My favorite two are saying he can't help with class assignments because of a lack of time followed by it being unfair for a student's grade to be determined by the willingness or capacity of a stranger to help and he is ready to discuss this with the teacher, principal, or school board. It shows that he does care and wants to help, but lack of available time really is the issue.
My third favorite is ( ) Please do not write to me again.
Likewise. It's a great way to say "I don't have time to help you, but I will gladly stand up to a bully for you"
I have to say his books make you think. I think he is under appreciated as an author.
People miss the point of Starship Troopers because of the movie. The book is nothing like the movie.
He was pretty misogynistic and kind of nuts, but I do enjoy his books, especially The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, which is a great example of how to use a science fiction setting to retell a historical event.
I think that it is unfair to say that about Heinlen that he was misogynistic. The women in his books were strong and capable. He may have been sexiest, but he wasn't misogynistic.
Another thing to note is in many of the books, he changes the point he is trying to make. He is an interesting author as he covers a vast number of topics.
He was pretty misogynistic and kind of nuts
Not to mention very much into eugenics.
@wintermute_oregon @FlyingSquid At very least, Verhoven's film was one of the most point by point perfect parodies of fascism we've ever seen. The original novel, IIRC, was written out of terrified nuclear paranoia and very sincere in its genocidal authoritarianism.
I've never seen it that way - the opening pages say what the protagonist is doing. He's landing on a planet to kill bugs, using all his ammo and nukes even though there are sentient beings living on the planet.
All because it isn't cost effective to evacuate the ammo as well.
Immediately following that we move to the viewpoint of the teenager being brainwashed.
As such I think the movie did a decent job of adapting the story, even though we lost those awesome mechs and dropships.
I love the last response
"ugh finally someone isn't whining"
This post would fit well in !the_heinlein_society@lemmy.world!
Hah, so that's where Slashdot got it from
