doorstoppers

[Richard Ryan]

Speaking of pop-addled, fascist-survivalist, sci-fi pseudo-gurus: what about Robert Heinlein and his own certified doorstopper, Time Enough for Love (ok, it's ONLY 608 pp) - which I happily breezed through at the tender age of 15 mostly thanks to all the kinky sex?


--- On Wed, 11/19/08, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: doorstoppers
> To: "Henry" <scuffling at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Pynchon Liste" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 9:35 AM
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Henry
> <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Aww, c'mon!  Ender's Game was fun; Snow Crash
> was anime-fun, and both were short, unlike Stephenson's
> subsequent series.
> 
> Sexually confused fascist adolescent saves universe by
> playing
> videogames?  Cyberpunk junkie pizza delivery boy saves
> world by
> playing video games?  Well, I'll give 'em credit
> for being veritable
> heat seeking missiles when it comes to targeting a
> demographic ...