Quote:
Originally Posted by bill_mchale
I think the key here is this; most of the other authors are being criticized based on whole books, or in some cases lots of their books. In contrast, you take a single quote out of an author who had a rather large body of work, often filled with strong, competent women....
|
Well, we are focusing on one quote, that's true (no, really!
). But this was the pinnacle of my ... distaste ... for the H man. Here's how I started my original post...
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by EatingPie
Unconventional family structures? How about totally screwed up philosophies of life!
I submit as evidence a quote from Stranger in a Strange Land.
|
I dislike Heinlein for the same reasons that Moorcock dislikes Heinlein. I find what he says, what he seems to believe -- his themes, his "teachings" -- quite distasteful (Moorcock finds them distasteful for the opposite reason I do... and I imagine him finding
me distasteful too!).
The quote that nailed it for me is the one we're hammering hard on now. But it's not
just the quote, it's that the quote's the epitome of all that I see wrong with Heinlein.
Quote:
|
I would also point out that his work is so central to the genre, that it is really hard to understand the genre without being at least somewhat familiar with his work.
|
I agree, and this makes me want to cry like a big Michael Moorcock shaped baby!
Then again, I actually
liked Piers Anthony's
Blue Adept books. I still have nightmares that I'll be running for President and Perez Hilton will ask me "Did you ever enjoy a Piers Anthony novel?"... and oh the media firestorm that will follow! *shudder*
-Pie
PS Is "Moorcock" his real name? I mean, seriously!?!