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[morwen]

back in Lesta now.

have discovered that USB cablemodems tend to work better if you plug them into the machine you are actually trying to use them in. introduced secretlondon to sudoku and strangely whilst explaining it got better at it.

read most of Stranger in a Strange Land now. this is probably the least-well-ageing science fiction book i've ever read, due not to any technical advances or anachronisms or suchforth, but to the pervading misogyny in the work. you can tell stuff changed a lot between 1961 and 1966.

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[landvaettir.livejournal.com]

All Heinlein's work is misogynistic and fascist. Does not necessarily mean it is without value. For example, he held the opinion that the draft should never exist. If the country is not great enough people are willing to die for it, it should not be defended. Valid point, there.

His misogyny is less defensible. In his worldview, reflected in his writing, women were adjuncts, helpmeets, and reflections of men. But can we really blame him for holding the views of his period?

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

Quite, hence me continuing to read it. I do notice a difference between Stranger and the other one I've read of his, the Moon is a Harsh Mistress - I didn't get this reaction from that. I shall have to re-read and compare.