Attention SF geeks

[kengr]

(mostly old time fans will get this)

Ok which one is supposed to be Delos D. Harriman? Jeff Bezos or Richard Branson?

Comments

[chanter1944]

Aha. That explains it; I was put off Heinlein by Starship Troopers. For all I know, Trek's Harriman is a nod to Heinlein's.

[kengr]

Well, you might like some of Heinlein's earlier stuff. Some folks draw the line at Starship Troopers, others draw it later (I Will Fear No Evil is what I peg as the low point).

The Juveniles and the older Future History stuff are generally considered to be halfway decent if not great. And many of the short stories are excellent.

Though a lot of people don't realize that the shorts they are objecting to are not "the same old idea" but the *first* stories to use those ideas. For example All You Zombies and By His Bootstraps are the source of those particular time-travel ideas.

[acelightning73]

Most people I've discussed Heinlein with lost it at Podkayne of Mars

[acelightning73]

Go read Time Enough For Love Or even Stranger in a Strange Land. Or even Have Space-Suit - Will Travel.