Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-h Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:ab3 From: ab3@pucc-h (Darth Wombat) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Flaming at Heinlein Message-ID: <507@pucc-h> Date: Thu, 2-Feb-84 02:22:47 EST Article-I.D.: pucc-h.507 Posted: Thu Feb 2 02:22:47 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 00:31:09 EST Organization: Purdue University Computing Center Lines: 25 Well, so far the trend seems to be against the man; I'd like to disagree a bit with that. While I found "Number of the Beast" to be an argument in four movements, and thus rather tedious, and "The Fifth Column" rather simplistic, I think these mis-writings are the exception, not the rule. The "Future History" cycle (Lazarus Long & Co.) is certainly as entertaining and self-consistent as Niven's Known Space or Anderson's Polesotechnic Universe; and while Heinlein certainly injects generous portions of his own philosophy into his work, usually in the persona of the protagonist, who doesn't? It is difficult to like someone's work when their philosophy repels you, I suppose; I happen to like Heinlein's viewpoint, so I don't have the right reference point for that, though. I do think that a great deal of his work, especially "Stranger..." and "I Will Fear No Evil" will last. I haven't read "Friday" -- yet. -- "Go ahead...make my day." Darth Wombat { allegra, decvax, ihnp4, harpo, seismo, teklabs, ucbvax } !pur-ee!rsk