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Farnham's Freehold
by Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher: Baen Books

You Would Have Peace Then Prepare for War!

Hugh Farnham was a practical, self-made man. and when he saw the clouds of nuclear war gathering, he built a bomb shelter under his house, hoping for peace and preparing for war. What he hadn't expected was that when the apocalypse came, a thermonuclear blast would tear apart the fabric of time and hurl his shelter into a world with no sign of other human beings.

But Farnham's small group had barely settled down to the back-breaking business of low-tech survival when they found that they were not alone after all. The same nuclear war that had catapulted Farnham two thousand years into the future had destroyed all civilization in the northern hemisphere. And the world had changed in more ways than one.

In the new world order, Farnham and his family, being members of the race that had nearly destroyed the world, were fit only to be slaves. After surviving a nuclear war, Farnham had no intention of being anybody's slave, but the tyrannical power of the Chosen Race reached throughout the world. Even if he managed to escape. where could he run to...

Published 11/1/2006
SKU: 1416520937
Ebook Price: $6.99 
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1. Michael on 11/24/2012, said:

Heinlein, even when he's not on his game, is still better than most authors.
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2. Henning on 6/29/2011, said:

While I agree with some of the other commentators about the statement, Heinlein tries to make, I still believe this is one of his weaker works. The characters are just too one-dimensional and lack depth. Furthermore, apart from the alien-setting shift, the story does not surprise or astound the reader.
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3. Melody on 6/5/2011, said:

The first half of the book is about a small group of people struggling to servive in the wilderness the 2nd half abruptly picks them up and deposits them in a slave society. The characters just don't seem likeable or believable. The main character commits adultery with his daughter's school friend, but it is considered justified because his wife is a lush. The rest of the characters go downhill from there.
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4. Kaleb on 5/23/2011, said:

May have been good in it's time. Sexual dynamic between characters reveals that the author never had children. Middle aged protagonist (Heinlein?) is desired by all. Cardboard characters, uninteresting dialog, and a deus ex machina ending made for a tedious read. I have heard so many good things about Heinlein that I stuck it out, hoping it would get better. Disappointed.
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5. Peter on 4/12/2011, said:

When this was written, there was no specific genre for this novel. 30 years later, the genre is all-too-well established: the "Mary Sue" YA novel written for 14 year old males.
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6. James on 9/22/2008, said:

This book makes you THINK - that automatically puts it beyond the pale for all-too-many readers today. And that's a pity, for there is a warning here. IF the reader is willing to read the book and LEARN from it.
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7. Anna on 5/18/2008, said:

The style is great but every time I tried to read it I invariably throw it away in disgust with every character in the book making it impossible for me to finish it.
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8. Bert on 4/18/2008, said:

While dated with some of the changes in the world today this remains a technical masterpiece, while being a great example of story telling.
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9. Jennifer on 7/21/2007, said:

Good enough to read a second time. Interesting plot and characters.
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10. mark on 3/24/2007, said:

I enjoyed this bood when I was a kid thirty years ago, and I am looking forward to re-reading it again. Robert was the master and there are few who had his vision and forsight. It is easy to inmagin these events now, but back then there was only H.G.Well and Jules Vern, and don't forget Mark Twain, and Egar Rice Burrous. Robert's story about a man who was willing to cut bait and run for his personal and his newly aquired familys safty is more relativent in today's world then when it was written. Some how he foresaw people with college degrees and their minds were full of usless mush. as always Rober His my hero, mentor who guide me through out my teen age years and adult hood.
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