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From: rickc@iddic.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Heinlein and an oldie but goodie
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Date: Thu, 8-Mar-84 10:43:07 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar  8 10:43:07 1984
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Good to see the defenses of Heinlein and Friday.  I enjoyed Friday, and my
wife who rarely reads sf also read and enjoyed it.  Heinlein is no god, but
he can write a very readable yarn.

On to other matters... with all the discussion on the net of favorite and
famous authors, I am surprised that Olaf Stapeldon has never been mentioned.
His books Odd John (1935) and Sirius (1944) are readable and philosophically
interesting.  Together with his other books (Last and First Men (1930), Last
Men in London (1932), and Star Maker (1937), all of which are less accesible
than the first two) his work touches on almost all modern science fiction
themes, from interplanetary travel to genetic engineering.  If you're looking
for sf with a different slant (heavily philosopical), or are interested in
the history of sf, look into these books.  Odd John and Sirius are available
in one volume from Dover books, and the others are availble from Penguin.



						Rick Coates
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