I am reluctant to discuss the literary merits of a Heinlein novel, since that got me an F on my high-school senior report (even though it was on the list of approved books, I received an F for not choosing an approved book. ?), but here I go.
I don't think Lazuras Long could have been the protaganist in the Number of the Beast, since he is usually written as knowledgable and in control (albeit conceited), whereas the basis of the Number of the Beast was being out of control and learning to accepting it. The idea of multiple-solipsists was intriguing to me at the time (and still is), but Lazarus would have sat down and stopped playing. Colonel Campbell and Lazarus are admittedly much alike (leaving aside the issue of skin color), but that is not unexpected for a father and son. I would suggest you read Spider Robinson's take on all this, covering exactly these issues and refuting them much better than I ever could. On 10/28/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Darn are you going to make me dig into my Heinlein collection? There > are a set of books he wrote in the 5 or 10 years before his death > whose characters were almost the same - for instance you could have > swapped the characters from The Number of the Beast with The Cat Who > Walks Through Walls or the Lazarus Long novels without any real plot > changes etc > > larry > > On 10/28/05, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I couldn't disagree more. > > > > Many of the characters in his books seem the same, because they are the > > same. > > > > How is Friday similar to Lazarus Long similar to the Stone twins? > > > > On 10/28/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a problem with Heinlein, it seems that although the names may > > > change slightly, the characters are exactly the same book after book. > > > The plots are typically bits of action strung together by expositions > > > on his own political theories. > > > > > > larry > > > > > > On 10/28/05, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 10/28/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Heh, interesting point there. While I really like Rand, she makes her > > > > > point over and over and over and her stories are hard to finish > > > > > because of it. > > > > > > > > > > Heinlein ... I tried his Grok book, whatever it was called, and barely > > > > > made it through. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm mostly giving Tim shit. I've read quite a bit of Rand and nearly > > > > everything by Heinlein. They really resonated at about age 15. Not so > > > > much > > > > anymore, but I'm not at that rebellious point in my life anymore. > > > > The grok book is Stranger in a Strange Land. I have a leatherbound > > > > version. > > > > Again, I used to love it. Now it seems far too sexist and 70's > > > > new-age-ish. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178761 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
