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Puppet Masters Signet D2366 Rank: #4492122 in BooksPublished on: 1951Number of items: 1Binding: Paperback 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.''You are promising the human race that, if we will surrender to your kind, you will take care of us and make us happy. Right''By Clay Garner"Honey, you are about to learn that in the Country of the Blind the one-eyed man is in for a hell of a rough ride."Three themes seem intertwined in this touching work. . .One, how can/should 'authority' (husband, boss, president, scientist) use its power to help and not hurtTwo, how can/should each individual decide when to submit to authority and when to resistThree, how is understanding found When and how combine facts/data into wisdom Who decidesThese questions addressed throughout with taste, discernment; so smoothly, so enjoyably, that reader wants more!For example - What is needed to reach past facts to wisdom''His unique gift was the ability to reason logically with unfamiliar, hard-to-believe facts as easily as with the commonplace. Not much, eh I have never met anyone else who could do it wholeheartedly. Most minds stall dead when faced with facts which conflict with basic beliefs; "I-just-can't-believe-it" is all one word to highbrows and dimwits alike.''For example, on the choise of freedom vs security. . ."We come," I went on, "to bring you—""To bring us what""To bring you peace," I blurted out. The Old Man snorted. " 'Peace'," I went on, "and contentment—and the joy of—of surrender.""Let me get this," the Old Man said thoughtfully."You are promising the human race that, if we will just surrender to your kind, you will take care of us and make us happy. Right""Exactly!" The Old Man studied me for a long moment, looking, not at my face,He spat upon the floor."You know," he said slowly, "me and my kind, we have often been offered that bargain, though maybe not on such a grand scale. It never worked out worth a damn."The challenge of scientific authority arises this way.Sam's wife has been willing interviewed under drugs to probe her memory. Nevertheless, the results have been concealed from her. Sam confronts the doctors . . . "There was not time for that. We had to use rough methods for quick results. I'm not sure that I can authorize the subject to see the records." Hazelhurst put in, "I agree with you. Doctor."I exploded."Damn it, nobody asked you to authorize anything and you haven't got any authority in the matter. Those records were snitched right out of my wife's head and they belong to her. I'm sick of you people trying to play God. I don't like it in a slug and I don't like it any better in a human being. She'll make up her own mind whether or not she wants to see them and whether or not I or anybody else will see them. Now ask her!" Steelton said, "Mrs. Nivens, do you wish to see your records"Mary answered, "Yes, Doctor, I'd like very much to see them."This demand for personal dignity is the key action that leads to winning the war. Lesson Personal rights are more than just a feeling, they are a principle that have long range benefits.This kindle edition includes both a forward and an afterword. Both interesting. The afterword notes . . .''Being free was never easy. Our oldest account of freed slaves tells us of their sitting by their fires in the desert and lamenting the lost fleshpots of Egypt, when they had eaten well in captivity and oppression.''Insightful.(For a scholars analysis on choosing freedom vs security, see ''The Death of Humanity: and the Case for Life'', by Richard Weikart)5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.you should never read a book you liked at 14By CajnikAt 50, you should never read a book you liked at 14.Masters (extraterrestrial slugs) are turning humans into slaves and the world is divided. Problem is that even in the "free" territory only relationships Heinlein could imagine are master : slaves relationship. Love interest of our hero is intelligent woman and when she marries him, she turns into obedient slave with very limited vocabulary ("yes, dear"). The boss of our hero (and his father) is his master until the moment they switch the roles and afterwards he's just a slave. Etc. I started wondering why they're so dead set against those slugs. :(This novel really hasn't aged well.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.Cultural Dissonance and Severe Logic IssuesBy illiandanticRobert A. Heinlein's "The Puppet Masters" hasn't weathered the 64 years since its initial publication well. Back in 1951, when he first published it, I suppose the behavior of the main characters would have been considered risque and "edgy" (one of the reasons it was so severely censored back then). But, today, that behavior (particularly the main character's behavior) just comes across as being caddish or loutish. Oddly enough, Heinlein muffs the one thing that should have been a positive in our current world view: the main female character starts out as an emancipated, strong lead (she's smarter, faster, and a better agent than her male counterpart). But, by the end, Heinlein has turned her into some kind of Stepford Wife whose sole line seem to be "Yes, dear." Even worse than what the changes in how we expect people to behave have hit the book is the discontinuity in the main character's role: He's supposed to be a kind of super agent. Yet, he never behaves as such, either in physical "agent" ability or in his mental acumen. He basically comes across as a boss's pet (and that come's across even more when a relationship is revealed about a third of the way through the book). This really hits home near the end when he's actually promoted. Yet, all of the previous is fairly trivial compared to the biggest problem: every single character in the book behaves illogically. It's not just a matter of doing things that make no sense (which happens, too). No, the big problem is that nobody does what they, very obviously, really should be doing. All the time. From the very start, right down to the finish line. It makes the book painful to read.All of that is a shame. In my youth, Heinlein was my favorite author (not just one of my favorites -- he was THE favorite). Even today, his Starship Troopers is one of my favorite books. So, it pains me to have to write such a negative review here. Yes. This book is interesting and Heinlein's foresight makes his books worth reading. But, the problems with this book just override that. So, all I can do is rate the book at a Not Very Good 2 stars out of 5.See all 168 customer reviews...
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