[tpaine]

" -- 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. --"

[ontap]

Ideologies aside, Great author!

[Fzob]

BFL

[vladimir998]

Anyone into Heinlein might want to check out the two or three of his novels made into audio plays (for lack of a better word) by Full Cast Audio Family. Excellent!

http://www.fullcastaudio.com/tek9.asp?pg=products&specific=jnqmkme8

[Professional Engineer]

bttt

[Yardstick]

*Bump*

[AntiKev]

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.

[chasio649]

I follow the old saying “I don’t want to be a memeber of a club that would actually accept me”

;)

[Pablo64]

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).

[NonValueAdded]

interesting

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting. Interesting.

[Dems_R_Losers]

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.

[CPOSharky]

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.

[devane617]

May not be an exact quote, but close...

"— Humans are not defined by the gifts they posses, but by the virtues they lack."

[sauropod]

review

[bill1952]

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.”

[Young Werther]

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.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Heinlein ping...

[dljordan]

I’m re-reading “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress” right now. Great stuff.

[Samwise]

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.