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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
As mentioned earlier, I think Heinlein had a conflict between the story he wanted to tell and the audience he was supposed to be writing for, and either failed to successfully resolve it, or more likely, failed to even see there was a conflict.
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Dennis
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I'm inclined to think the latter, which is really too bad. I'm afraid I think he lost the argument about whether a male writer could write a good "girl's" book... and ended up writing a more confused jumble than was his usual, especially at the time.
In its place, I offer John Barnes'
Orbital Resonance, which has a much more believable young female protagonist and in a way, deals with a similar issue of individual wants vs. community needs. Or, for the readers who prefer fantasy, Garth Nix's
Abhorsen trilogy, or Charles De Lint's
The Blue Girl.
