heinlein fans out there?

Pandora · 07-23-2004, 21:14

Any one own a copy of 'I Will Fear No Evil' willing to sell? All over Ebay, but I'd like to purchase from a true fan - only missing book in my collection.

I am admittedly biased. Heinlein's staunch support of the military, apt assessment of government and religious parties and their agendas, plus the basic understanding of common-sense of the sort you might wish to smack others for lacking always makes for a good read.

If he was still alive, I think RAH would love PS.

07-24-2004, 06:22

I've got a copy, but I am damn well not going to sell it. Currently rereading "Requiem" and loaned my PJ neighbor "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress". RAH is my favorite author, bar none.

Pandora · 07-24-2004, 07:03

I agree. I've been crating this collection around since I was a kid. Never have been able to pick a favourite.

**The Reaper** · 07-24-2004, 09:19

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Originally posted by Greenhat
I've got a copy, but I am damn well not going to sell it. Currently rereading "Requiem" and loaned my PJ neighbor "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress". RAH is my favorite author, bar none.

Concur. I must have bought and loaned out a dozen copies of "Starship Troopers" over the years.

The movie sucked.

TR

lrd · 07-24-2004, 09:26

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Originally posted by Greenhat
I've got a copy, but I am damn well not going to sell it. Currently rereading "Requiem" and loaned my PJ neighbor "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress". RAH is my favorite author, bar none.

We've got a copy, too. No way are we selling. Sorry.

Slick · 07-24-2004, 11:15

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Originally posted by The Reaper
Concur. I must have bought and loaned out a dozen copies of "Starship Troopers" over the years.

The movie sucked.

TR

Starship Troopers *Rocks* I'm probably reading the book for the 6th time in the past 3 years (I rarely read a book more than once). It is such a good book that I'm using it for my senior thesis on Civil Service. I love all of heinlein's books. One of my other favorites is the moon is a harsh mistress.
I had to toss in my .02 cents.

lrd · 07-24-2004, 16:44

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Originally posted by Slick
Starship Troopers *Rocks* I'm probably reading the book for the 6th time in the past 3 years (I rarely read a book more than once). It is such a good book that I'm using it for my senior thesis on Civil Service. I love all of heinlein's books. One of my other favorites is the moon is a harsh mistress.
I had to toss in my .02 cents.

I just packed up a hardcover Starship Troopers that my husband bought when it first came out. It's trained five boys and three girls, and is waiting for the next round.

Pandora · 07-24-2004, 18:15

If I still had my copy, I wouldn't part with it again either.

Love Starship Troopers, others in my top selections would be'Time Enough For Love' or 'The Past Through Tomorrow'

Never have understood the hoopla over Stranger in a Strange Land - least favourite of all RAH.

Informal poll: older works or works before he passed away?

I vote older works.

**Team Sergeant** · 07-24-2004, 18:25

I would say I read almost every book Heinlein wrote by the time I was 15 years old.

IMO he was one of the greatest writers to ever place pen to paper.

Team Sergeant

(“Friday” was my favorite.)

07-24-2004, 19:02

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Originally posted by Pandora
If I still had my copy, I wouldn't part with it again either.

Love Starship Troopers, others in my top selections would be'Time Enough For Love' or 'The Past Through Tomorrow'

Never have understood the hoopla over Stranger in a Strange Land - least favourite of all RAH.

Informal poll: older works or works before he passed away?

I vote older works.

All of them. The difference is about what he could get away with writing. Before he passed away, anything with his name would sell, so he had the opportunity to write things like "To Sail Beyond the Sunset" that editors would not have bought earlier in his career. I think his greatest works "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", "Farnham's Freehold", "Starship Troopers", "The Green Hills of Earth" are earlier works, but as a body of work, I think the later stuff is stronger (no "Have Spacesuit will Travel" or "Podkayne of Mars").

Pandora · 07-24-2004, 20:03

Puddin'!

Excellent perspective and I concur on 'To Sail Beyond the Sunset'. RAH often had a very strong sentimental streak on display in his Lazarus stories, but Mama Maureen's tale (tail?) was a bit over wrought. Still, as one of his last commercial successes, he tied up a lot of loose ends.

I do have a soft spot for 'Job: A Comedy of Justice' and the circle of orobourus. (sp?) And they came down from Valhalla...

JGarcia · 07-25-2004, 10:21

Try a book called Falkenbergs Legion

Slick · 07-25-2004, 10:25

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Originally posted by NG_M4_Shooter
Try a book called Falkenbergs Legion

I've read it, Excellant book! It is similar to Starship Troopers except Mercs.

**Kyobanim** · 07-26-2004, 07:25

Heinlein was an excellent author. I tend to prefer his earlier works.

All the Faulkenberg stuff by J. Pournelle is excellent reading. The whole timeline he created offers good stories.

**The Reaper** · 07-26-2004, 08:19

Pournelle and Niven are great authors as well, though some of there stuff borders on pulp fiction.

Loved "The Mote in God's Eye" and the rest of that series, "The Ringworld" trilogy, "The Jannisaries" series, "Lucifer's Hammer", "Falkenberg's Legion", the "There Will Be War" collections, and the "Man-Kzin Wars" series.

TR