that happened...
!_!
will
Wayne Putterill wrote:
> Didn't he also write about America becoming a country run by fanatical
> religious leaders who turned it into a fortress against foreigners, and
> smothered civil rights?
>
>
> Spooky!
>
>
> It's a long time since I read any Heinlein but I have a feeling it may
> have been in "The man who sold the moon", I read all his books back in
> the 70's as a teenager as I was an SF fanatic (I even read all the E.E.
> Doc Smith Lensman books, and even at the time I thought they were trash
> :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William H Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 09 January 2004 20:00
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea
>
> I'll put that on my list, haven't read it in a long time.
>
> Currently reading "For US, The Living" Heilein's "first novel" (written
> in ~1938; rejected twice in 1939 and shelved) basically a thin narrative
>
> stringing together several lectures he gave on economics, social mores
> and life in the future (2086).
>
> Pretty good. A little wacky. A little frightening that he predicted the
> death of FDR (plane crash in 1945) and an attack on Manhattan that
> levelled the island (set for 2003 during the ABC War). I thought at
> first that he had maybe gone back and tweaked later, but then I tought
> if he did, why didn't he go ahead and write WWII into the story or Cuba
> or Vietnam?
>
> Most notable is the fact that you can see the seeds for most of his
> future writings.
>
> I recommend it.
> will
>
> Jim Campbell wrote:
>
> > I'm reading the unexpurgated "Stranger in a Strange Land" again - love
> > that book.
> >
> > - Jim
> >
> > William H Bowen wrote:
> >
> > >Ender's Game
> > >Speaker for the Dead
> > >Starship Troopers
> > >Star Rangers
> > >
> > >All have something or another to do with Human dealings with Space
> > >Aliens...space travel...
> > >
> > >but I guess we have to start somewhere.
> > >
> > >will
> > >
> > >John Stanley wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>I havent seen a thread on this list about this topic in a while, and
> in
> > >>light of the upcoming Bush speech on a permanent Moon base as well
> as a
> > >>manned mission to Mars.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>I think we should colonize space. It's a good idea for our species
> as a
> > >>whole. Maybe, eventually it will relieve some of the pressures we
> are
> > >>inflicting on the earth, although I have a sneaking suspicion that
> there
> > >>wouldnt really be a huge push to do this until we were as a species
> > >>strapped
> > >>for recources here on Terra Firma.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Also, hopefully another space race with lofty will push technology
> > forward
> > >>again, maybe even help us figuire out fusion power.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>I happen to think that civilizations should have at least one great
> > >>project
> > >>that they are working on. Okay, maybe that is from too many months
> > playing
> > >>the Civ games but it seems to make sense. They spark techology
> > >>advances, and
> > >>employ vast amounts of people.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>So what do you guys think?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Plus, we may one day have ray guns!!!!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
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