What’s Your Favorite Robert A. Heinlein Novel, Vernor Vinge?
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My favorite Heinlein novel is The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress; for some days after reading it, 22nd century cislunar-politics seemed more real than current geo-politics!
However, just thinking about the question provokes an avalanche of fondly remembered competitors, including:
- Between Planets, the first book I ever read (and which seems even sharper now than I remember it from the early 1950s!)
- The Star Beast
- Double Star, graceful and short (and even more interesting now that I have some Patterson-insight about Heinlein’s time in politics).
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Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1 (1907-1948): Learning Curve (978-0-7653-1960-9 / $29.99) will be available from Tor Books on August 17th 2010.
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Related Links:
- Space Cadets and Starship Troopers
- David Brin: Beyond This Horizon
- David Drake: Starship Soldier
- David Hartwell: Double Star
- L.E. Modesitt, Jr.: Starship Troopers
- Rudy Rucker: Starman Jones, Citizen of the Galaxy, and Tunnel in the Sky
- Joan Slonczewski: Have Space Suit—Will Travel
- Charles Stross: Glory Road
- Michael Swanwick: Have Space Suit—Will Travel
- Robert A. Heinlein: The Tor.com Blog Symposium
Categories: Extras
Robert A Heinlein, science fiction, Vernor Vinge
