IIRC, they actually were the same characters, give or take. The Maureen from CAT was the same as the Maureen from NUMBER and LOVE.
So, yeah. Pretty interchangable. :-) --Ben Larry C. Lyons 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178762 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
