Props for any of Heinlein’s “juveniles”.
I can’t recommend Heinlein’s later works unless a person has very flexible views of morality.
Depends on what you mean by 'flexible'. I, like Heinlein, think that sin lies only in deliberately hurting someone else unnecessarily.
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I'm not at all offended by the group marriage, etc, in his books. But I got so bored wading through all of it looking for actual stories that I gave up pretty quick.
Yeah, I have to admit Heinlein’s “Boys Own” adventures were his best works. His “adult” novels tried too hard to be trendy and have aged badly.
The “juveniles” dealt with some might serious issues as well and would make some good movies. “Time for the Stars” got mighty heavy in places and there was a lot of killing as I recall.
I have to agree with your assessment of Heinlein stories...early stuff is just fantastic, but the later writings are all group marriage/do-your-sister stuff that makes the stories hard to follow. “Citizen of the Galaxy” was one of my very favorites (I have a pdf copy [a large sci-fi library, mostly pdf, in fact] convenient for reading @ work!).