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Originally posted by G'kar:
Anybody read Heinlein in the house? He wrote Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship troopers, The Puppetmasters, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, and many others. His short stories are great and stand up to the test of time.
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Personally I think that his novels are not really good, short stories are better. Stranger is long, too long, boring and the end is poor. Starship Troopers are nice, quick to read but naive. There is great novel of Harrison : Bill, the hero of Galaxy" (it is my translation so maybe original has little different name - only first part was serious). Starship Troopers have "political - militaristic" background - I mean ideas they propagate (written in 50-ies). Harrison's book was inteded to be parody of this militaristic style and is super.
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