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- From: dac@prolix.apana.org.au (Andrew Clayton)
- Newsgroups: alt.peeves
- Subject: Heinlein.
- Message-ID: <zuoms*O11@prolix.apana.org.au>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:17:55 GMT
- References: <1jq86qINN4t6@titan.ucs.umass.edu> <zOrls*p01@prolix.apana.org.au>
- <1993Jan25.015916.17175@igor.tamri.com>
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- In article <1993Jan25.015916.17175@igor.tamri.com>, Don Baldwin writes:
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- > In article <zOrls*p01@prolix.apana.org.au> dac@prolix.apana.org.au
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- > (Andrew Clayton) writes:
- > >"Her nipples went 'spung'."
- >
- > Whoah Dac, you're scaring me now.
- >
- > Gun control politics are one things but, if you were to say you liked the
- > later (after 1973, excluding "Friday") Heinlein, you'd REALLY scare me.
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- Liked? Well, that's a strange word. As you imply, _Friday_ was
- keen. I also have a soft spot for _Job - a Comedy of Justice_.
-
- Getting embroiled in yet another Robert Heinlein Flamewar is even
- less appealing than jabbing the gun-control-button, so let's
- elide the entire 'is not - is too' banter, and just say 'hey,
- some Heinlein books are okay. Others are dreck.'
-
- Dac
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