Editing The Star Beast (novel) (section)

==Reception==
[[Damon Knight]] wrote:
{{blockquote|This is a novel that won't go bad on you.  Many of science fiction's triumphs, even from as little as ten years ago, are unreadable today; they were shoddily put together, not meant for re-use. But Heinlein is durable.  I've read this story twice, so far – once in the ''Fantasy and Science Fiction'' serialized version, once in hard covers – and expect to read it again, sooner or later, for pleasure.  I don't know any higher praise.<ref>{{cite book|last=Knight|first=Damon|authorlink=Damon Knight|year=1967|title=In Search of Wonder|url=https://archive.org/details/insearchofwonder00knig|url-access=registration|location=Chicago|publisher=Advent}}</ref>}}

[[Groff Conklin]] described the novel as "one of Heinlein's most enchanting tales".<ref name="conklin195503">{{Cite magazine
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 |title=Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf
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 |magazine=Galaxy Science Fiction
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}}</ref> [[P. Schuyler Miller]] found ''The Star Beast'' to be "one of the best of 1954".<ref>"The Reference Library", ''[[Analog Science Fiction and Fact|Astounding Science Fiction]]'', May 1955, p.144</ref>