Heinlein beat people over the head with his politics too, but he simply repeated a point in different conversations within a story, and his writing flowed naturally.
Lester Del Ray as well.
Politics can work well in a story but it isn’t a substitute for good writing.
If your writing is really, really bad you will have to found your own religion to create readers for it.
Heinlein was a genius, he didn’t beat people over the head. He simply showed them the frivolity of their beliefs. Same as Ayn Rand only not as artfully written as Heinlein. Let us all now share water.
I agree. Starship Troopers is the one I remember with the most, what would you say, verbiage? It was a good book though.
Lester Del Ray as well.
I didn't even know who this was until looked him up in Wiki. I've read a couple of his books and never even realized what Del Rey books was.
If your writing is really, really bad you will have to found your own religion to create readers for it.
I've never read LR's books so I don't know how bad he wrote but you hit the nail on the head.