Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cornell.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!ddw From: ddw@cornell.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Heinlein's Works Message-ID: <4713@cornell.UUCP> Date: Sun, 26-Jun-83 14:52:40 EDT Article-I.D.: cornell.4713 Posted: Sun Jun 26 14:52:40 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 27-Jun-83 06:06:28 EDT Sender: ddw@cornell.UUCP Organization: Cornell Computer Science Lines: 17 From: ddw (David Wright) To: net-sf-lovers What is this with people and "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress?" The book is far from Heinlein's best and has major flaws (for a more thorough discussion than I am prepared to give here, see A. Panshin's discussion of TMiaHM in \his/ book, "Heinlein in Dimension"). I am not really interested in starting a debate about which RAH book is the best or worst (nobody is ever persuaded by these things anyway), but I have been appalled that so many people consider this second-rate work one of Heinlein's best, ignoring some of the really good ones like "Beyond this Horizon" or "Have Space Suit, Will Travel" or "Red Planet." David Wright {vax135|decvax|purdue}!cornell!ddw ddw@cornell