[ale] Heinlein's 100th

[Jeff Lightner]

My mom and my older brother before me devoured every Heinlein book ever
written so I was lucky enough to have the complete list of his works
available to me when I first ran across it.  I recall once suggesting to
an English teacher that I do a book report on one of his and the teacher
said she didn't like "juvenile" literature.   My mom's response to that
was "tell her to read 'Time Enough for Love' or 'I Will Fear No Evil'.
The idea of that old biddy reading those books was funny as hell to me.

One of my favorite concepts from Stranger in a Strange Land was the
"Fair Witness".  I often qualify things I say and when people ask me why
I explain that concept to them.  Funny nowadays to hear people on
occasion use the word "grok" even though they've never heard of
Heinlein.

'Rolling Stones' and 'The Moon and Harsh Mistress' by the way have a
character in common.  She was the matriarch in the former and in the
latter (a prequel sort of) she was a young girl in the lunar revolution.

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
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Marvin, International Martian of Mystery
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 12:04 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Heinlein's 100th

C Lee Davis wrote:
> Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
>   
>> Slashdot is reporting that today is Robert  Heinlein's 100th
birthday.
>> He wrote, A Stranger in a Strange Land," "The Moon is a Harsh
Mistress,"
>> "Glory Road," "The Puppet Masters," Methuselah's Children," and
dozens
>> of other SiFi classics.
>> I offer a toast in his memory.
>>
>>     
> As Spider Robinson put it, "Rah rah R.A.H."  We are richer for his
life.
>
>   
The very first sci-fi book I read (after "A Trip to the Moon" with the 
Chelsea Bonestell illustrations) was "Rolling Stones" by Heinlein.  I've

been an addict ever since...
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