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Originally Posted by j. d. worthington  Hmmm... Not quite sure I'd describe him in that fashion, either... However, love is a theme Heinlein explores quite a bit in his work, from man/woman bisexuality to learning to love others enough to sacrifice oneself in possibly the most difficult way... giving up one's own identity to make things better for the whole (Double Star)... |
Yes, I do get a feeling now for what Heinlein is about, I only use the Hindu phrase for lack of ability to find a better definition. The impression I get though is he might have allot in common with Jack London, who didn't use space and other planets, but nature (Alaska), folk legends (gold miners), and animals (sled dogs) to analyze society and political systems. He was an advocate of Democratic Socialism, which is a compromise between socialism and capitalism I might venture to say, to be exact, while he was concerned "about the plight of the masses", the socialist in him, he was worried about "the loss of individuality", hence his system, not socialism, but democratic socialism. I am a lover of deep meaninful literature, and as wikipedia describes Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein the pillars of modern science fiction, ofcourse it makes all the sense in the world to read Heinlein along with these two, but I just ordered my Foundation and Earth from Amazon, and that sequel to Foundation's Edge I have been long waiting to read, can't wait!!!