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engelbach · 9th March 2007, 12:07 PM

I've been a Heinlein fan since the 1950s, when i first read The Puppet Masters and the stories in the Future History series.

Sci-fi then was not something many people were interested in. It was certainly not a lucrative field for its authors. So I was glad to see Heinlein suddenly achieve mainstream popularity when Stranger came out.

I couldn't have been more disappointed. Could this preachy, mawkish, quasi-philosophical mush really be Heinlein?

My conclusion was that he had obviously been taken over by one of the pods from The Puppet Masters, bent on revenge.

9th March 2007, 12:07 PM	#51 (permalink)
engelbach Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6	Re: STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND: I've been a Heinlein fan since the 1950s, when i first read The Puppet Masters and the stories in the Future History series. Sci-fi then was not something many people were interested in. It was certainly not a lucrative field for its authors. So I was glad to see Heinlein suddenly achieve mainstream popularity when Stranger came out. I couldn't have been more disappointed. Could this preachy, mawkish, quasi-philosophical mush really be Heinlein? My conclusion was that he had obviously been taken over by one of the pods from The Puppet Masters, bent on revenge. Last edited by engelbach; 9th March 2007 at 12:12 PM.. Reason: Spelling error.