I Will Fear No Evil
- 414
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work
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Our view
“I Will Fear No Evil” is a provocative Heinlein body-swap novel that takes its title from the twenty-third Psalm. Some readers find it entertaining, though very much a product of the hippie era and muddled towards the end; others feel it runs far longer than its idea can carry. It was serialised in the magazine “Galaxy” before appearing as a book in 1970.
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About the book
I Will Fear No Evil is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialized in Galaxy and published in hardcover in 1970. The title is taken from Psalm 23:4.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.3 across 52 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 26% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.0 | 6 | 12% |
| Hardcover | 6.2 | 46 | 89% |
Frequently asked
How long is I Will Fear No Evil?
It has 414 pages — shorter than 58% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
In this book
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