Re: Series that are completed

On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 07:47:06 -0700, r.rice@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

All I can say is that my introduction to Heinlein was Farnham's
Freehold and Orphans of the Sky. After reading those two I swore that
I would never read another Heinlein book, and I had no clue why
everyone was raving about him and how great he was. I did later read
Job, which redeemed him a little.

I don't think there's a worse book than "Farnham's Freehold" for you
to have started with. "Orphan's of the Sky" has some of the same
disturbing elements as "Farnham's Freehold." You started with the worst
possible combination.

Others have given recommendations down thread which I think are worth
reviewing. They have the imagination without the off-putting elements.
The one most nearly opposite FF and OotS would be "The Star Beast". If
that's too far in the opposite direction there is plenty of stuff in
between.

I'm not telling you that you have to like Heinlein's work. I'm just
concerned that you're shutting yourself off from a lot of good reading
due to (very) bad luck in what you read first.


--
"Marx was wrong. It's *derision* that's the opiate of the masses."
- Anonymous
All the Best,
Joe Bednorz

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