He seems to like polygamy, bigamy, homosexuality, incest, adultery, and whatever other form of sex a person can engage in. He has some different (albeit, bizarre) notions on what is okay in terms of sexual conduct. He is really big into Malthus, so I am sure he was sorely disappointed when Malthus's predictions failed to come true in Heinlein's lifetime. At times he seems angry about how humanity has not 'conquered' the stars like he seemed to believe we should have done. Some of what Heinlein writes merely seems to be regurgitation of what he has written before, but it is still entertaining to see how he weaves various characters from other stories together into an overall storyline. The story moves fast in some parts, slow in others, and even slower still in the middle. The hero ends up finding out he has been chosen for a 'Great Purpose' and is vital for the success of a party of 'Time Keepers.' Along the way, he encounters a cat (hence, the title) who has special transpatial abilities. they get married and then are promptly set upon by 'job's luck' (a string of bad luck) where both are kicked out of their respective homes (apartments), crashland on the moon, are nearly killed by two separate bands of pirates, and nearly arrested several times for the murder of the stranger. the hero returns to his room and finds his dinner companion waiting for him. she steps out to use the restroom a stranger steps up to his table and is promptly murdered. The story begins with our hero having dinner with a beautiful woman. characters interacted with characters from other stories he had written as well as characters written by other sci-fi authors over the years.

In the waning years of his life, his stories tended to revolve a 'world is myth' type of view. This book ties in with 'the moon is a harsh mistress' and several other books by Heinlein. I didn't like the way it ended I felt like there should have been more to it.

I never quite understood why it was published with a white male on the cover. One thing I always thought odd about the book was that the hero was blackīut the cover shows him as being white. I first read this nearly twenty years ago it was fun to read it again after so long.

Robert heinlein the rolling stones