Uh where have you been my whole life lady and what did you do with Maureen?
-----Original Message----- From: Maureen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 1:48 PM To: cf-community Subject: Heinlein 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:314697 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
