Stranger In A Strange Land

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UPDATED: Monday, March 17, 2008 00:39
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ECGORDON

Friday, March 7, 2008 2:32 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
He's my all time favorite writer.

A friend suggested Number Of The Beast- is that a good one? I would trust your opinion, Ec.

Chrisisall

It's okay, but far from one of his best. Definitely not the place to start reading Heinlein.

My recommendation is always on his "Future History" stories, which were collected back in '76 as The Past Through Tomorrow. Unfortunately, that is not in print at this time, but you could probably find it at a library or used book store. But all of the original collections are still in print from Baen Books I believe, beginning with The Man Who Sold the Moon, then The Green Hills of Earth, followed by Revolt in 2100, and "concluding" with the novel Methuselah's Children. I put that word in quotes, because many years later he brought back a character introduced in Methuselah's Children (Woodrow Wilson Smith, aka Lazarus Long) in the novel Time Enough for Love. Lazarus then reappears in Number of the Beast, and also figures into the action of Heinlein's final two books, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls and To Sail Beyond the Sunset.

Let me do a bit of self-promotion here. Not only is Heinlein my favorite writer, I have also written more essays about his work on my site than about any other writer. Check out this index page - http://templetongate.net/rahmain.htm

CHRISISALL

Friday, March 7, 2008 2:37 PM

http://templetongate.net/rahmain.htm

Mucho thanks, my man!!

The doesn't-read-enough Chrisisall

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence[sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero, Real World Event Discussions

T

Monday, March 10, 2008 8:55 AM

We didn't have any SF or fantasy books beside The Chronicles of Narnia in my library.

Anyway, SIASL is on my short list. I'm reading Dhalgren by Delaney now then I'll tackle Stranger.

SPACEANJL

Monday, March 10, 2008 10:35 AM

'Number of the Beast' always seemed to me to be two very different books welded into one, with a really odd last chapter. (In a good way) In fact, the last chapter is somewhat reminiscent of serious crackfic. I just love spotting who or what he's taking the piss out of all the way through that book.

First Heinlein I read was 'Citizen of the Galaxy', and I was about nine at the time. I read that, 'Dune', and LoTR in the same few months. This might explain a lot. 'Starship Troopers' was fantastic, 'Friday' made me cry (Mr Underfoot), and 'Stranger in a Strange Land' definitely makes you take a new look at things.

EMBERS

Monday, March 10, 2008 3:22 PM

this is really interesting, I read it in High School (1968, yes...I know I'm old) in Psychology class...
but I didn't know I was reading a censored version (I'm surprised Mr. Hamilton wouldn't have made a point about that, or maybe he did and I wasn't paying enough attention).
It was a wonderful read, profound and entertaining...
Sci-fi really can say more, in IMO, than so many other genres.

New Firefly fans should check this out: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15816

DEADLOCKVICTIM

Monday, March 10, 2008 3:36 PM

Embers - i used the tern 'censored' in a previous post - that was misleading. Edited (as all books are), would have been more like it.
\From what I can tell - the parts taken out were for wordiness, more than anything - i plan to re-read the unedited version to see the difference. But, yeah, I read the edited version in '69 or '70 - so it's time to revisit this tale.

WHODIED

Monday, March 10, 2008 4:58 PM

Also, the description of Mike's gravity reducing hospital accommodations led to the production of the first waterbed.

The man who built it sent RAH one and marketed under the name 'Share Waterbed Company'.

--WhoDied

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NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Monday, March 10, 2008 5:37 PM

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Originally posted by embers:
this is really interesting, I read it in High School (1968, yes...I know I'm old) in Psychology class...
but I didn't know I was reading a censored version (I'm surprised Mr. Hamilton wouldn't have made a point about that, or maybe he did and I wasn't paying enough attention).

The "censorship" ( actually editing as discussed above.) wasn't widely discussed back then. I suspect not even widely known. I didn't hear about it, and I was a huge fan, until the Uncut Edition was published.

MSB

Monday, March 10, 2008 5:44 PM

drink deeply Jimi

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CHRISISALL

Monday, March 10, 2008 8:15 PM

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Originally posted by T:
I'm reading Dhalgren by Delaney now then I'll tackle Stranger.

OOoooo- How is it? That was one I always wanted to tackle- is it something you think I should, T?

Curious Chrisisall

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence[sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero, Real World Event Discussions

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