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Originally Posted by nekokami
I'm not seeing the case for either of these. Heinlein's The Number of the Beast, possibly; Glory Road, arguably. Niven/Pournell's Janissaries books might be a good suggestion, particularly after the first. This is a category that doesn't do much for me, so I'm afraid I don't have many suggestions. But I don't think those two Heinlein books fit the bill.
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Really? I've read every Heinlein novel and I don't think any of his books fit into that category at all! His protagonists are almost always men and women of action who don't get bogged down in the "building" aspect.
For example, Number of the Beast is more about family dynamics and reads like a road trip story. Glory Road is more normal guy transplanted to fantasy world style. Door into Summer is time paradox and TMIAHM is a guerilla warfare/revolutionary novel to me... And in each of those books, the male heroes become physically and emotionally involved with one main love interest.