Read it :) -----Original Message----- From: William Bowen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 5:32 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Heinlein
For the record "For Us, The Living" was Heinlein's first book, written in 1938 and not published until 2003. 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:314708 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
