Talk:I Will Fear No Evil

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This article could use some fleshing-out. Popefelix 14:47, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Rampant POV

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The plot description is overly opinionated and needs to be rewritten to remove commentary. Just a summary description is needed. Gladmax 12:33, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not only rampant POV, but outright errors. "it is generally believed that his wife Virginia handled much of the editing". The book was half edited when his health problems intervened; Mrs. Heinlein decided to release it without any final cuts. And "almost entirely about sex" is, to put it kindly, a point of view. The article needs some serious work. -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 04:05, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Imaginary or not?

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The article states 'Whether Eunice's personality is real or a figment of Johann's imagination is never fully resolved in the novel.'

As I recall, they actually did determine that she was not a figment of his imagination. Or am I wrong? The Storm Surfer 03:53, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's ambiguous enough that you can argue for either interpretation. -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 03:58, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"like the modern Internet"

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The article says "his 1982 novel Friday portrayed something very like the modern Internet". This is not true. Heinlein's description is hierarchical/browse driven like the old Yahoo pages, not search driven. If it were like Wikipedia or YouTube then Friday would have gone to "Irwin Corey" or done a text search. See for example http://www.dalkescientific.com/writings/diary/archive/2007/11/29/worlds_greatest_authority.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.248.222.222 (talk) 01:56, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Huh? The Internet isn't "search driven". The Web is, to a large extent, but not totally -- and the Web is not the Internet. The Internet is IP driven. (i.e, Internet Protocol, not "Intellectual Property".)--CRConrad (talk) 15:33, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The information service in "Friday" is centrally controlled from a single source. More of a computerized Encyclopedia Britannica than anything on the Internet. It is also extremely expensive, far more than any normal person could afford to access. Friday is only able to access it because she works for a private spy agency which subscribes to it for use in their work. Cptbutton (talk) 03:33, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Supposed relation to Time Enough For Love / Future Histories / World As Myth

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The article references page 103 of the paperback of Time Enough For Love (what edition?), but what is the specific phrase you're intending to cite? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.185.179.138 (talk) 23:33, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ace, 1988; Lazarus Long and Minerva (computer) are talking about experiencing sex from the other POV and Lazarus mentions the story of the male to female brain transplant. htom (talk) 03:39, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Joan or Joanne

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As I remember it, Johann adopts the name "Joan, with two syllables", not "Joanne". It stuck in my mind as a striking example of unawareness of how real people talk. —Tamfang (talk) 02:01, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Living as he did in California, Heinlein was probably familiar with the Spanish male name Joan, pronounced with two syllables as described in the article. For a prominent current example, see the MotoGP rider Joan Mir. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.121.161.82 (talk) 22:25, 28 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]