Heinlein Fans here?

[WeaselMender]

Does having all his works in first edition hardcover with a set of "readers' so the hardcovers don't get messed up make one a fan? If so, guilty as charged.

Weasel :ootd:

[TNKiltedWolf]

I too, am guilty as charged. Also a fan of Clarke, Hubbard, Asimov, and more....

[thescot]

Charlie Mc beat me to it about the mislocation of Lazarus's blaster. The ability to conceal a weapon was a main reason he liked wearing a kilt.

I enjoyed all his stories, especially Methusalah's Children and Time Enough for Love.

It was from Heinlien that I first learned the truth that democracies work until the masses learn that they can vote themselves circuses and ice cream. (That's not a quote; it's from memory, but it gets the pint across.)

It was a paraphrasing of an older quote and an idea sometimes attributed to Alexander Tyler, a Scottish historian of the 17th century, among others.

Like most good writers of any genre, Heinlein could present important ideas that made the reader think whether you agreed with him or not.

Yeah, I may be old, but I'm definitesly a fan! I definitely grok ole Bob.

[thescot]

BTW, Rob Wright, that picture on the cover is really good. I suppose Lapus Lazuli and Loralie Lee (sp?) are the two youngers ladies at his shoulder and knee.

(I can't believe I remember all this stuff after two or three decades since reading his works. Guess it's back to my long buried library to bring out a few copies to work on.)

[Peregrine]

I've only read a few of his works, but I've enjoyed them. I find his exploration of alternate societies fascinating. There's much to be learned by looking at ourselves from someone else's perspective.

[thescot]

I've only read a few of his works, but I've enjoyed them. I find his exploration of alternate societies fascinating. There's much to be learned by looking at ourselves from someone else perspective.

You mean to see oursel's as others see us?

Aye, the Bard and I agree.

[Rob Wright]

BTW, Rob Wright, that picture on the cover is really good. I suppose Lapus Lazuli and Loralie Lee (sp?) are the two youngers ladies at his shoulder and knee.

(I can't believe I remember all this stuff after two or three decades since reading his works. Guess it's back to my long buried library to bring out a few copies to work on.)

What's worse, two of the girls in my pic are A LOT like the twins Keep me in line they do.

Rob

[Old Hippie]

Major fan. Just like Spider Robinson, "Rocket Ship Galileo" was my first "real" book as a kid. I really love space opera -- I used to have a radio reading program entitled "Space Opera Adventure" in which Heinlein, Bone, Kornbluth, Smith and others were read. Loads of fun!

I agree that the blaster's in the wrong place! Bob's old stories are perennial favourites on cold winter nights, when the darkness presses on the glass and the woodstove is working overtime...

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[MacMillan of Rathdown]

I met Bob Heinlien three times. First, as a fifth-grader when I read "Have Spacesuit, Will Travel; next, during the summer between grade school and junior high when I read, for the first time, "Starship Troopers"; finally I met Bob at a party at some science fiction convention we were attending when my wife introduced us. In real life he was even better than his books.



And that's saying a lot.

[Old Hippie]

In real life he was even better than his books. And that's saying a lot.

And Ginny was most gracious. I was introduced through J.F. Bone, another SF writer who lived in my home town and was an old Army buddy of my father's.

It seems many writers are good people -- Heinlein, Bone, Spider Robinson, and Jack McDevitt spring to mind (and also tell you what I like in SF...). I've either met or carried on extended correspondences with all of them, and always come away feeling like there were so many ways I could be a better person.

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