Subject: Re: possible Salinger appearance
From: Myron (mws4c@faraday.clas.virginia.edu)
Date: Mon Jun 23 1997 - 09:27:16 GMT
On Sun, 22 Jun 1997 Matthew_Stevenson@BAYLOR.EDU wrote:
> i like heinlein in general when i want something fun to read and not
> think too hard, but _stranger from a strange land_ had real meat and one
> of his short stories about a revolution in an asteroid belt raised
> really good questions about war, individual rights, and the effect of
> point of view on a situation. i wish i could remember the name, but i
> haven't read the story in years.--matt
>
i thoght that stranger in a strange land was an intersting philosophy, but
heinlein's awfully long-winded. i'd recommend the edited version, and if
you're a real fanatic, the unexpurgated text afterwards. a question for
everyone who has read it: what do you think of the feasibility of the
concept of waterbrotherhood?
-myron
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