At 12:47 AM 1/29/2002 -0500, you wrote: >In a message dated 1/28/2002 8:38:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >>btw, Heinlein's quote is actually a paraphrase of Von Clausewitz's dictum >>that "War therefore is an act of violence intended to compel our opponent >>to fulfil our will." * >> >>* Clausewitz, On War, Penguin Classics edition reprinted 1984, page 101. > > >I've suddenly found myself reading lots of Heinlein. (The answer to the >question: Where does one go after reading 'Kiln People?') Finished >reading 'Starship Troopers' (the book is so much better than the movie one >can only wonder what the heck the Verhoven was thinking. (....or >smoking.)) Read 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' and 'Time Enough for Love' >within the last couple of months and am now working on 'To Sail Beyond the >Sunset' and 'I Will Feel No Evil'. Years ago I had read 'The Man Who Sold >The Moon.' > >He's an engrossing writer, and I'm having lots of fun with the twists and >turns his stories are taking. Anyone on the list have any thoughts about >what his best work is? At this early point, I'd be inclined to say 'Man >Who Sold The Moon,' because even though his later works are more complex, >'Moon' has a special appeal for me as a sci-fi classic written when the >genre was in its earliest stages. Stories like 'The Roads Must Roll' just >have an nostalgic appeal, I guess. >:-) >Jon >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
i think his best work is "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"; he seems to have reached his peak with that work. my favorites are the juveniles (short novels written for the young reader market); and my all time sentimental favorite is his short story "The Man Who Traveled in Elephants". john
