Robert Heinlein at 100

http://www.reason.com/news/printer/120766.html ^

[Mycroft Holmes]

So, what are some recommends from the RAH fan club? Not necessarily Heinleinesque, but good authors of the genre that provoke new thought or inspire...

William Gibson's _Pattern Recognition_ is the best book I have read in 10 years. I'm reading it again for the third time, and have gifted it to others many times. People either love it or are vaguely confused by it.

Charlie Stross is another fine young author out of the UK. Check out _Accelerado_ the best book I have read on The Singularity. Also see _The Atrocity Archives_ for a fine blend of mathematics and metaphysics. He also has a series reminiscent of Zelazny's _Amber_, _The Clan Corporate_ that is more contemporary and tightly drawn.

regards,

[ER Doc]

ping for later (late!!)

[TrueKnightGalahad]

I wanted to be Laz Long's sidekick...

Hey, we could double date...I'd like a turn about the dance floor with Lor...

Bob spoiled me for 'normal' women; I grew up wanting somone who could pace me stride for stride, or even out-pace me and force me to race and keep up with her. I'm still in love with:

Friday Baldwin

Peewee Reisfeld

Betty Sorensen

Gretchen Schultz

Hazel Stone

Ellie Coburn

Mata Kingsolver

etc., etc., etc.

Seems as though every book, every story, had a character with whom I'd gladly have spent the rest of my life.

[Professional Engineer]

PS: I met RAH once when I was younger, not long before he died...he liked my red hair and made me blush. It was one of the highlights of my young adulthood.

IIRC he had a thing for red hair. Can't blame him.

[Bender2]

Re: If I recall the novel correctly, Zim broke boot Sutherland's arm at the first formation and said in an aside he was sorry as the boot hurried him.

Sorry, I was wrong! Went back and reread Starship Troopers and it was 'Breckinridge, suh" not "Sutherland" who got his arm broke by Zim. BTW Breckinridge later did not make it through the dump naked into the Canadian Rockies and was posthumously buried as PFC Mobile Infantry.

Also reread Have Spacesuit, Will Travel and I want to know where is the Mother Thing when we need her?

[Kozak]

Ideology included great author.

He did a lot to shape my political beliefs.
and I’m happy to say my sons.

[Ipberg]

Heinlein thought we would have had a nuclear war by now and the main character Lazarus Long in “Time Enough For Love” mentions how China destroyed Europe during the 21st century. If alive today, he’d be following the current tensions between USA, Iran, Russia and China very closely and probably commenting on it.