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Thanks for the post. This has has been very enjoyable reading. I am a lifelong sci-fi fan and collector.

I have always been amazed at the junk put out by movie makers when there is so much good material available in literature. It is a shame that most people never get further than TV and movie exposure to sci-fi. My parents used to think science fiction was giant spiders and creatures spawned from the atomic age. Well, that was the 50's for you. The TV series in the early 60's, "The Outer Limits" came close a few times to some great fiction...used to be rivited to that show!

While Heinlein is not my favorite author, he is certainly right up there. He might well have been the most influential in getting me into science fiction at a young age. He had a way of making it all seem so real. I do have most of his works in paperback.....along with my other 1200 or so....lol

His early works are, by far, the best, IMO. They are well structured and very enjoyable reading. I think his writing got stranger as the years went by.

Just went over and counted 29 of his works on my shelf. Think I will dust them off and re-read a few!

"Just went over and counted 29 of his works on my shelf. Think I will dust them off and re-read a few! "

What's your take on "Farnham's Freehold"? It really spooked me when I read it at the tender age of 10.