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Really? More depth than Heinlein? Some of the best 'messages' I've ever encounted in a book I found in Heinlein. Ideas like doing your best because you should, even if other people are goofing off; putting the needs of others ahead of yourself; learning for its own sake; and that there are times when it's much better to be a dead hero than a live louse. Not to mention basic distances between planets, the name of Pluto's discoverer, why airplanes can't just fall on your head, and the irregular orbit of Pluto. Mind, I'd probably have learned these at some point anyway, but Heinlein's works exposed me to these ideas at the age of ten.

Oh, and his works interested me so much, I even went out, found an old slide rule, and learned how to use it for basic arithmatic. That's good writing for you.

Anybody here who has read Kilgore Trout can tell you that his books have MUCH MORE depth than any of Heinlein's books. My best advice is to suggest you read "Venus On The Half-Shell" and find out for yourself. I rank Trout even above Tolstoy.

Ah, to be back in college again, where humoristic and witty authors expand you knowledge and fill you punkin with idealistic drival. Kurt Vonnegut was a favorite of mine. "Slaughterhouse five" et al, enlightened my to the barbaric U.S.'s mauling of Dresden via fire bombing. The good old days went a war was a war. Ya, just cant get that kind of body counts like they used to. You know, back when the Democrats were a significant majority. When we were never told about the Kennedys and their mafia connections or the Democrats/Union and mafia connections. Staying ignorant simplifies the mind...makes ya feel better.