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Robert Heinlein

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  • 12-07-2004 2:06pm
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    Gavin
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    Anyone read many of his books ?
    Read Starship Troopers for a laugh last week and actually found it rather good. Started reading citizen of the Universe ( I think that's the title) last night and it seems quite decent.

    The trick with a lot of sci-fi writing seems to ensure that the sci-fi part of the story really is secondary. That is, create a normal story involving ordinary social interactions and then later turn these people into aliens and set it in space..

    Gav


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    Krusty_Clown
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    I read dozens of his books growing up (anything and everything he wrote that was stocked in my local public library)..

    He's fondly remembered as the 'dean' or 'grand-master' of science-fiction, and is the reason I spend so much money on science-fiction novels..

    Here's a list of his works, and here's a nice bio.


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    Schwarzfahren
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    I read "Stranger in a Strange Land" a few years ago on the recommendation of a friend - I wasn't impressed though.


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