--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 30 Dec 2003, at 10:06 pm, Jan Coffey wrote: > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> http://www.scifi.com/sfw/current/excess.html > > > >> "He missed the train. So did we. He was the train we did not catch." > > > > I have no idea if this will get to anyone on the list. I am back, as > > it were, but I am hopeing I can participate through yahoo. Let's > > see.... > > > > So where were we? > > > > "He missed the train. So did we. He was the train we did not catch." > > > > Oh no, he and others made the train, pixle by pixle, if not all at > > once. We didn't miss the train, we just got off here at this station. > > But there will be another soon, if you want. Why not get on that one, > > and ride it down the line? The future has not yet arived, you still > > have time to make it. The conductor is allways calling, all you have > > to do is step aboard. > > Ah, but that was the *wrong* train... > > Clute's point was that Heinlein's best writing years were spent under > censorship, and by the time he came out from under that he was a spent > force. Of course he wrote some great genre SF during the censored years > - _Citizen of the Galaxy_ , _Tunnel in the Sky_ and such - but those > were juveniles. If he could have written to that standard with the > adult themes he managed to bring in in the 70's he would have created > some truly impressive work. > > Like John Varley 30 years early or something :)
I'n0 but what I ment was that Clute's point is only a choice we now make. We can pick up there and move forward down that line if we want to. There is nothing stoping us. True, Heinlein will not be the conductor, but that doesn't mean we can't take the same train. We didn't miss it, we just got off. Besides, it's not like the influence wasn't there. It just wasn't ever available in paperback. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
