[ale] Heinlein's 100th

[Jeff Lightner]

My brother who isn't in IT finally got internet a few years back and in
reply to his first email to me I told him he was:
"A Stranger in a Strange LAN"

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James P. Kinney III
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 9:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [ale] Heinlein's 100th

On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 08:37 -0400, Jeff Lightner wrote:

> '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.

It was the recurring characters in Heinleins worlds that I always found
fun.

For reasons I don't recall, I never read "Stranger in a Strange Land"
until around 1995. A friend handed me a copy of the original manuscript
version that had just been released by his wife. It was about 1/3 longer
than the originally published version. After I groked that copy, I went
back and read the original version. The public got a great story but
really missed nearly all of the philosophy behind the actions.

When I grow up I want to be Jubal Harshaw.
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