Dude, you rock ! Of course, I have read all five books. "The Star
Beast" is one of my Top Ten (23 actually) books.
The Heinlein apologist, Hugo and Nebula award winning author Jo Walton
says this about "Friday" in a 2009 review, "The worst book I love:
Robert Heinlein’s Friday". She complains that there is no plot but to
me, the best plot is just life.