The Cat Who Walks through Walls

By: Robert Heinlein

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

Robert A. Heinlein wrote some of the best-selling science-fiction novels of all time, including the beloved classic Stranger in a Strange Land. In The Cat Who Walks through Walls, he created his most compelling character ever: Dr. Richard Ames, ex-military man, sometime writer, and unfortunate victim of mistaken identity.

When a stranger attempting to deliver a cryptic message is shot dead at his dinner table, Ames is thrown headfirst into danger, intrigue, and other dimensions where Lazarus Long still thrives, where Jubal Harshaw lives surrounded by beautiful women, and where a daring plot to rescue the sentient computer called Mike can change the direction of all human history.

©1985 Robert Heinlein (P)2007 Blackstone Audio

Critic reviews

"Dialogue as witty as Oscar Wilde's, action as rollicking as Edgar Rice Burroughs', and satire as spicy as Jonathan Swift's." ( New York Times)

Old man Heinlein does it again &Tom Weiner's cool.

I've come across Robert Heinlein only recently, in the last 5 years... my favorites Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Stranger in a Strange Land, Friday. This story takes a lot from these a more, but uses Heinlein's more current understanding of how weird real world science is, quantum mechanics,etc... and he simply adds it to his palet to paint a tale that will require reading (listening) to it again, at least once or twice. But I really enjoyed the skill of the narrator, who obviously knows and loves the characters he narrates. I'd encourage anyone who liked the Moon, to take this ride too. Heinlein is spinning a yarn from the natural particles of time and space that we really need to grapple with, and like real, he doesn't tie the yarn into a tidy knot, but for me at least a very satisfying end where I can imagine my own next things to play out.

Enjoy!

Too much ass spanking, and few answers.

I was expecting maybe a sequel to "the moon is a harsh mistress" ,which I recommend a lot, but this is not. Altough some of the main characthers of the above mentioned book are back like Manoel Garcia and Hazel Stone, the story-line has nothing to do with the lunar revolution.

The facts and events that take place are confused, some part due to the fact that the book is about time travel, but don't expect that you'll understand why they are after the main character. And while for the most part of the book the plot develops somewhat smoothly, it ends abruptly in the final 2 chapters which are crammed with information. Maybe the writer wanted to be done with the book? Who knows!

Colin Campbell and Hazel Stone are two nymphomaniacs. The two main characters spend more than half the time they are together having sex, talking about sex, talking about having sex with other people, talking about spanking asses and making them turn pink, maybe they could have spend some more time making sense of whats is going on.

At least in my mind the biggest question is how in the seven hells did they come about the time travel machine? This topic is not even mentioned.

Overall this is good listen more because Robert is a great writer and the narrator performance are outstanding.

Heinlein not my cup of tea

My bad, do not like Heinlein. Male Chauvenist, does that resonate? did not finish.

An almost pointless story with a horrid ending.

i almost stopped listening several times. now that I finished I wish I had.

The story was mostly pointless and the ending was a horrid mess. The story changed into too many directions and felt like several storied rolled into one.

i normally live SciFi but this just sucked.

Good story

A good story but the weird Whibley wobbly timy whimy stuff doesn’t start till halfway through the book.
The voice acting is outstanding.

Short Ending

I find most of Heinlein's novels end rather abruptly. It's like he got bored with the story, and just wanted to end it.

The cat who walked through Walls was

Possibly the most masterful of all Heinlein’s prose.
The nonstop action presented thru Mr. Weiner’s excellent narration is nail bitting. The multiple voices Mr. Weiner uses for each of the characters are clear and unique.
Though I have read the print version of this novel numerous times, listening to it as an audio book brought a whole new dimension to the story.
Bravo!!!

Classic Heinlein

Great entwining of new story with previous ones. It's better to read older ones before reading this one.

One of the best scifi novels around

Action, imagination, great ideas, great story telling, thrilling, full of twists. All you want is there. Heinlein excels in the The Cat Who Walks through Walls. More over the character interaction is not only interesting, it is flammable! The dramatic exchanges between the lead pair are so enjoyable. Author is not scared to include a few spicy twists, which are just rendering the novel more interesting. Don't listen to those religious purists who get red because of that, this novel is excellent. I have read this novel many times and always coming back. Full 5 stars well deserved.

Not the best reader for Robert Heinlein

I was very disappointed that Scott Brick did not read this one. The book is great, through the years I have read it 3 times, you can never go wrong with any Heinlein…ever.