doorstoppers

Robin Landseadel robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Wed Nov 19 09:28:57 CST 2008


I could finish it. Loved "Stranger in a Strange Land" on account of  
all the kinky religion.
On Nov 19, 2008, at 7:17 AM, Richard Ryan wrote:

> 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 ...




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