Not just that, WW Smith (AKA Lazarus Long) was an interesting character. Smith's character was also Dr. Hartley M. Baldwin, Jubal Harshaw etc. the same character, just differing names.
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Many of his later works did, actually, have the same characters...so > yeah, they seemed like he was using the same characters over and over. > They weren't written as sequels or anything but did explore a > particular universe of known characters. Which I do not think is a bad > thing. > > And as much as I love his later work, I'm still a big fan of his > juvenile novels. I can't wait til my girl is old enough to read > Podkayne of Mars. > > Judah > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> All of his books from his later career was like that, The Number of >> the Beast and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, Friday, To Sail Beyond >> the Sunset, For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs etc had all >> essentially the same characters, more of the same philosophical rants >> etc. It really dragged down the writing. >> >> And this is coming from a fan who all all of his books in one form or >> another including his final one, Variable Star, that Spider Robinson >> finished from notes and an outline. >> >> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> IMO, you couldn't be more wrong. The deep philosophy in all of his >>> books goes way beyond a mere libertarian rant. If This Goes On is one >>> of the best books ever on the dangers of Religious zealots. The Moon >>> is a Harsh Mistress nails the idea of too much government control. >>> There are discussions of gender acceptance, medical ethics, cloning, >>> etc. in I Will Fear No Evil, Time Enough for Love and Friday. the >>> topics that were life changing for me - theology and politics - in >>> fact, most of my political views that are not directly Jeffersonian >>> are derived from Heinlein's ideas. I will admit I got a bit bored >>> with some of the sexual aspects of his later works, but they didn't >>> take away from the beauty and power of the his philosphy. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> After Stranger in a Strange Land, I think that Heinlein just rewrote >>>> the same book over and over again. The characters were the same (at >>>> times they were the same character), the situations almost the same >>>> etc. They became libertarian polemics rather than anything decent. >>>> They were becoming so predictable that I'm surprised no one came up >>>> with a Heinlein novel generator based on a mad lib game. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> maybe it's the "in your face part", think of that. In Stranger in a >>>>> Strange Land I kept think yes yes we understand that you are all very >>>>> liberated and unconventional. So what? I like my protagonists a little >>>>> more complicated. They're both important figures in science fiction, >>>>> don't get me wrong, but we are talking Willie Nelson vs.... I dunno, >>>>> John Mayall. >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314672 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
