{"id":99689,"date":"2026-04-24T02:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=99689"},"modified":"2025-12-14T13:51:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T18:51:27","slug":"defending-heinlein-and-his-most-controversial-novel-farnhams-freehold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/04\/24\/defending-heinlein-and-his-most-controversial-novel-farnhams-freehold\/","title":{"rendered":"Defending Heinlein and his most controversial novel &#8211; <em>Farnham&#8217;s Freehold<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qWH_7KIdtaE?si=X8QCqB3sRJIKB4Di\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Grammaticus Books<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 21 Nov 2025<\/p>\n<p>An indepth review of Robert A. Heinlein&#8217;s most controversial novel. A novel sometimes referred to as Science Fiction&#8217;s most controversial novel, <em>Farnham&#8217;s Freehold<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro<br \/>\n02:30 Why I Read <em>Farnham&#8217;s Freehold<\/em><br \/>\n04:33 The Plot (Spoilers)<br \/>\n12:48 The Critics&#8217; Complaints<br \/>\n21:40 Is it A Fun Read?<\/p>\n<p>My Video on <em>Time Enough for Love<\/em>:<br \/>\n   \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ADQj9pkphg8\" target=\"_blank\">Heinlein&#8217;s MOST CONTROVERSIAL Novel &#8211; Time&#8230;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammaticus Books Published 21 Nov 2025 An indepth review of Robert A. Heinlein&#8217;s most controversial novel. A novel sometimes referred to as Science Fiction&#8217;s most controversial novel, Farnham&#8217;s Freehold. 00:00 Intro 02:30 Why I Read Farnham&#8217;s Freehold 04:33 The Plot (Spoilers) 12:48 The Critics&#8217; Complaints 21:40 Is it A Fun Read? My Video on Time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,13],"tags":[311,86,99,478,303,85,605],"class_list":["post-99689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-usa","tag-1960s","tag-criticism","tag-racism","tag-robertheinlein","tag-sexism","tag-sf","tag-slavery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-pVT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99690,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99689\/revisions\/99690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}