History of Feminism

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7. I loved Heinlein when I was younger

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 08:20 PM

Oct 2015

And am kind of afraid to read some of it now that I'm older. I always felt Time Enough for Love defined me in a number of ways with many of the quotes in it. That, Stranger in a Strange Land and just the thrill of Methuselah's Children always got me. But I also dug a lot of his other works and really binged on them.

But fear for how it could be read today though modern lens...

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Robert Heinlein once posed a question: [View all] malthaussen Oct 2015 OP

An good 'ol Heinlein ismnotwasm Oct 2015 #1

About all we can do is try to keep our own footprints small. malthaussen Oct 2015 #2

Agree ismnotwasm Oct 2015 #3

Yup, he did break some barriers when it came to female characters. KitSileya Oct 2015 #4

Don't need to stop on my account malthaussen Oct 2015 #6

This. Blue_Adept Oct 2015 #8

In his later works, of course, he let us in on his fantasies about his mother... malthaussen Oct 2015 #5

I loved Heinlein when I was younger Blue_Adept Oct 2015 #7

Which is why I'm planning on re-reading a few books by him ismnotwasm Oct 2015 #9

I never liked "Stranger in a Strange Land" to be honest. KitSileya Nov 2015 #10

Oh yes indeed ismnotwasm Nov 2015 #11

I so want to revisit Julian May Blue_Adept Nov 2015 #12

She's a Good read ismnotwasm Nov 2015 #13