Currently reading "For US, The Living" Heilein's "first novel" (written
in ~1938; rejected twice in 1939 and shelved) basically a thin narrative
stringing together several lectures he gave on economics, social mores
and life in the future (2086).
Pretty good. A little wacky. A little frightening that he predicted the
death of FDR (plane crash in 1945) and an attack on Manhattan that
levelled the island (set for 2003 during the ABC War). I thought at
first that he had maybe gone back and tweaked later, but then I tought
if he did, why didn't he go ahead and write WWII into the story or Cuba
or Vietnam?
Most notable is the fact that you can see the seeds for most of his
future writings.
I recommend it.
will
Jim Campbell wrote:
> I'm reading the unexpurgated "Stranger in a Strange Land" again - love
> that book.
>
> - Jim
>
> William H Bowen wrote:
>
> >Ender's Game
> >Speaker for the Dead
> >Starship Troopers
> >Star Rangers
> >
> >All have something or another to do with Human dealings with Space
> >Aliens...space travel...
> >
> >but I guess we have to start somewhere.
> >
> >will
> >
> >John Stanley wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>I havent seen a thread on this list about this topic in a while, and in
> >>light of the upcoming Bush speech on a permanent Moon base as well as a
> >>manned mission to Mars.
> >>
> >>
> >>I think we should colonize space. It's a good idea for our species as a
> >>whole. Maybe, eventually it will relieve some of the pressures we are
> >>inflicting on the earth, although I have a sneaking suspicion that there
> >>wouldnt really be a huge push to do this until we were as a species
> >>strapped
> >>for recources here on Terra Firma.
> >>
> >>
> >>Also, hopefully another space race with lofty will push technology
> forward
> >>again, maybe even help us figuire out fusion power.
> >>
> >>
> >>I happen to think that civilizations should have at least one great
> >>project
> >>that they are working on. Okay, maybe that is from too many months
> playing
> >>the Civ games but it seems to make sense. They spark techology
> >>advances, and
> >>employ vast amounts of people.
> >>
> >>
> >>So what do you guys think?
> >>
> >>
> >>Plus, we may one day have ray guns!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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