[redrock]

I carried with me thru 2 tours in Vietnam a paperback copy of "Starship Troopers"

I still have it......

redrock

[society-by-contract]

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."

from Time Enough For Love, © 1973 Robert A. Heinlein

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress does a wonderful job of illustrating what Heinlein calls rational anarchy complete with a society where competition of law and security are not monopolized by the state. ...and cheers to you el Neil -

[strider44]

I carried with me thru 2 tours in Vietnam a paperback copy of "Starship Troopers"
I still have it......

redrock

F*ckin A bubba. My all-time favorite book. It was required reading on the Marine Corp ROTC List at Norwich University 1988 - 1992.

[Junior]

Thought you might like this.

[Professional Engineer]

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[Billthedrill]

The protagonist's big sister, a tough Marine, gives him her favorite fighting knife to carry as a spare, a gift both practical and sentimental.

The name of the knife was "Lady MacBeth." I read that book when I was 14. I am 52 now. I have not re-read it since.

Anyone who can make an impression like that is a writer.

It may amuse some to learn that in the original version of Podkayne of Mars, Poddy dies saving the little creature, and the last chapter is written by her little brother, playing with the creature and trying to make sense of it all. The publisher sent it back complaining it was too intense for a youth market. The original ending is to be found in Grumbles from the Grave, and yes, it is very, very intense. It's also a better ending, IMHO.

[VermiciousKnid]

My favorite author, no holds barred. I wish he were alive today, just to see what he'd have to say about our current events. I do believe his death was the only "celebrity" death that ever caused me to weep.

There is no way I could tell you which of his novels is my favorite, but I will say this:

"Time Enough For Love" is worth reading if only for the "Notebook" sections of (now) famous quotations and for "The Tale of the Adopted Daughter," which makes me cry even now, lo these many years later.

Regards,

[muir_redwoods]

He was a great writer but "Time Enough for Love" sucked out loud, IMHO. Way too long and boring

[NMC EXP]

She [Rand] gave Libertarianism a philosophical discipline to serve as its brain and backbone. What Heinlein gave it, no less vital if we're to effect the changes we aspire to, was heart and guts.

Thanks for posting this.

[longtermmemmory]

There has been one piece of advice that has helped me with great profit and any number of crisis.

It has resulted in a power that has taught the results of power carry responsibility.


The advise: "Rub her feet"

ahh how knowledge truly IS power.

[Positive]

BTTT for later read.

[nanomid]

This particular author is an ass.

[razorback-bert]

It is past time to send a bottle of sea water to the moon.

[risk]

Some quotes I like that are widely attributed to LL: Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind, it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate, and quickly. And a variation on Hanlon's razor: Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. --Lazarus Long

[Old Professer]

Famous men should always wear tightly-tailored frocks.

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[hocndoc]

I believe that God knows and answers our prayers before we ask them. I have prayed for years that Robert Heinlein came to know God and was saved before he died. I'd sure like to meet him someday.

I'm about as fundamentalist as you can find, although some Baptist and Church of Christ members might not agree with me. But, I learned some truths from this man.

I do think his idea of the perfect woman was frozen at about the 14 year old boy stage. But, I could probably get along with most of his male and female protagonists, at least before "Job." From what I've read, they'd accept me and my expressions of my beliefs.

[Little Ray]

Nice article, but poor Neil is STILL off his meds...

[Centurion2000]

I carried with me thru 2 tours in Vietnam a paperback copy of "Starship Troopers"

That has always been the first book I bought whenever something happened to my old copy.

[Centurion2000]

I carried with me thru 2 tours in Vietnam a paperback copy of "Starship Troopers"

That has always been the first book I bought whenever something happened to my old copy.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I carried with me thru 2 tours in Vietnam a paperback copy of "Starship Troopers"

My copy is threadbare and disintegrating. I have purchased a new one and will be reading it again this Summer.