Friday

By: Robert A. Heinlein

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

Friday, a secret courier, is thrown into an assignment under the command of her employer, a man she knows only as "Boss". She operates from and over a near-future Earth in North America, a vulgar and chaotic land comprised of dozens of independent states. In America's disunion, Friday keeps her balance nimbly with quick, expeditious solutions as she conquers one calamity and scrape after another.

Please note: This audiobook includes adult content and themes.

©1982 by Robert A. Heinlein (P)1996 by Blackstone Audiobooks

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Almost A Perfect, This Time.

I love the story of Friday, a super sexy courier in a future world that is both very close to where we are now and also very different. The "tech level" in this book doesn't distract the modern user like some of RAH's older books (it was published in the '80s). This is very much one of my favorite Heinlein books and I'd love to see it done into a movie.

That being said, this audio presentation misses the five star mark. While having a female narrator makes this audio vastly superior than the one that went before (what were they thinking!?), the characterizations were a little flat and so were the emotions. The narration was such that, if I wasn't careful, I'd slip away from being engrossed in the story, and pay attention to the voice.

Overall, it's a good audiobook and a great story set in a world you could come to believe is right around the corner from the world we are in now,

Such a really great book

This is such a really great book. Highline at his best. Worth the money. Worth the time. Enjoy yourself :-)

not the best Heinlein story

I had trouble getting through this one. I persisted but it really wasn't worth it.

Nice, Mr. H!

Gotta love the women in his world. Good one.

big adventure

kind of rushed at the end and uneven . wished there was more of Kettle Belly Baldwin and the mission of his outfit. But standard Heinlein.

Not one of Heinlein's better works

Not one of Heinlein's better works but still worth it. I did like Ms. Huber's rendition of Friday. "#tagsgiving" and "#sweepstakes".

Excellent book - one of my favorites

Even though this is one of Heinlein’s less well known books, I believe that it is one of his best. The character of Friday is the most ‘real’ I have ever encountered. This version of the future is interesting- he predicted the internet but not email. This is a fascinating book I recommend for all.

sometimes audiobooks can enhance the story.

This is a retrospective by Friday, "My mother was a test tube, my father was a knife", an artificial person, genetically spliced together in a lab with enhanced human abilities. Throughout the story she deals with societal mores, religion, prejudice, and governmental polices in a somewhat dystopian future earth. This is one of my favorite fiction books along with "Stranger in a Strange Land", Job: A Comedy of Justice and right behind Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Having read Friday when it first published and then again in my recent past, I wanted to try it as an audiobook. I was not disappointed. One's mind can imagine the author's words well enough, yet a good narration can add feelings and emotions that can be glossed over whole reading. Hillary Huber did a wonderful job of narrating this almost apocryphal story about humanity,

One of my favorite Heinlein books. I have several!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Enjoyable across the board. Heinlein is so easy to read in his conversational style of writing that his books are a shear delight. The story is exciting and thought provoking and the narration is a bonus.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Friday?

Her numerous escapes from danger.

What about Hillary Huber’s performance did you like?

I needed just a little time to associate the narrator's voice to the character because I had started a different version than that of Ms. Huber but once I did I really appreciated her voice acting skill as she gave each character a unique accent.