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from the Pay-it-Forward-/-Grok-/-TANSTAAFL dept.
The Joplin Globe reports that Missouri lawmakers have inducted science fiction writer Robert Heinlein to the Hall of Famous Missourians to a cheering crowd of fans who call themselves "Heinlein's children."
State Rep. T.J. Berry says Heinlein encouraged others to "strive for the stars, for the moon" and "for what's next." Donors to the Heinlein Society and the Heinlein Prize Trust paid for a bronze bust of Heinlein, which will be displayed in the House Chamber at the Capitol where it will join 45 other Missourians honored with busts in the hall including Mark Twain, Dred Scott and Ginger Rogers, as well as more controversial Missourians such as Rush Limbaugh.
"Our devotion to this man must seem odd to those outside of the science fiction field, with spaceships and ray guns and bug-eyed monsters," Heinlein Society President Keith Kato said. "But to Heinlein's children, the writing was only the beginning of doing."
(Score: 2) by fleg on Thursday August 25 2016, @08:55AM
>Dougie Howser is a dead give away! As an SS officer?
yeah but that was the movie, which heinlein being dead, had no say in.
>Whose side are you on?
none, just seeking information. i've read a lot of heinlein including his letters in grumbles from the grave and i got no sense of antisemitism.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Thursday August 25 2016, @09:29AM
I'd point out that the movie [wikipedia.org] bore only a passing resemblance to the novel [wikipedia.org], mostly in the name, the names of some characters and the enemy.
Just about everything that made the novel a good read was cleansed from the movie. And the movie was, predictably, awful.
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