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Sept 15, 2013
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Posted on 09/15/2013 8:09:44 PM PDT by Kip Russell
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To: gymbeau
I’m revisiting Heinlein’s juveniles. Finished Time for the Stars and am now on Space Cadet. Fine stuff! I love Heinlein's juveniles, and Time for the Stars is one of my favorites!
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09/16/2013 7:10:49 PM PDT
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Kip Russell
(Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
To: gymbeau
Great series! I have all three in one paperback volume, so I hope they weren’t edited down for length. I love his Stainless Steel Rat, too. Harry Harrison's early work can be a lot of fun, although his more recent novels are...problematic.
(namely, the "Stars and Stripes" trilogy...*shudder*)
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09/16/2013 7:13:45 PM PDT
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Kip Russell
(Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Kip Russell
I always liked Starman Jones the best.
Time for the Stars reminds me of the Queen song 39. Same basic idea without the telepathy.
Cheers,
Jim
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09/16/2013 7:14:24 PM PDT
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gymbeau
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To: tanknetter
Anno Dracula by Kim Newman. Set in a late 1880s where Dracula succeeded in killing Van Helsing and establishing vampire dominance over England. That's one I've been meaning to read, but to which I have never gotten around.
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09/16/2013 7:14:48 PM PDT
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Kip Russell
(Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Kip Russell
I think my favorite was The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. IMHO, he kind of "jumped the shark" with "Number of the Beast.
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09/16/2013 7:15:50 PM PDT
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tacticalogic
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
The first and third of the Deathworld series are the best IMO... number 2 not so much. I rather enjoyed Deathworld 2, moreso than #3. To each their own...!
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09/16/2013 7:17:12 PM PDT
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Kip Russell
(Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
To: gymbeau
If I had to pick a favorite Heinlein juvenile, it would have to be Tunnel in the Sky. I’ve probably read it half a dozen times.
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09/16/2013 7:18:34 PM PDT
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Kip Russell
(Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
To: tacticalogic
I think my favorite was The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Not a juvenile, but one of RAH's best.
IMHO, he kind of "jumped the shark" with "Number of the Beast.
Later Heinlein novels can be a bit...self indulgent on the author's part, IMHO. On the other hand, "Job: A Comedy of Justice" is one of his best late novels (again, IMHO).
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09/16/2013 7:21:41 PM PDT
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Kip Russell
(Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Vince Ferrer
+1. Dystopia has arrived; fiction has nothing on reality anymore.
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09/16/2013 7:23:59 PM PDT
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kevao
(Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
To: Kip Russell
Excellent choice. One of my favorites. I remember them being warned about “stobor” and smugly thinking it was robots spelled backwards, then reading to the end and finding out I was totally wrong and there were no robots; the term was just a generic “here there be monsters” warning.
Cheers,
Jim
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09/16/2013 7:48:42 PM PDT
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gymbeau
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