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dustydigger
Posted 2015-02-25 3:45 AM (#9717 - in reply to #9182)
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Location: UK		Double Star was a little bit of a disappointment for me. I enjoyed the amusing banter of the egocentric protagonist,but I had hoped to see more of the aliens. I wanted a closer look at their creche,but that was a very minor part of the story. Probably The Great Lorenzo is Heinlein's most developed character,we learn a lot more about him than of most RAH characters,thoug hperhaps not very accurate,he is a probably an unreliable narrator.
I am a bit of a sucker for that hoary old plot,the double who replaces someone else. A venerable plot device,popular from Shakespeare onwards. ,through Twain;s Prince and the Pauper,and Anthony Hope's Prisoner of Zenda,and a million others1. They are always fun.Wasnt so keen that he had to be in th political arena though. But all in all,an amusing,exciting and entertaining read.

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