while at the same developing a very convincing future world that can also give you quite a lot to think about. Add wonderfully well-developed and likeable characters, and this book is pure fun to read. I also find it amazing what a great female lead Heinlein put at the center of this book, a strong woman who is still womanly and very human. If you consider that this is a book written not only by a man but in the early 80s, that just shows how talented and original a writer Heinlein was. I'd say that if you don't already know Heinlein's books this is a very good place to start. It's also something that every SciFi-fan should enjoy.
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I'm not a big fan of Heinlein; nonetheless, this is one of my favorites. The characters live, the plot is plausible given the world they are placed in, and the world is not implausible given a beginning in the present and certain assumptions, none of which stretch credulity overfar.
A must for any Heinlein fan, but more than that, I'd recommend this book for any reader of science fiction who isn't all that fond of Heinlein, but who is willing to give him one more try.
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I enjoyed this book, and I think you will too if you read it. It's about a genetically engineered courier who is called an artifical person. It raises questions in the reader's mind that are becoming increasingly important as scientists today are now unraveling the secrets of the human genome. Genetic engineering will lead to many ethical issues that as a society we will need to resolve. Ahead of its time, this book deals with how these issues affect one particular "person" named Friday.
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What is it to be human?
Rife with both the brilliancies and shortcomings for which Heinlein is so well known, Friday is, at its core, an exemplary book about a person's life - at times ordinary, at times... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
One of my all time favorite...
Heinlein is great, although sometimes a little bit paternalistic vis-a-vis women... This book is about a very strong female character's desperate struggle to be accepted in a... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 5. Mai 2000 von Joss Delage
there should be 0 star
This book is sick. No plot, lots of sex, some torture (fortunately missing breasts can be regrown) etc. Disgusting.
Am 4. Mai 2000 veröffentlicht
A novel of intrigue filled with adventure
A genetically engineered woman travels in the future world of Heinlein. A novel wrapped in future espionage and intrigue. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. Mai 2000 von Michael Delaware
Friday is another Heinlein winner
If you've read Heinlein before and liked what you saw, Friday is a fun tale following the path of a genetically engineered courier / secret agent. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 29. April 2000 von Nicholas Jong
Sophisticated, brilliant - and that's just the narrative
Friday as a character is captivating, stamped with Heinlein's traditional humorous and realistic views. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Januar 2000 von J. Berry
A fine, exciting read from an accomplished master
FRIDAY does not compare with Robert A. Heinlein's acknowledged classic STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. In his best, most memorable works, Heinlein does not simply tell a story, he... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. Januar 2000 von Stone Junction
Heinlein takes you for a very long ride
I can't say I really hated this novel. It just didn't really seem to be going anywhere. The main character didn't really have a clearly defined objective, and the book just sort of... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 7. Januar 2000 von Christopher Dudley
she seems to come out of the page and shout "I am real"
This SF novel has a special place for me. The first RAH story I read was a novelette entitled "Gulf", in which we first meet his concept of the super-human, and in which... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. November 1999 von J. C. Birchley
memorable character, aimless plot
The first-person protagonist is memorable, but what is the point of the narrative?
Am 5. August 1999 veröffentlicht
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