I think I remember your daughter is a teen. I have a 15 year old son and a 13 year old son, and I have been trying to get either of them to read just ONE Heinlein, but of course, since I want them to do it, they refuse! But I got my 15 year old to finally read 1984, and he loved it, so maybe there is hope.
For me, THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS is Heinlein's very best, followed by METHUSELAH'S CHILDREN (although it is close between the top ten!). I also really liked his "juveniles", even if they ARE a tad juvenile and I should try to get my sons on one of those first. Bruce On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Ari Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > My Dad was a Heinlein fan, and he had a shelf full, I borrowed THE MOON IS > A HARSH MISTRESS one day as a kid and sat down and didnt stop 'til I had > finished, first SF book I ever read. I read all he had straight away, then > was hooked. > > I like Asmimov a lot myself, his robot books are superb. > > But Heinlein is the grandmaster. > > My pride and joy is a Hard cover 1st edition (genuine) of STRANGER IN A > STRANGE LAND, sans dustjacket, but i dont care, cost me $8 > > In fact I made a deal with my daughter this week, she reads SIASL and Ill > play some computer game she loves, she started and said AWW ITS ABOUT MARS > and MARTIANS!!?? I said, nope! its about EARTH and HUMANS, > > I read his books over and over, and buy whenever i see them, Glory road for > some reason i have about 8 copies of, i see it for 20c and cant walk past. > > Ari > > > > --- On Thu, 21/8/08, Bruce Hershenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Bruce Hershenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [MOPO] More eBay Frustrations... > > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > > Received: Thursday, 21 August, 2008, 12:06 PM > > Non-Heinlein fans can't understand the fanatical > > devotion of his fans! > > > > When I was 11 I was given an Isaac Asimov book, and loved > > it and read all > > his sci-fi. I was telling an older friend about how much I > > liked Asimov, and > > he said, "well Heinlein blows him away" and I > > didn't believe him, but I got > > "The Door into Summer" and I was hooked. > > > > At one time when I was a major comic book dealer I tried to > > get every > > Heinlein book in its first hardcover edition in dustjacket, > > and also every > > first pulp appearance of his books (serialized) and I got > > around two-thirds > > of them, and then one day I quit comics and stupidly sold > > everything > > including my beloved Heinleins! > > > > Maybe someday I will try to get them back. > > > > Once in the late 1970s, I actually wrote Heinlein a fan > > letter, asking about > > some apparent contradictions in his "Future > > History" series. To my amazement > > I got back a handwritten letter from Mrs Heinlein, saying > > that they were > > written over many years, and that I should be forgiving of > > some little > > errors here and there and besides the books weren't > > "real" anyway! > > If there was ONE person in history I would have liked to > > talked to at > > length, it is RAH. He made more correct predictions about > > the future than > > Nostradamus and Da Vinci combined! > > > > Bruce > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Ari Richards > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Strangely or not, since we both love posters and > > films, Heinlein is one of > > > my idols also...... > > > > > > one of my favourite quotes is from the first Heinlein > > I ever read: MOON IS > > > A HARSH MISTRESS.... > > > > > > I will accept the rules that you feel necessary to > > your freedom. I am free, > > > no matter what rules surround me. If I find them > > tolerable, I tolerate them; > > > if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free > > because I know that I > > > alone am morally responsible for everything I do. > > > > > > > > > GROK IT? > > > > > > Ari > > > > > > > > > --- On Thu, 21/8/08, Bruce Hershenson > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > From: Bruce Hershenson > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: Re: [MOPO] More eBay Frustrations... > > > > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > > > > Received: Thursday, 21 August, 2008, 10:47 AM > > > > The AP ruined my BIG surprise. I am moving to > > tiny West > > > > Plains, Mississippi. > > > > It is so tiny you can't even find it on any > > maps! > > > > > > > > It is stuff like this that makes you doubt just > > about > > > > anything you read. One > > > > of my idols, Robert A. Heinlein, wrote once late > > in his > > > > life that over the > > > > years he had been interviewed dozens (or > > hundreds) of times > > > > for articles on > > > > all sorts of things, and that EVERY time the end > > articles > > > > had serious > > > > mis-statements of fact. When I first read that, I > > thought > > > > he HAD to be > > > > exaggerating, but over the past 40 years I too > > have been > > > > interviewed dozens > > > > of times for articles on all sorts of things (I > > am one of > > > > the very few > > > > non-celebrities to be profiled (with pictures) in > > the > > > > National Inquirer > > > > three different times!), and I can fully state > > that EVERY > > > > time the end > > > > articles had serious mis-statements of fact (like > > me being > > > > from West Plains, > > > > Miss). > > > > > > > > Bruce > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Scott Burns > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > AP story out today about eBay. Our > > > > prolific-poster-seller Bruce H is quoted > > > > > 11 paragraphs from the bottom. Here's > > the link: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080820/D92M1T580.html > > > > > > > > > > The article says he's in West Plains, > > Miss. > > > > Doesn't that abbreviation > > > > > indicate Mississippi? > > > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > > MoPo List Owner > > > > > > > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site > > at > > > > www.filmfan.com > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > > > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the > > MoPo Mailing > > > > List > > > > > > > > > > Send a message addressed to: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > In the BODY of your message type: > > SIGNOFF > > > > MOPO-L > > > > > > > > > > The author of this message is solely > > responsible > > > > for its content. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > > > > www.filmfan.com > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo > > Mailing List > > > > > > > > Send a message addressed to: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > In the BODY of your message type: > > SIGNOFF > > > > MOPO-L > > > > > > > > The author of this message is solely > > responsible for > > > > its content. > > > > > > > > > Win a MacBook Air or iPod touch with Yahoo!7. > > > http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset > > > > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > > www.filmfan.com > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > > > Send a message addressed to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > > MOPO-L > > > > The author of this message is solely responsible for > > its content. > > > Win a MacBook Air or iPod touch with Yahoo!7. > http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
