Time Enough For Love

[macgreggor]

beerbque, imho, one of heinlein's most fun swashbuckling, gotta read it twice to get the deeper stuff, is Glory Road. it is one i re-read every couple of years and the underneath stuff gets more interesting and the story still carries me along like the barsoom stories did when i was about nine!
enjoy the first time experience
macG

[Rob Wright]

The Moon IS A HArsh Mistress is one of my favorites as well as Puppet Masters, which Invasion of the Body Snatchers ripped off. Glory Road is good as well. Double Star is fun and I usually read Friday once a year as well as Stranger In A Strange Land.

Rob

[arrogcow]

The Moon IS A HArsh Mistress is one of my favorites as well as Puppet Masters, which Invasion of the Body Snatchers ripped off. Glory Road is good as well. Double Star is fun and I usually read Friday once a year as well as Stranger In A Strange Land.

Rob

Invasion was published in 1956, Puppet was published in 1979. I think you got who ripped off who backwards.

As for where to start, I would agree that Stranger is probably it, but be prepared to get through the first 90 pages or so which are really slow.

Adam

[prattw]

[quote="arrogcowInvasion was published in 1956, Puppet was published in 1979. I think you got who ripped off who backwards.

Adam[/quote]

Actually, The Puppet Masters was first published in 1951. It was ripped off by a 1956 movie, The Brain Eaters. Heinlein sued and got a settlement. He apparently didn't consider Invasion to be a ripoff. The reconsideration of a theme is common in SF, as Heinlein himself repeatedly pointed out.

Will

[arrogcow]

I stand corrected, the 1979 date I used was when the copyright was renued. 1951 is the correct date.

Adam

[dano9672]

The Long family turns up in another Heinlein book. I forget the title but it involves a dimmension hopping familiy being chased from one story book dimension to another. They end up settling in universe of the Long family after visiting many other universes including OZ. For some reason it has always been one of my favorite books.

"The Number of the Beast"

[kilt by death]

"The Number of the Beast"

Is that 668???

Oh, no........ That's the Neighbor of the Beast.

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

JohnAllen,

If you do not own a copy of either "Stranger in a strange land" "Time enough for love", "I will fear no evil" "The moon is a harsh mistress" or any collection of RAH short stories, I would be honored to loan you a copy. I have multiples of everything Robert A. Heinlein wrote. The autographed copies however are not available. Bob gave me those from his own bookshelf and no one gets near them without gloves.

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but I was searching the forums for something entirely unrelated and the title of this thread caught my eye as I am an avid Heinlein fan and have been since a kid. When I went to open the thread, I was sure it would have nothing to do with Heinlein and I am gratified to find it does!

Steve, you are my new hero! I have been slowly building a collection of the first publication of every story Heinlein ever wrote. Now I find out that you not only make great kilts, but own SIGNED Heinlein's, and apparently new the man! My cup runneth over. Rob running off to look at the Freedom Kilts site again and figure out how to get a kilt made by somebody who knew my idol!

RJI

[An t-Ileach]

I wonder if there is a connection between kilt wearing and being a fan of Heinlein and Pratchett? It seems that quite a significant number of people here are fans of both authors (including me). And it was Heinlein that gave the world "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch" (TANSTAAFL).

[Southern Breeze]

I sarted reading Heinlein as a teen and have all his books.Thats probly what planted kilts in my head.I've just started reading Pratchett and wonder how I've overlooked him over the years.Just thinking about The Wee Free Men makes me smile.(larcenous highland smurfs with attitudes).