A box of Heinleiny goodness!
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I was an avid fan back about 22 years ago and read everything I could get my hands on from the library, also Dick, Vonnegut, Simak, Bradbury at the time, then went on to William Gibson and the like and kind of forgot about Heinlein until a discussion about Starship Troopers came up with the guy who built our gazebo when we were discussing Old man's war by John Scalzi[^] which it reminded him of when I described it (an excellent book and series I highly recommend them) and I realized it was high time I really get down to it, get every Heinlein novel and read them through again. I've got 28 coming in over the next week from here and there, but I'll still be short a few of the early stuff from the 40's to the 50's. Can't wait to sink my eyes into them. I never did see the movie Starship Troopers so I guess I didn't miss anything. Once you've read enough Heinlein and *get* what he's trying to do then stuff like Number of the Beast is definitely readable. I recall Stranger in a Strange Land being my favorite at the time, interesting to see if my tastes have changed or not after all these years.
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John Cardinal wrote:
Old man's war by John Scalzi
Very, very :cool:. I hope Scalzi gets off his butt and writes more, I'm going into withdrawal here...
John Cardinal wrote:
I never did see the movie Starship Troopers so I guess I didn't miss anything.
No you didn't. They turned it into a generic Hollywood CG-generated-monster shoot'em-up.
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I actually liked Number of the Beast. Friday is also a personal favorite. I haven't read a lot of Heinlien though. Flynn
If we can't corrupt the youth of today,
the adults of tomorrow will be no fun...The Number of the Beast was fun. I just don't think it was as good as some of his older stuff. Of the final books he wrote, I think Friday was the best.
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I think I've got everything he ever wrote. I'm quite the fan. My personal favorites: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Time Enough for Love Starship Troopers (before you ask, yes, the movie sucked) Friday Even the stuff from Heinlein that was, well, crap was readable and fun (I'm thinking The Number of the Beast and later here).
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The Number of the Beast was fun. I just don't think it was as good as some of his older stuff. Of the final books he wrote, I think Friday was the best.
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delete this;I agree - Friday is a great book, one of a very few that I can happily re-read time after time.
Matt
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I agree - Friday is a great book, one of a very few that I can happily re-read time after time.
Matt
Indeed. I went on a week-long bicycle tour back in June. Get up at 5:30, eat a huge stack of pancakes, ride 50-60 miles, set up camp, play tourist for a few hours, read* until dark, sleep, repeat. My idea of the perfect vacation. * This year I took a bunch of Heinleins with me. I reread The Past Through Tomorrow, Time Enough for Love, and a couple of his 'juvenile' novels (The Star Beast, Have Space Suit: Will Travel).
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The Number of the Beast was fun. I just don't think it was as good as some of his older stuff. Of the final books he wrote, I think Friday was the best.
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delete this;That might explain it then. I haven't read much of his stuff other than Number of the Beast and Friday, heh. Flynn
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If I was at a party and given a choice between budweiser and weasel piss I'd honestly think twice.
If i was at a party and given the choice between Bud and weasel piss, i'd really be wondering what the hell kind of party i was at...
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
Starship Troopers (before you ask, yes, the movie sucked)
There never has been a movie version of Starship Troopers.
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NICE! Funny enough I just finished "JOB: A Comedy of Justice", it was much better than I expected. Now, I plan on listening to the audio book version of "Time Enough for Love" that my wife gave me for my birthday this month.
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Indeed. I went on a week-long bicycle tour back in June. Get up at 5:30, eat a huge stack of pancakes, ride 50-60 miles, set up camp, play tourist for a few hours, read* until dark, sleep, repeat. My idea of the perfect vacation. * This year I took a bunch of Heinleins with me. I reread The Past Through Tomorrow, Time Enough for Love, and a couple of his 'juvenile' novels (The Star Beast, Have Space Suit: Will Travel).
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