Heinlein Readers......are there a lot of us here, or what?

[cjparker]

TANJ! I met Heinlein briefly at a booksellers' convention. I used to adore his books, despite the overt sexism in most of them. But.....he was vulgar, foul-mouthed and dirty. It destroyed an illusion.

Having said that, I agree with the above posters that Lazarus Long was a wonderfully memorable charactor. And that "the house is white on this side" was a paradigm-shifing moment.

 

[savingdogs]

Who's Heinlen?

TANSTAAFL!

Just not groking the situation.

Robert A. Heinlein is an author, wrote science fiction novels, lots of them. Check out Wifezilla's link.....

Probably his best known book was Stranger in a Strange Land. Although that wasn't my favorite.

So in person he was vulgar? That is interesting.

 

[ranchhand]

Dac groks, he has TANSTAAFL in his sig. He was being a smart "donkey"

 

[Buster]

I read all his stuff while still a kid. Haven't thought of him in years, though.

 

[dacjohns]

Dac groks, he has TANSTAAFL in his sig. He was being a smart "donkey"

Yup, I'm just a stranger in strange land.

 

[dacjohns]

Pat,

Tunnel in the Sky?

Farnham's Freehold?



My favorite is Starship Troopers.

 

[patandchickens]

Pat,

Tunnel in the Sky?

Farnham's Freehold?

Oh, very good, that sounds right! Thank you! Will have to look next time I'm at the library

Pat

 

[Wifezilla]

What was the one with the shipwrecked guy who starts tinkering with the local silicone based life forms?

 

[dacjohns]

What was the one with the shipwrecked guy who starts tinkering with the local silicone based life forms?

That one is not familiar.

 

[Wifezilla]

Ack! Got my geeks mixed up. That is actually "Sentenced to Prism" by Alan Dean Foster. Another one I need to read again apparently