[Cainehill]

Originally posted by Arryn:

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Originally posted by LintMan:
Norfleet, are you a R.A. Heinlein fan by any chance? If you haven't read any of his SF, you might want to check him out.

Speaking for myself, and not Norfy, I'm a big fan of the type of society expoused by RAH in Starship Troopers (the book, not the crappy movie). Citizen is a privilege, not a right, and must be earned. Citizenship has obligations.

EDIT: I also have almost all his books. Started reading him around 1966.

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Which ... makes you a big Heinlein fan, I would say? Myself, I thought some of his books were great - Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Stranger in a Strange Land especially; others were enjoyable diVersions (Glory Road, Have Spacesuit, Will Travel, Starship Troopers), and others were okay, with some interesting good facets. Some very good short stories as well (The Interesting Case of Mr Johnathan Hoag or some such).

His concepts of citizenship, personal responsibility being more important than laws, etc, were always a refreshing ongoing refrain throughout his works.

Towards the end, though, I thought his work was ... tripe. Pushed out en masse to pay bills or provide for his kids, or simply the product of dementia - who knows?