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The Number of the Beast, illlustrated by Richard M. Powers by Robert A. Heinlein is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The book is a series of multiple perspective narratives primarily by each of the four main characters: Zebadiah "Zeb" John Carter, programmer Dejah Thoris "Deety" Burroughs Carter, her mathematics professor father Jacob Burroughs, and off-campus socialite Hilda Corners. The names "Dejah Thoris", "Burroughs", and "Carter" are overt references to John Carter and Dejah Thoris, the protagonists of the Barsoom novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs.In the opening, Deety is dancing with Zeb at a party at Hilda's mansion. Deety is trying to get Zeb to meet her father to discuss what she thinks is an article Zeb wrote about n-dimensional space, even going so far as to offer herself. Zeb figures out and explains to Deety that he is not the one who wrote the article but a relative with a similar name.After dancing a very intimate tango, Zeb jokingly suggests the dance was so strong they should get married, and Deety agrees. Zeb is taken aback but then accepts. As they are leaving, Deety and Zeb rescue Jacob from a heated argument he is having with another faculty member before a fight breaks out. As they are approaching their vehicles, Hilda comes out, deciding to tag along. Zeb, having a premonitio

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Author

Robert A. Heinlein

Publisher

Fawcett Columbine

Published

1980

Language

EN

ISBN

9780449900192

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Fiction

Rating

3.61 / 5 (379 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13