I read this back in Junior HIgh when I was first discovering science fiction and was well into my Heinlein phase of this.

At the time I enjoyed it, and I still do enjoy parts of it, but even back then I had problems with the sex and how the characters main identity seemed to be her sexuality and conforming to what others (more often men than women) wanted from her in regards to sex. She was supposed to be this tough, independent superwoman and in the end it all came down to her willingness to sleep with anyone at any time.
And the less said about the rape the better, as I got older and began to understand more, I lost all respect for Heinlien as a person for that scene, and it's colored everything else I've read by him since.

As much as I enjoyed it at the time, I can't give it a good rating based on the handling of the rape and his warped views on women and independence as a whole ( )

I was hooked by this book within the first few pages. It was like a mix of Modesty Blaise and Bladerunner. Espionage, intrigue, Artificial Beings, danger! :)

It was a great read with some intriguing societal ideas. I was gripped through 98% of the book. The only letdown comes at the end as it's more an "ending" as opposed to a climax.

I would heartily recommend it! ( )

"Friday" is the narrative of a very sensual, genetically engineered 'artificial person'. It is believable as a near-future history determined by the 'Shipstone' device. ***** 8) ( )

Borrowed Heinlein's Friday from the bookshelves at home as light reading on Saturday night. I can see why it appealed so much to teenage-me. I still like it, in some ways. It's always interesting in old SF to notice which things are now old hat, which are still thought of as futuristic, which we have and are still new and shiny, and which we're no longer likely to bother with at all. In some ways the tech in this is all very old-fashioned. In others it's just as much fantasy now as it was then. ( )

This book covers a more complicated Earth than the one we have right now, although in some ways its more simple. The main character Friday doesn't ever seem to have trouble making friends, and portions of the book are just a series of her romantic entanglements. Most of the complexities are political. The story is mostly about a journey, both physical as well as emotional, and interestingly there isn't a consistent opposing force. I suspect that might be unusual, at least for the stuff I read.

This book was good, even if the constant romantic entanglements seemed extraneous.

http://www.stillhq.com/book/Robert_A_... ( )