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summer_in_TX

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39. Fascinating.

Fri Jun 30, 2023, 12:20 AM

Jun 2023

As for the way he edited Stranger, did he cut those 60,000 words out of his raw manuscript? Was that how the first published version was edited?

I'd gotten the impression that the uncut version that I read (after reading and rereading the first published version close to twenty times) was the what he'd intended to be published but the publishing company insisted on editing it their way.

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Rachel used "grok" again [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 OP

me too mopinko Jun 2023 #1

I know the context. I just find using the word a bit silly-but that's me. As someone downstream hlthe2b Jun 2023 #22

Yup, we are all water brothers and sisters....nt wcmagumba Jun 2023 #2

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2023 #3

Read it in "Stranger", used by Martian-reared Earth citizen Valentine Michael niyad Jun 2023 #5

I've read that one too, a couple of time. My favorite author Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2023 #6

"Send whoores; tousands and tousands of whoores." rsdsharp Jun 2023 #8

I don't know that one. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2023 #11

You should, it's a great line from Moon is a Harsh Mistress... TygrBright Jun 2023 #14

Ah, the meeting meant to mirror some aspects of the French Revolution Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2023 #15

It's from the Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. As the Loonies were formulating a list of demands for Earth rsdsharp Jun 2023 #30

Me, too. I use that word occasionally, though the young'uns usually don't get it. Ocelot II Jun 2023 #4

I'm a Heinlein freak. I own at least one copy of everything he ever published, rsdsharp Jun 2023 #7

I used it as part of a message on my answering machine back in the dark ages. niyad Jun 2023 #9

I just. . . can't. rsdsharp Jun 2023 #10

There are many words that I do not use, far more recent than "groovy". niyad Jun 2023 #12

After about 15 years away from reading for summer_in_TX Jun 2023 #20

Heinlein's name is on Variable Star, but he didn't co-write it with Robinson. rsdsharp Jun 2023 #29

Yes, Robinson credited Heinlein with the co-write. summer_in_TX Jun 2023 #32

You might enjoy William Patterson's two volume authorized biography; it's quite interesting. rsdsharp Jun 2023 #33

Thanks for the recommendation! summer_in_TX Jun 2023 #35

I read it a couple of years ago. It's the original version of Number of the Beast, rsdsharp Jun 2023 #36

I wondered. summer_in_TX Jun 2023 #37

Heinlein cut 60,000 words out of Stranger as originally written, rsdsharp Jun 2023 #38

Fascinating. summer_in_TX Jun 2023 #39

The original manuscript, which you've read, was 220,000 words. rsdsharp Jun 2023 #40

I may have to give the uncut version another read. summer_in_TX Jun 2023 #41

I also have a complete collection of Heinlein. 11 Bravo Jun 2023 #43

I have to admit, I've never read Take Back Your Government rsdsharp Jun 2023 #44

My first sci-fi book.. Permanut Jun 2023 #13

It has its problems, but that's a great story and high on my list of Heinleins Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2023 #26

I loved that, too! ShazzieB Jun 2023 #16

Sounds like an excellent button. lark Jun 2023 #28

"Tut, tut. Unreasoned anguish is nonetheless real." Hortensis Jun 2023 #17

All the hip kids stopped using it in the 60's. marble falls Jun 2023 #18

Coincidentally canetoad Jun 2023 #19

It sounds like it might be from Time Enough For Love. rsdsharp Jun 2023 #34

I would guess it's from "I Will Fear No Evil." summer_in_TX Jun 2023 #42

I didn't notice her saying it. Could someone please tell me the context? wackadoo wabbit Jun 2023 #21

Rachel used grok in the hand off to Lawerence talking about the TFG tape LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 #25

The term originated with Heinlein, but the hacker community popularized it. sir pball Jun 2023 #23

For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 #24

Stranger in a Strange Land is one of my all time faves and I read it as a youngster. lark Jun 2023 #27

She Dates Herself. MineralMan Jun 2023 #31