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 Heinlein - Time for the stars 
#9235691 - 11/13/08 03:58 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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so far i've read stranger in a strange land, starship troopers, and time for the stars, and they've all been great in their own way. what an amazing author.
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Re: Heinlein - Time for the stars [Re: sleepy]
#9236320 - 11/13/08 08:33 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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His books seem permanently infused with old-fashioned values, IMO. A great writer but the personality of his characters tend to start sounding exactly the same after a while.
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Re: Heinlein - Time for the stars [Re: sleepy]
#9237038 - 11/13/08 11:44 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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I dont know... Ive read stranger and starship and wasnt much impressed with either. I appreciate the right wing nationalism in starship, but I just find the novels uninspiring.
Herbert, Clarke and Asimov is where it is at for me.
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Re: Heinlein - Time for the stars [Re: DieCommie]
#9237241 - 11/13/08 12:19 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Who's Herbert?
I similarly must vote for Clarke and Asimov. Bradbury occasionally, but he delves too much into fantasy land for my tastes.
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Re: Heinlein - Time for the stars [Re: deCypher]
#9237767 - 11/13/08 01:58 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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dune bored me to death, haven't read anything else by him. how could you not like Stranger? i..just...dont get it.... 
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Re: Heinlein - Time for the stars [Re: sleepy]
#9284639 - 11/21/08 10:20 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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I think I've read everything Heinlein ever wrote. One of the very best SF writers of all time.
Try "The Moon's a Harsh Mistress" next.
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Re: Heinlein - Time for the stars [Re: Phred]
#9735764 - 02/04/09 04:16 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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i'm sorry, but moon is boring me to hell. i just read one of his last books written (To Sail Beyond the Sunset), which might have been a mistake as its totally out of order
should i read them in order?
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Re: Heinlein - Time for the stars [Re: sleepy]
#9735788 - 02/04/09 04:21 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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oh, i almost forgot, i read orphans of the sky too, that one was great!
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Re: Heinlein - Time for the stars [Re: sleepy]
#9735800 - 02/04/09 04:23 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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I don't know what you mean about order. I also don't know if I can help you at all since you don't like Dune. But the Heinlein to read is Time Enough For Love. If you don't like that I cannot recommend anything. Maybe Samuel Delaney Dahlgren.
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Re: Heinlein - Time for the stars [Re: sleepy]
#9735812 - 02/04/09 04:26 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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oh i did forget (fucking benzos) i read methuselah's children too
edit: that should say "didn't read"
Edited by sleepy (02/04/09 04:28 PM)
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Re: Heinlein - Time for the stars [Re: zappaisgod]
#9735815 - 02/04/09 04:26 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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the order he wrote them in i meant
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Re: Heinlein - Time for the stars [Re: sleepy]
#9740524 - 02/05/09 11:44 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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You're reading all the wrong ones! Stranger is OK, but I've read most of his books and Starship is easily the weakest.
Best two, imho:
The Door into Summer
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
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Re: Heinlein - Time for the stars [Re: xdzt]
#10286216 - 05/04/09 07:06 PM (3 years, 22 days ago) |
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i've read probably 20 more of his books by now... soooooooooooooooo cool
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Re: Heinlein - Time for the stars [Re: sleepy]
#10286258 - 05/04/09 07:11 PM (3 years, 22 days ago) |
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variable star was awesome!
so was citizen of the galaxy.
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