re: I spent a while today reading a bunch of Jo Walton's reviews on tor.com. This included a bunch of Heinlein; she's a fan.
@anthracite Hah! Yeah, I had blanket permission to check out whatever too, I honestly don't remember the weirdest thing I got from the library at a probably-too-young age...
Probably something by Piers Anthony, honestly. Ah, my mis-spent youth.