Friday

Heinlein, Robert A.

ISBN 10: 034530988X / ISBN 13: 9780345309884

Published by Del Rey Books (Science Fiction and Fantasy), New York, 1983

About this Item

Spine slightly creased, corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 357 pages; " Friday is the story of a female "artificial person", the eponymous Friday, genetically engineered to be stronger, faster, smarter, and generally better than normal humans. Artificial humans are widely resented, and much of the story deals with Friday's struggle both against prejudice and to conceal her enhanced attributes from other humans. The story is set in a Balkanized 21st century, in which the nations of the North American continent have been split up into a number of smaller states. ".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Friday
• Publisher: Del Rey Books (Science Fiction and Fantasy), New York
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 034530988X
• ISBN 13: 9780345309884
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Illustrator: Illustrated by Whelan, Michael (Cover)
• Edition: 1st Paperback printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction and Fantasy::Robert Heinlein

About this title

Synopsis

Engineered from the finest genes, and trained to be a secret courier in a future world, Friday operates over a near-future Earth, where chaos reigns. Working at Boss's whimsical behest she travels from far north to deep south, finding quick, expeditious solutions as one calamity after another threatens to explode in her face....

About the Author

Robert Anson Heinlein was born in Missouri in 1907, and was raised there. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1929, but was forced by illness to retire from the Navy in 1934. He settled in California and over the next five years held a variety of jobs while doing post-graduate work in mathematics and physics at the University of California. In 1939 he sold his first science fiction story to Astounding magazine and soon devoted himself to the genre.

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.