Stranger In A Strange Land
POSTED BY: fredgiblet
UPDATED: Monday, March 17, 2008 00:39
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I think RAH is the Bob Dylan of sf. He's very popular, he influenced many people whom I admire and he's complete crap.
I find BD unlistenable and RAH unreadable. They are both tedious propagandists.
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Originally posted by hughff:
I think RAH is the Bob Dylan of sf. He's very popular, he influenced many people whom I admire and he's complete crap.
I find BD unlistenable and RAH unreadable. They are both tedious propagandists.
I disagree very strongly with those statements, about Heinlein and Dylan. Just shows that it all comes down to personal taste.
And concerning Dhalgren; it's one of the best books I've read that I would have a hard time recommending to others. It is very strange, and only SF in the most peripheral way.
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Sorry I don't grok you Hugh. I have to say he is my favorite science fiction author. My first Heinlen book was Starship Troopers, it was on the required reading list for the Science Fiction course I took instead of English Lit II in college. I didn't read Stranger in a Strange Landuntil about 8 years ago. I just finished a Heinlen Marthon of audio books, largely out of order The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, and the Rolling Stones.
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
I've read SiaSL numerous times. It was the first SF book I ever read, and I think it is very good. However, in my opinion, Heinlein's best is The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, followed by Starship Troopers, Friday, and Glory Road, then SiaSL. I have read every Heinlein novel at least twice, some of them close to a dozen times. He's my all time favorite writer.
Isn't Glory Road where your username comes from? Evelyn Cyril Gordon?
That's my all-time favorite Heinlein!
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