Who reads BOOKS? (especially Robert Heinlein)
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Who reads BOOKS? (especially Robert Heinlein)
I get a lot of who I am out of that....In particular the -
"LAW OF LOVE"
"Love is that condition in which the welfare and happiness of someone else is essential to ones own..."
"Qua?"
"Love is that condition in which the welfare and happiness of someone else is essential to ones own..."
"Qua?"
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"Stranger in a Strange Land", "Starship Troopers", "Moon is a Harsh Mistress", "Glory Road", "Orphans of the Sky", "Tunnel in the Sky", "The Green Hills of Earth", Revolt in 2100, The Pupper Masters, The Door into Summer. I started reading his works back in the mid 60s and read most of the early ones before as well.
I remember reading "Methuselah's Children", at least back then. I am sure I had read "Time enough for Love" in the early 70s.
Reading Science Fiction has always been a interest of mine. Ever since I was first introduced to it through watching "Forbidden Planet" when it first came out on the big screen as a little girl.
Always been an avid reader.
I remember reading "Methuselah's Children", at least back then. I am sure I had read "Time enough for Love" in the early 70s.
Reading Science Fiction has always been a interest of mine. Ever since I was first introduced to it through watching "Forbidden Planet" when it first came out on the big screen as a little girl.
Always been an avid reader.
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The cam problem was easy to spot for anyone with experience.
The first book I read was sci-fi. My mother tricked me into reading "Flight to the Misty Planet" by M.E. Patchett by reading the first chapter then not having "time" to read me the rest while I was in kindergarten. I still have that book.
I have a very large sci-fi collection with an almost complete collection of Heinlein as well as almost a complete collection of Lois L'Amour. Dennis saw a small portion of my collection which covers a wall 10' x 4' packed solid. I have twice as many books in boxes and another large quantity in other bookshelves around the house. -I like books.
The first book I read was sci-fi. My mother tricked me into reading "Flight to the Misty Planet" by M.E. Patchett by reading the first chapter then not having "time" to read me the rest while I was in kindergarten. I still have that book.
I have a very large sci-fi collection with an almost complete collection of Heinlein as well as almost a complete collection of Lois L'Amour. Dennis saw a small portion of my collection which covers a wall 10' x 4' packed solid. I have twice as many books in boxes and another large quantity in other bookshelves around the house. -I like books.
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Hey YEAH!
It makes you think - especially when you see it come true right in front of your very eyes!
ASIMOV was RIGHT!!!
*knocks on the table*
Hey YEAH!
It makes you think - especially when you see it come true right in front of your very eyes!
ASIMOV was RIGHT!!!
*knocks on the table*
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The best authors make you ponder, reflect and mull over what you just read. You do not need an ipod, computer, dvd, vhs or any other outside technological piece of equipment.
All you need is a quiet spot, a comfortable place....or not. You can create it by just openning the pages and your mind expands.
All you need is a quiet spot, a comfortable place....or not. You can create it by just openning the pages and your mind expands.
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"Have Spacesuit Will Travel" is one I have on the back burner to read (again).
I have always enjoyed the way RAH wrote in the first hand - as if he had actually BEEN there.
In checking out hints for new writers in order to get published one thing repeated was that you should not research what you write - WRITE ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW!
It is far more credible seeming....
Heinlein must not have been from here.... J/K
I have always enjoyed the way RAH wrote in the first hand - as if he had actually BEEN there.
In checking out hints for new writers in order to get published one thing repeated was that you should not research what you write - WRITE ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW!
It is far more credible seeming....
Heinlein must not have been from here.... J/K
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My wife might trade me in for a couple of 25 year olds...
My wife reads constantly even more than I do. I kind of got out of the habit when my eyesight went south and it started to be a pain to read. I spend so much time reading tech materials and on the computer I don't get much time to read for pleasure anymore. The tech journals pile up in my office all the time also. I am lucky if I get to read 1 out of 10 sometimes. There are many things I still need to read before I get to reading for pleasure.
My wife reads constantly even more than I do. I kind of got out of the habit when my eyesight went south and it started to be a pain to read. I spend so much time reading tech materials and on the computer I don't get much time to read for pleasure anymore. The tech journals pile up in my office all the time also. I am lucky if I get to read 1 out of 10 sometimes. There are many things I still need to read before I get to reading for pleasure.
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DIARY of Jose Jimenez, July 2009
"The hammer floated just out of reach. It was in orbit, the same as I was.
Christo! There was no place to push from, and the suit jet pack was running low.
A single rivet, and the join would be done....
'Flying in orbit' was the way we thought of working around the United Planets station out in the lower geostationary point. We circled faster than the farther orbits, and were considered by some to be the "Hotrods" of orbit. The physics were no different though. I wished I had an electric magnet to grab the estupid thing, but I was just a lowly contractor and operating on a budget. Expensive stuff was going to have to wait at least a check or two....
Particularly if it had copper windings - which mass a lot for the lift from ground to geo orbit.
(Numerous cursings)!!!
It used to have a lanyard on it, but only "Preemies" tied their tools to themselves....
For pride's sake, I was in orbit without a hammer!
Jeez - oh - Pete!!!
I prayed the shift manager wasn't looking...
Carefully, I 'BARKED' the aft pressure release, and drifted closer.
(Something NOT by the book)
When I got locked back in, I found that the entire station knew I had 'farted' my way back to my tool kit...
Jesus Cristo!!!"
Hope you liked the flight of fancy you inspired!!!!
*winks*
"The hammer floated just out of reach. It was in orbit, the same as I was.
Christo! There was no place to push from, and the suit jet pack was running low.
A single rivet, and the join would be done....
'Flying in orbit' was the way we thought of working around the United Planets station out in the lower geostationary point. We circled faster than the farther orbits, and were considered by some to be the "Hotrods" of orbit. The physics were no different though. I wished I had an electric magnet to grab the estupid thing, but I was just a lowly contractor and operating on a budget. Expensive stuff was going to have to wait at least a check or two....
Particularly if it had copper windings - which mass a lot for the lift from ground to geo orbit.
(Numerous cursings)!!!
It used to have a lanyard on it, but only "Preemies" tied their tools to themselves....
For pride's sake, I was in orbit without a hammer!
Jeez - oh - Pete!!!
I prayed the shift manager wasn't looking...
Carefully, I 'BARKED' the aft pressure release, and drifted closer.
(Something NOT by the book)
When I got locked back in, I found that the entire station knew I had 'farted' my way back to my tool kit...
Jesus Cristo!!!"
Hope you liked the flight of fancy you inspired!!!!
*winks*
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I just bought "Have Spacesuit Will Travel" gonna read it soon...
Read "The Green Hills Of Earth" a while ago...
Read "Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind: Volume One" last night...
Just Read "Reign In Hell: The Exile Of Khan Noonien Singh" by Greg ***...
Read "Engines Of Destiny" by Gene DeWeese before that...
Read "Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury for Summer english semester for a book essay
...
Gonna Read "The Return of Nathan Brazil" by Jack L. Chalker or "Vulcan's Soul" by Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz in the next few days...
I've got April or May and July issues of Popular Science from Librabry for the "Den" reading...
I've got a CD called "The WildHearts Must Be Destroyed!" that I'm gona listen to soon...
I'm gonna get typers cramp if I keep adding to this list really soon
Read "The Green Hills Of Earth" a while ago...
Read "Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind: Volume One" last night...
Just Read "Reign In Hell: The Exile Of Khan Noonien Singh" by Greg ***...
Read "Engines Of Destiny" by Gene DeWeese before that...
Read "Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury for Summer english semester for a book essay
...
Gonna Read "The Return of Nathan Brazil" by Jack L. Chalker or "Vulcan's Soul" by Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz in the next few days...
I've got April or May and July issues of Popular Science from Librabry for the "Den" reading
...I've got a CD called "The WildHearts Must Be Destroyed!" that I'm gona listen to soon...
I'm gonna get typers cramp if I keep adding to this list really soon