Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!rlgvax!tom From: tom@rlgvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.columbia,net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Let's make a place for Robert Heinlein on the Space Shuttle Message-ID: <684@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Jun-83 16:33:19 EDT Article-I.D.: rlgvax.684 Posted: Tue Jun 21 16:33:19 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jun-83 11:04:19 EDT Organization: RLG Corp., Reston, VA Lines: 19 References: uwvax.934 <1883@watarts.UUCP> WHAT! Put Lucas in the same category (much less the same shuttle) as Heinlein and Clarke! No way! The Star Wars saga may be entertaining, exciting, and cute, but they are no justification for honoring the man in such a way. I thought the original proposals for Heinlein and Clarke were based on their attempts at serious scientific fiction and their abilities to postulate reasonable scientific achievments of the future and their consequences. I thoroughly enjoyed Star Wars, but Ewoks, ineffective blasters (and armor), crash-happy vehicles, magical Forces, some nice asteroid shots, and good-guys versus bad-guys plots just don't make the grade. If we must round out a trilogy, I say we exhume the body of Jules Verne, and give him the ride. Perhaps a burial in space ... - Tom Beres {seismo, allegra, mcnc}!rlgvax!tom