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| 488.1 | | SPMFG1::CHARBONND | | Fri Jun 12 1987 10:32 | 1 |
| Waldenbooks tonite for me !
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| 488.2 | "To Sail Beyond The Sunset" | SPMFG1::CHARBONND | | Mon Jun 15 1987 13:10 | 19 |
| (I'M ABOUT 2/3 THROUGH)
Maureen Johnson (Smith Long) wakes up in bed with a cat
and a man. The cat is Pixel. The man is a stranger, and
dead. This, she thinks, is not a good way to start the day.
She sets about adjusting to the world she is in, one strange
to her. She is thrown in jail, and convicted of sacrilege.
( I didn't think anyone in San Francisco would be shocked
when I mentioned that the evidence at hand seems to indicate
that Jesus was gay.) In her cell, she recounts her life, to
help understand how she ended up in this predicament.
This book is semi-autobiographical, in that Maureen was born
in 1882 in Missouri. Heinlein was born there in 1907. It is
an exploration into attitudes on every subject, from politics
to sex (especially sex). The plot takes up relatively little
of the book, but the insights into America at that time are
well worth the price of admission.
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| 488.3 | WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF HEINLEINS ... IT'S NO BIG DEAL | USMRW2::KSHERMAN | | Tue Jul 07 1987 16:29 | 8 |
| He peaked with Tunnel in the Sky. Since then it's been downhill,
to the point that he just writes books about frustrated middle-aged
men who wish they'd not missed the sexual revolution.
We're talking major league BORING.
KBS
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| 488.4 | good grief !! | MUNDIS::CHISHOLM | | Wed Jul 22 1987 08:42 | 5 |
| C'mon - you cannot be serious... this is a great series of books,
with some of the best dialogue in SF, if its so boring how come
you stick with them ? Stick to the Little League.
D.C.
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| 488.5 | | ARMORY::CHARBONND | Noto, Ergo Sum | Wed Jul 22 1987 10:08 | 6 |
| RE .3 Don't know about you, but I could spend a long time
sitting at the feet of Lazarus Long as he reminisces.
All of Heinleins' later works are meant to be more than
entertainment. They add up to a long love poem written to
a special lady - Mrs. Heinlein. Think about it.
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| 488.6 | | REGENT::POWERS | | Wed Jul 22 1987 11:15 | 12 |
| > -< WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF HEINLEINS ... IT'S NO BIG DEAL >-
> We're talking major league BORING.
No doubt, I concur entirely.
Heinlein WAS a great, groundbreaking author, but he's written his last
book about six times. I read Friday and Job, and an excerpt from Number
of the Beast, and what I hear about the others (Cat, etc.) does not
sway me from this view. It's sad, but he should have stopped MUCH closer
to his peak.
- tom]
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| 488.7 | It's sad Heinlein can't do better than this. | ICEMAN::RUDMAN | An ex-Fortean phenomena. | Fri Jul 24 1987 11:21 | 17 |
| I read the dust jacket blurb. When I realized he was bringing
back the Fantasyland characters I put it back. "Great Writing"
is fine if you do something with it. (SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY
COMES springs to mind.)
Maybe if all the "loose ends" are tied up he'll attempt something
more in keeping with his rep.
If someone wishes to extract any of Lazarus Long's homey little
quotes found in the book & post them here I'd read them.
Tell me: did Friday complete her assignment?
Don
P.S. Robert Browning wrote about his love for his wife, also.
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| 488.8 | Robert A. Heinlein the best(or not) | BREW11::MARTIN | | Thu Dec 07 1989 10:29 | 9 |
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All i can say is i find Heinlein a most amazing author i have read
most of his book enjoying most of all Space Cadet,Starman Jones
and The Man Who Sold The Moon. I am interested to hear the views
of anyone else on the above books please reply quickly though i
won't be here for long.
Kane Martin (a new name eh! totally British)
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