Re: LotR is IMO without merit



In article <6e4j9bF5cf65U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sean O'Hara <seanohara@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
In the Year of the Earth Rat, the Great and Powerful Will in New Haven declared:
On Jul 15, 3:21 pm, Patrick Baldwin <p...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I read most of the Heinlein juveniles when I was
a kid, and I've re-read a few over the years. I can't
think of anything objectionable in them. What was
such a big deal? And how much did she actually
end up changing?

The biggest fuss has been made about _Red Planet_ where she got rid of
some commens on gun control by the doctor. A recent edition restored
them.

What about the published ending of Podkayne of Mars vs. the one
Heinlein originally wrote? That strikes me as a bigger deal than
some expositing of ideas.

That was several years after Heinlein had left Scribner's, and hence a
different editor.


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