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To: JenB
I agree conpletely...Heinlein far surpassed Clarke as far as classic sci fi is concerned. Some of Clarke is pure crap. He's got Kubrick to thank for popularizing his mass appeal.
72 posted on 01/07/2002 11:03:03 AM PST by eleni121
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To: eleni121
Heinlein far surpassed Clarke as far as classic sci fi is concerned

Maybe early on, but later ... yuck!

Heinlein's later novels demonstrated that: he had an obsession with breakfast; was rather intrigued with the idea of incest (e.g., Number of the Beast; that he had extreme difficulties putting together a rational plot line (e.g., Friday).

Personally, I think he was a pathetic person writing pathetic books. Most of his characters were so supremely superhuman that the can only reflect a despair over his own physical disabilities.

90 posted on 01/07/2002 12:31:12 PM PST by r9etb
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