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Originally Posted by charleski
I tried a couple of books by Heinlein and despised them, despite the fact that I'm fairly tolerant of bad writing. The only reason I finished 'Stranger in a Strange Land' was because I was still in the phase where I felt obliged to finish books and read the whole think before judging them. But many years on I can still remember how much it made me want to vomit in disgust at its infantile attempts to shock.
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I haven't read any book by RAH that I felt was bad writing, Including most of his later works. I started with Stranger in a Strange Land then moved to Time Enough for Love and Number of the Beast and thoroughly enjoyed them all.
Recently I read Starship Troopers (prior to the movie which was awful) and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress both great reads. I look forward to reading Puppet Masters, Double Star, Farmer in the Sky and his other Juveniles.