Editing Farnham's Freehold (section)

==Reception==
When the novel was published in 1964, ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' stated that the "characters have souls of wood pulp" and that "The satire on fall-out shelters, race and sex lacks inspiration."<ref>[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/robert-a-heinlein/farnhams-freehold/ FARNHAM'S FREEHOLD, by Robert A. Heinlein], at [[Kirkus Reviews]]; originally published June 15, 1964; published online September 25, 2011; retrieved May 12, 2021.</ref>

The ''[[SF Site]]'' described ''Farnham's Freehold'' as "a difficult book", and stated that "At best, [it] is an uncomfortable book with some good points mixed in with the bad, like an elderly relative [who] can give good advice and in the next breath go off on some racist or sexist rant. At worst, ''Farnham's Freehold'' is an anti-minority, anti-woman survivalist rant. It is oftentimes frustrating. It is sometimes shocking. It is never boring."<ref>[http://www.sfsite.com/08a/ff349.htm Farnham's Freehold; Robert A. Heinlein; Narrated by Tom Weinter, unabridged: a review], by Dale Darlage, at the [[SF Site]]; published 2011; retrieved May 12, 2021</ref> The critical work ''The Heritage of Heinlein'' describes ''Farnham's Freehold'' as not "an altogether successful novel" and that the book's sexism "may be a crucial flaw."<ref>''The Heritage of Heinlein: A Critical Reading of the Fiction'' by Thomas D. Clareson and Joe Sanders (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy Book 42), McFarland, 2014, page 155.</ref>

[[Charles Stross]] has rhetorically asked whether "''anyone'' [has] a kind word to say for ... ''Farnham's Freehold''{{-"}}, and then described it as the result of "a [[white privilege|privileged white male]] from California, a notoriously exclusionary state, trying to understand American racism in the pre–[[Martin Luther King Jr.|Martin Luther King]] era. And getting it wrong for [[facepalm]] values of wrong, so wrong he wasn't even on the right map ... but at least he wasn't ignoring it."<ref>[http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/07/crib-sheet-saturns-children.html "Crib Sheet: Saturn's Children"], from ''Charlie's Diary'', by [[Charles Stross]]; published July 13, 2013; retrieved May 12, 2021.</ref>

''[[The New Republic]]'', while conceding Heinlein's desire to "show the evils of ethnic oppression", states that in the process Heinlein "resurrected some of the most horrific racial stereotypes imaginable," ultimately producing "an anti-racist novel only a [[Ku Klux Klan|Klansman]] could love."<ref>[https://newrepublic.com/article/118048/william-pattersons-robert-heinlein-biography-hagiography "A Famous Science Fiction Writer's Descent into Libertarian Madness"], by Jeet Heer, ''[[The New Republic]]''; published June 8, 2014; retrieved May 12, 2021.</ref>