Heinlein part 2

[morwen]

OK, so what Heinlein book should I read next? :)

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[rowan-leigh.livejournal.com]

I always liked Friday and To Sail Beyond the Sunset but Stranger in a Strange Land is a classic. :)

[fluffymormegil.livejournal.com]

Glory Road.

[reddragdiva]

None of them. HTH!

You coming to London on Saturday?

[dargit.livejournal.com]

Depends on what you are interested in. He wrote several of the best time travel stories ever written. By his bootstraps and All you zombies. Definitely worth reading. Destination moon is classic and was made into one of the best (for its time) movies. Podkyane of Mars is definitely one of his most "Liberatarian" books and is well set off by reading Stranger in a Strange land. I think reading these two books back-to-back would be highly entertaining.

[dargit.livejournal.com]

duh I was thinking of "Moon is a harsh mistress". But I guess there is an element of this in Podkyane. Actually, there were two versions of Podkyane made, the publishers insisted the ending be re-written to give it a happy ending instead of killing off Podkyane.

I will Feat No Evil

[elseware.livejournal.com]

For the love of god, read "I will fear no evil".

I've not read it in about 15 years but it was the first.

And I'm amazed I didn't suggest you read it a long time ago. I think I meant to give you a copy and forgot.

Don't bother reading the back cover, it'll probably give away too much. Just read it with zero spoilers.

Although "Friday" is my favorite.

Heinlein to read and avoid

[nmg.livejournal.com]

Heinlein to read: the short stories in the Future History collections (The Man Who Sold the Moon is a good place to start, followed by The Green Hills of Earth and Revolt in 2100); The Door into Summer (SF timetravelling romance at its best); Starship Troopers; The Moon is a Harsh Mistress; any of the juveniles, since they're possibly the best stuff he wrote (The Rolling Stones and Have Spacesuit - Will Travel are especially good, as is Between Planets).

Heinlein to avoid: Farnham's Freehold (to quote Dorothy Parker: this is not a book to tossed aside lightly - it should be thrown with great force); Stranger in a Strange Land (overrated); anything written after 1970.