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To: EveningStar
Having co-authored my third favorite book Lucifer’s Hammer (1 and 2 are both Heinlein works).

What did Heinlein have to do with Lucifer's Hammer? Pournelle wrote that with Larry Niven.

2 posted on 08/20/2012 11:30:15 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

My favorites were the Janisaries series that he wrote....still love those books!


4 posted on 08/20/2012 11:39:26 AM PDT by freedombird (When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness. -A. DeTocqueville)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
D'oh! I just re-read that sentence at the link and figured out the real meaning. Duh.


5 posted on 08/20/2012 11:46:09 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Lol, but I’d have to agree that would rank near the top of my list - it’s the first time I realized that books (and by extension, knowledge, skills, and information) would be the most valuable commodity in a SHTF scenario, not the number of bullets or beans you’ve stockpiled. Those things will eventually run out and you’ll still have to deal with the baddies, whereas they will line up to defend and protect the man who knows how to make fuel or a radio transmitter.

My top books would be Heinlein, absolutely. The only question would be which.


6 posted on 08/20/2012 12:39:05 PM PDT by bigbob
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