The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

Starts off reasonably well, but plummets disastrously before the midpoint. Unless you enjoy novels where everybody has sex with everyody (including endless pointless incest of all descriptions) - Avert Avert Avert! I would hate to think that some poor reader has been to told that RAH is great, just read anything of his - and they stumble into this drivel - rather than finding one of his interesting novels or shorter fictions.

As with rather a few of our science fiction greats, the great and near-great stuff is much more likely earlier in their careers, and the later works are a bit of a wasteland. Of the later novels, stick to "Friday", "Glory Road", and "Job - a Comedy of Justice". Not that these are all perfect, but there are plenty of interesting characters, interesting ideas, and actual plots that move from A to B. These avoid excessive reliance on sex (especially endless incest), endless right-wing/libertarian harranging by characters that remind me of (Shudder!) Jubal Harshaw of "Stranger in a Strange Land" and don't have extensive tracks where nothing whatsoever happens.