Glory Road
- 288
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Glory Road” is one of Heinlein’s ventures into fantasy, a Hugo-nominated novel that blends it with science fiction. Some readers enjoy his ideas here more than his writing: they find the characters either spotless or wholly bad, and the whole more juvenile on rereading than they remembered. It is best for readers already curious about Heinlein’s range beyond pure science fiction.
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About the book
Glory Road is a science fantasy novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and published in hardcover the same year. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1964.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.6 across 55 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 27% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.7 | 6 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 6.6 | 49 | 89% |
Frequently asked
How long is Glory Road?
It has 288 pages — shorter than 94% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
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