" -- How should you live as you grow into a culture you did not make?
-- As a the unique individual who decides that things do not have to be, and won't continue, as they are.
That iconoclastic vision is at the heart of Heinlein, science fiction, libertarianism, and America. --"
1 posted on
08/19/2007 6:06:48 AM PDT by
tpaine
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To: tpaine
Ideologies aside, Great author!
2 posted on
08/19/2007 6:10:34 AM PDT by
ontap
(Just another backstabbing conservative)
To: tpaine
3 posted on
08/19/2007 6:12:12 AM PDT by
Fzob
(In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Jefferson)
To: tpaine
4 posted on
08/19/2007 6:14:37 AM PDT by
vladimir998
(Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
To: tpaine
To: tpaine
7 posted on
08/19/2007 6:18:57 AM PDT by
Yardstick
To: tpaine; Former Proud Canadian
My favourite Heinlein quote of all time:
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
- Lazarus Long, in Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
It describes my worldview to a tee.
8 posted on
08/19/2007 6:21:48 AM PDT by
AntiKev
("No damage. The world's still turning isn't it?" - Stereo Goes Stellar - Blow Me A Holloway)
To: tpaine
I follow the old saying “I don’t want to be a memeber of a club that would actually accept me”
;)
9 posted on
08/19/2007 6:24:05 AM PDT by
chasio649
To: tpaine
Hands down, my favorite SciFi author. About the only book of his that I was somewhat disappointed with was
The Number of the Beast. I felt kind of let down towards the end the first couple of times I read it. I felt like Heinlein was just giving up on a great plot line and making a joke of it all.
I re-read it again after a couple of years wait, and got a different take on it. I'm still not as thrilled with it as some of his other works, but I think I finally got what he was saying and I enjoy it now when I re-read it. As I said, I am a huge fan (I am probably 3/4 of the way to completing my collection of all of his stories).
10 posted on
08/19/2007 6:27:42 AM PDT by
Pablo64
(Ask me about my alpacas!)
To: tpaine
interesting
11 posted on
08/19/2007 6:31:17 AM PDT by
NonValueAdded
(Brian J. Marotta, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub, (1948-2007) Rest In Peace, our FRiend)
To: tpaine
12 posted on
08/19/2007 6:35:45 AM PDT by
M Kehoe
To: tpaine
Thanks for posting. Interesting.
13 posted on
08/19/2007 6:36:17 AM PDT by
PGalt
To: tpaine
Long live Heinlein! “Orphans of the Sky” is one of my alltime favorite books, but I can’t find it anywhere now. I want my son to read it.
15 posted on
08/19/2007 6:42:56 AM PDT by
Dems_R_Losers
(Thanks anyway, Nancy, but we already have a Commander-in-Chief!)
To: tpaine
At one time I had all his stories and loved every one.
So far I have not yet planed an invasion, set a bone, or died.
19 posted on
08/19/2007 6:50:45 AM PDT by
CPOSharky
(An organization that kills those who do not believe it's dogma is NOT a religion.)
To: tpaine
May not be an exact quote, but close...
" Humans are not defined by the gifts they posses, but by the virtues they lack."
21 posted on
08/19/2007 6:55:04 AM PDT by
devane617
(Stop Illegal Immigration. Call your Senator today. Senate Switchboard at 202-224-3121.)
To: sauropod
23 posted on
08/19/2007 7:00:42 AM PDT by
sauropod
(You can’t spell crap without the AP in it.)
To: tpaine
I can’t believe that he is a 100. - Well, actually, I do believe it, but I had never thought about his age before. Amazing!
I would ask him his secret to attain such a lifespan or how he managed to live to so long, but I’m sure he conversation would go something like this:
“To what do you attribute your long life?”
“To the fact that I haven’t died yet.”
25 posted on
08/19/2007 7:03:16 AM PDT by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: tpaine
I was/am an avid fan. I remember when he developed an anurism in the brain and a "new" surgical technique was performed on him. He testified before a Congressional committee and waxed eloquent about the need to fund further research.
One of my friends in the National Space Society attended many SciFi conventions and asked for and received Heinlein's permission to tape the presentations. After Heinlein's death he contacted his wife Virginia and mentioned the taped sessions. Virginia said that Robert had not provided for the sessions being taped and thanked him profusely when he offered copies of the presentations.
32 posted on
08/19/2007 7:12:11 AM PDT by
Young Werther
(Jluius Caesar--Quae Cum Ita Sunt, (Since these things are so))
To: Rose in RoseBear; JenB
Heinlein ping...
To: tpaine
I’m re-reading “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress” right now. Great stuff.
39 posted on
08/19/2007 7:16:27 AM PDT by
dljordan
To: bentfeather; Professional Engineer
Pinging you both. I can’t remember which of you is the Heinlein fan. :^)
I credit Heinlein for helping my mush-filled college brain transform into an adult.
42 posted on
08/19/2007 7:25:38 AM PDT by
Samwise
(Official Fred Head)
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