[Pablo64]

I share your opinion of RAH. I have enjoyed Asimov as well (just got my wife to read his Foundation trilogy). Both are giants in the genre, but I have to say, for strictly sci-fi (not sci-fi/fantasy) Heinlein is still my favorite. The first book of his that I read was Glory Road and I've been hooked ever since.

An author that my wife and I have grown to love in the fantasy realms is Terry Goodkind. His Sword of Truth series has been excellent and we are looking forward to the release of the final book later this year (release originally scheduled for early '08, but has been moved up). The scope of this story has been incredible, the social commentary thought provoking (his message all but screams out loud "Commie Libs Suck!). Anyone who enjoys Heinlein and also has a taste for the fantasy stories should check out Terry Goodkind.

[Bender2]

Ya know, just about every Heinlein thread I ever saw on FR ended up with several hundred posts...

Gad, I miss him!

I used to write... That is typewritten letters stamped and mailed to Heinlein’s publishers and Agent, Lurton Blassingame, back in the 1960s & 70s asking for news on when his next work would be out...

I can remember waiting out the months before one was to be published!

Gadzooks, the hair on the back of my neck just stood up...

You know, this getting old biz sucks! It is no job for a sissy nor a young whippersnapper...

But, guess, I'll stick it out a while longer.

[patton]

Goodkind is a West point grad, and suffers from ADD.

Hell of a writer.