Beyond This Horizon

by Robert A. Heinlein

Overview

Hamilton Felix is the ultimate man, the end product of highly refined applied genetics in a world that has long since banished disease, hunger, and war. But no one counts on what happens when this superman is recruited by a cabal of dissident revolutionaries for their Glorious Revolution. They find out it is definitely "not" a good idea.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780743435611
Publisher:	Baen
Publication date:	09/01/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	4.19(w) x 6.75(h) x 0.77(d)

About the Author

Robert A. Heinlein, four-time winner of the Hugo Award and recipient of three Retro Hugos, received the first Grand Master Nebula Award for lifetime achievement. His worldwide bestsellers have been translated into twenty-two languages and include Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, Time Enough for Love, and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. His long-lost first novel, For Us, the Living, was published by Scribner and Pocket Books.

Robert A. Heinlein, four-time winner of the Hugo Award and recipient of three Retro Hugos, received the first Grand Master Nebula Award for lifetime achievement. His worldwide bestsellers have been translated into twenty-two languages and include Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, Time Enough for Love, and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. His long-lost first novel, For Us, the Living, was published by Scribner and Pocket Books.

Date of Birth:

July 7, 1907

Date of Death:

May 8, 1988

Place of Birth:

Butler, Missouri

Place of Death:

Carmel, California

Education:

Graduate of U.S. Naval Academy, 1929; attended University of California, Los Angeles, 1934, for graduate study in physic

Editorial Reviews

Noted science fiction author Heinlein offers this imaginative tale of Hamilton Felix, a genetically perfect man who finds himself being courted by a gang of makeshift revolutionaries who believe him to be their savior. Narrator Peter Ganim delivers a stern yet atmospheric reading that sets the tone for this futuristic thriller, which takes its cues from Anthony Burgess's A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. Though Ganim's voice can sound slightly robotic and fixed at times, his vocal style reflects his portrayal of the protagonist, who has become a one-dimensional droid of sorts. Indeed, Felix was created in a laboratory and needs a few human foibles to shake him loose. Ganim is fully aware of this and captures his transformation quite well over the course of the novel. L.B. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

DECEMBER 2009 - AudioFile