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From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: Heinlen (was Reading books backwards)
>
>
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Gord Sellar wrote:
>
> > Sears? Oh man.
> >
> > So, if I were to read Heinlein, what book woudl y'all recommend me to
> > start with so's I don't hate him? I have 3 of his books (one given to
> > me, two grabbed from cheapie bins because I remembered them from
> > recommendations -- though, of course, the people who recommended them
> > have since displayed astonishingly different taste from me...) and
> > I've read none of them:
> >
> > _Friday_ (this was the "different-taste" friend's recommendation)
> > _Stranger in a Strange Land_
> > and
> > _Job: A Comedy of Justice_.
> >
> > What do you think I should read first, or should I just get rid of
> > them all?
>
> Hang on to them, but get a copy of _The Star Beast_ or _Have Spacesuit,
> Will Travel_ to read first.
>
> I think the one that got to me was _The Number of the Beast_. I do NOT
> recommend that one.
>
The Star Beast is being made into a movie soon I think.
xponent
rob
