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To: narses

Yep. Monroe Alpha, remember? Also cloning, genetic manipulation and an odd mixture of individualism and socialism.

I read the book about forty-five years ago so I remembered the character but not his name. As I recall, Felix annoyed Monroe Alpha by refering to the credit computer as the "money machine".

The book was one of the first of Heinlein's that had an unfocused and rambling storyline. I've always wondered if Heinlein's brain disorder affected his writing.

But, the genetic engineering theme was pretty prophetic wasn't it?

192 posted on 12/14/2003 9:36:40 PM PST by Dan Evans
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To: Dan Evans
RAH saw the future very clearly. He was intimate with folks who helped craft it.
193 posted on 12/14/2003 9:38:00 PM PST by narses (If you want OFF or ON my Ping list, please email me.)
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