In one of his stories, Heinlein had a throw-away mention of two characters eating a meal, and one says he will order from the right side of the menu (the no calorie side). Heinlein anticipated a day when food could be made with "left-handed" sugars and fats that taste the same, but have zero calories, because the body doesn't digest them.
This has proven to be a very tough nut to crack, but it seems we are approaching that day, and it will be a day when overweight people the world over will rejoice, for they will finally be able to eat a lot, with no weight gain. Heinlein was very much like his character in The Door Into Summer who travels "back to the future" after having returned to the past (long story!). He has seen his own future and knows what it holds, and he merely has to "re-create" what he knows is coming. So many of Heinlein's predictions have come true that I wonder if he wasn't the first time traveler! And did you know he invented the waterbed in 1940? Bruce On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Craig Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The blood drive didn't have posters in the sense that there were scads of > them -- or any of them -- printed up. They were done by a couple of > artists > I knew, all one-off, and posted around the convention at which the blood > drive was taking place (the 1976 Westercon in Los Angeles). We'd also > announced it in the convention's publications prior to the event. Later > that year, the World Science Fiction Convention, held that year in Kansas > City with RAH as Guest of Honor, hosted another one. And they've since > spread. > > Craig. > > > > > At 04:22 PM 8/21/2008, Ari Richards wrote: > >> Thats great, >> >> RAH politics never REALLY sit right with me, but I "get" where he is >> coming from. In a certain case his writing did sway me. >> >> regarding the blood drive, as a fan I knew/know where it comes from EXCEPT >> a mopo member was responsible. WOW! >> >> Thats GREAT Craig and to get back ON tpoic, if you have any of the first >> BLOOD DRIVE posters for sale LMK. >> >> Ari >> >> --- On Fri, 22/8/08, Craig Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > From: Craig Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT Heinlein et al >> > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >> > Received: Friday, 22 August, 2008, 2:06 AM >> > At 08:31 PM 8/20/2008, Bruce Hershenson wrote: >> > >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! >> > >> > Heinlein was pretty amazing, both as a writer and as a >> > person. I met him >> > several times in the mid-'70s and '80s. And we >> > corresponded a bit as well. >> > After a blood transfusion which he felt saved his life, at >> > his request, I >> > organized the first "Heinlein Blood Drive" at a >> > science fiction convention in >> > 1976. Since then, they've become standard events at >> > science fiction >> > conventions all over the US, though by now most of them are >> > just "blood >> > drives" with people having no memory that they were >> > inspired by Heinlein. >> > "Have Spacesuit, Will Travel", one of his >> > "juveniles", was the first science >> > fiction book I ever read. >> > >> > A fond memory of him I have is, one time, over a very tasty >> > dinner, the >> > awful subject of food being fattening came up. I glibly >> > commented that >> > "calories are what they put into food to make it taste >> > good". Heinlein stared >> > at me for a second, stood up, and shook my hand. >> > >> > Politics, however, was one subject we stayed away from >> > discussing. >> > >> > Craig. >> > >> > >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > Craig Miller Wolfmill Entertainment >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > >> > 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. 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