The Number of the Beast by Heinlein (1980)

(Blush!) I read a lot of Heinlein before Friday, which I liked a lot. But I have to admit that cover made me look and had me interested.
 
Rather different cover on the one I had in which she was perched on the side of an aircar and wasn't quite as alluring but still definitely drew my younger self in.
 
Vertigo said:
Rather different cover on the one I had in which she was perched on the side of an aircar and wasn't quite as alluring but still definitely drew my younger self in.
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Thread has been hi-hacked by hot women on sci fi book covers!
 
Try googling the 1969 NEL/4square edition of 'Glory Road' - but in your own time. I'm not going to post it, that's for sure...;)
 
Hm, actually I find the Friday cover more "interesting." Glory Road reminds me of National Geographic and Jr. High.
 
pyan said:
Try googling the 1969 NEL/4square edition of 'Glory Road' - but in your own time. I'm not going to post it, that's for sure...;)
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Parson said:
Hm, actually I find the Friday cover more "interesting." Glory Road reminds me of National Geographic and Jr. High.
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Ah yes, that cover. I'm more with Parson there. Also it's reminiscent of all those fantasy books back in those days that invariably (whether relevant or not) had scantily unclad women on the covers which I actually somehow found to be strangely sexless.
 
Heinlein, for various reasons, seems to be marketed with a lot more scantily-dressed females on his covers than, say Clarke or Asimov. Poddy, Joan and Maureen all get the treatment if you look hard enough. I suppose it's the 60s and 70s equivalent of what we'd categorise today as 'clickbait'...
 
pyan said:
Heinlein, for various reasons, seems to be marketed with a lot more scantily-dressed females on his covers than, say Clarke or Asimov. Poddy, Joan and Maureen all get the treatment if you look hard enough. I suppose it's the 60s and 70s equivalent of what we'd categorise today as 'clickbait'...
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I wonder if that's because Heinlein had some quite (shall we say) liberal views of sexual mores? I think Lazarus Long broke every sexual taboo there was out there in his day.
 
Stephen Palmer said:
Like many on this thread, I read quite a few Heinleins when I was discovering SF as a teenager. But quite soon they palled.
I think it was the ridiculousness. :/
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That's a strong word, Stephen - what aspect/s of the books were you thinking of?
 
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