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I Will Fear No EvilI Will Fear No Evil is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein published in 1970. The plot concerns a wealthy businessman (Johann Sebastian Bach Smith) whose brain is transplanted from his dying elderly body into the young, healthy body of his female secretary (Eunice Branca), who was murdered while on her way to donate blood -- and whose personality continues to co-inhabit the body. Depending on how you choose to view it, the novel may be read as either a riveting exploration of human relationships and the need to treat our fellow man decently while we're still alive, or as the rambling sexual fantasies of an old man with a brain tumor. Heinlein also suffered from life-threatening peritonitis while working on this novel, and it is generally believed that his wife Virginia handled much of the editing. Detractors of this novel sometimes invoke Heinlein's overall ill health as a reason for its perceived poor quality. Whatever its quality, the novel is undoubtedly devoted in large measure to internal dialogue between Johann and Eunice. However, Heinlein the prognosticator scored some hits here. For example, Eunice operates a device called a 'stenodesk' that works quite a bit like a modern personal computer or workstation. (Heinlein's 1957 novel The Door Into Summer similarly envisaged the development of CAD systems, and his 1982 novel Friday (book) portrayed something very like the modern Internet.) The novel is also notable as one of SF's first sympathetic fictional portrayals of a same-sex couple. Editions - Berkley, paperback, ISBN 042506820X
- Penguin Putnam, paperback, ISBN 0425023214
- January 1970, Putnam Pub Group, hardcover, ISBN 0399104607
- 1971, Berkley Books, paperback, first printing edition, ISBN 0425020851
- January 1975, Berkley Publishing Group, paperback, ISBN 0425028062
- November 1975, Berkley Publishing Group, paperback, ISBN 0425030997
- October 1976, Berkley Publishing Group, paperback, ISBN 0425034259
- September 15, 1980, Berkley, paperback, ISBN 042504386X
- January 1982, Berkley Publishing Group, paperback, ISBN 0425056139
- December 15, 1982, Berkley, paperback, ISBN 042506171X
- February 1983, MacMillan Publishing Company, 401 pages, ISBN 0839824491
- May 1984, Berkley Publishing Group, paperback, ISBN 0425075087
- July 1985, Berkley Publishing Group, paperback, ISBN 0425086801
- July 1986, Berkley Publishing Group, paperback, ISBN 0425095541
- September 1, 1990, Ace Books, paperback reissue edition, 512 pages, ISBN 0441359175
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