Requesat en Pace

[madshutterbug]

On this date in 1907 Robert Anson Heinlein was born in Butler Missouri. If you're wondering why this means anything to me, you've not read my Interests on the Profile, eh? Mr. Heinlein is sometimes called the Dean of American Science Fiction. I don't know about that. I do consider him a consumate storyteller, one who to the best of my knowledge never claimed to be anything but a storyteller. That's as opposed to, say, a literary genious.

Probably because of that honesty, as well as inate skill, he is indeed one of my favourite writers. And so I nod my head towards Missouri today, lift a glass, and say, "TANSTAAFL."

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[madshutterbug.livejournal.com]

Moon is probably my most-read. Even though others are considered better or seminal or whatever. I get so sad when Mike... ah, but that's a spoiler for who ever hasn't yet read Moon. **G**

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[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

It's my fav too. I know I am supposed to prefer Stranger in a Strange Land, but I don't :)

Hey, Wye Knott?

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[madshutterbug.livejournal.com]

An area of great beauty and shapely landmarks. *G*

That's a funny-once.