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Originally Posted by nekokami
Stranger is one of the few Heinlein books I've not re-read. (I've re-read Friday, but it's not a favorite.) I suppose I should re-read Stranger at some point, just to see if I get more out of it on a second read. I liked the premise well enough, but didn't engage with any of the characters.
I've often thought Podkayne was probably set in the same universe as Red Planet, and possibly also The Rolling Stones, though perhaps not, as the flat cats would surely have been in more evidence in Red Planet, and would have distracted from the character of Willis.  Sometimes it's a bit hard to tell, though, as Heinlein would re-use some ideas, but shift others for the needs of the story. Stones would appear to be set in the same universe as The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, however.
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I don't believe Podkayne is set in the same universe as Red Planet, but I think Red Planet
is set in the same universe as Stranger. (See the portrayl of adult Martians, and assume Willis is a Martian nymph.)
And as mentioned, the Hazel in Rolling Stoes and the younger Hazel in Moon Is A Harsh Mistress are the same person.
Poddy turns up (though not by name) in _The Number of the Beast_ I don't consider that RAH's most successful novel, but he did have fun with it. The trend at the time was for authors to go back and try to ret-con their work into series, even if not necessarily written that way, such as Michael Moorcock's "eternal champion" efforts. RAH managed to tie all books ever written by
anybody into the same universe. And I had to appreciate a book whose climax occurred at an SF convention.
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Dennis