From the 1st three paragraphs it's classic Heinlein - enjoyably drawing you into the lead character's world, while simultaneously providing descriptive information about that world. You know it's a future Earth, and you know they have at least advanced travel technology....
Friday is a specialized courier - she can deliver whatever important messages there are and avoid detection or capture.
Her adventures during a time of turmoil, and her personal struggles to 'find and be part of a family' are really well described. Heinlein slides in a bit of sociological lecturing - Friday is an
AP, artificial person aka 'test-tube' baby who never had 'real parents' and she lives with a constant awareness of a society prejudiced against her... including her intelligence and her superior physical skills.
This one deserves to be more widely read.
Friday is a specialized courier - she can deliver whatever important messages there are and avoid detection or capture.
Her adventures during a time of turmoil, and her personal struggles to 'find and be part of a family' are really well described. Heinlein slides in a bit of sociological lecturing - Friday is an
AP, artificial person aka 'test-tube' baby who never had 'real parents' and she lives with a constant awareness of a society prejudiced against her... including her intelligence and her superior physical skills.
This one deserves to be more widely read.
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