I Will Fear No Evil (Paperback)
Staff Reviews
When a rich old man decides he wants to live forever, very little can
stop him. When Johann Smith decides he wants a new body, he offers up a
reward of a million dollars to the family of the first brain dead
patient willing to let him put his brain into their loved one. Little
does he know the first subject will be his secretary Eunice. The story
becomes an intense debate over gender, sexuality, and ethics, as Johann
learns to live with his decision. I've read this book multiple times and
it just keeps getting better.
As startling and provocative as his famous Stranger in a Strange Land, here is Heinlein's awesome masterpiece about a man supremely talented, immensely old and obscenely wealthy who discovers that money can buy everything. Even a new life in the body of a beautiful young woman.
He was a four-time winner of the Hugo Award for his novels Stranger in a Strange Land (1961), Starship Troopers (1959), Double Star (1956), and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966). His Future History series, incorporating both short stories and novels, was first mapped out in 1941. The series charts the social, political, and technological changes shaping human society from the present through several centuries into the future.
Robert A. Heinlein’s books were among the first works of science fiction to reach bestseller status in both hardcover and paperback. he continued to work into his eighties, and his work never ceased to amaze, to entertain, and to generate controversy. By the time he died, in 1988, it was evident that he was one of the formative talents of science fiction: a writer whose unique vision, unflagging energy, and persistence, over the course of five decades, made a great impact on the American mind.
“Those who have thought of science fiction as only child's play will see how wrong they are.”—Detroit Free Press
“One is left with the feeling that he has been in the presence of a master!”—National Observer