tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post4626708360878552509..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: Tardy NoteSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-40040874346693814122010-05-05T14:51:20.536-05:002010-05-05T14:51:20.536-05:00The computer is the all-knowing one there.
I bas...The computer is the all-knowing one there. <br /><br />I base my opnion on reading most of his books and some criticism such as <a href="http://reason.com/archives/2007/07/09/robert-heinlein-at-100/" rel="nofollow">this Reason article</a>.<br /><br />It's funny, Madeline L'Engle (A Wrinkle in Time) always struck me the same way. The heroes are all beautiful, gifted, super-intelligent, and so on. I hung in there when they became holy but bailed when they started to become psychic and talk to dolphins.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-67256630071958254372010-05-05T14:31:22.970-05:002010-05-05T14:31:22.970-05:00As a matter of fact, that Heinlein novel concerns ...As a matter of fact, that Heinlein novel concerns a revolution in a Lunar penal colony -- a mashup of Australia and the American Revolution in space, organized by the working class ex-prisoners. Hardly the stuff of elitism, and the authorial stand-in character is less all-knowing than usual, compared to most of his other works of the period.<br /><br />Not saying you're wrong about Heinlein in general, but your specifics are apparently off a bit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com