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posted by martyb on Thursday August 25 2016, @04:04AM   Printer-friendly
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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."


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  • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Thursday August 25 2016, @07:04PM

    by NotSanguine (285) <NotSanguineNO@SPAMSoylentNews.Org> on Thursday August 25 2016, @07:04PM (#393144) Homepage Journal

    The film, as I and others noted, bears only a cosmetic resemblance to the novel.

    In fact, I found the movie almost nauseating.

    Given that as a reader, I'm the director of my own internal movie, whereas, movie adaptations generally reflect the prejudices and vision of the screenwriters and director.

    Also, such adaptations of novels I've read tend (IMHO) to be quite deficient, since the format doesn't allow for much internal dialogue and usually rip out huge sections which strongly inform the storytelling. In some cases, like Starship Troopers the movie bears little resemblance to the novel.

    Interestingly, the 1994 adaptation [wikipedia.org] of The Puppet Masters [wikipedia.org] was relatively true to the novel.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday August 26 2016, @09:29AM

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Friday August 26 2016, @09:29AM (#393412) Homepage
    Certainly, first it can gets mangled through the screenwriter's brain, and then that gets concretised into the director's vision. And in the end, I like the end result of that process in this case.

    I suspect I'd not get more than 10 pages into the book, if even that much - I'm way too visually stimulated, I want to be pamperred by the full experience created at the hands of professionals, I'm not prepared to invest the effort into creating my own sights and sounds; if I'm doing that, I may as well do the storyline too (and I am a lucid dreamer who can often control and direct my own dreams, so this is sometimes a reality).

    Not personally appreciating a book doesn't mean that I don't respect Heinlein for his influence in the field, and I am happy that he's being rewarded by this memorial. Artists (from all of the creative fields, from music to visual arts, to literature) are too often under-appreciated. Where's Dick's one? Come on, Illinois, up your game!
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    • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Saturday August 27 2016, @07:36AM

      by NotSanguine (285) <NotSanguineNO@SPAMSoylentNews.Org> on Saturday August 27 2016, @07:36AM (#393881) Homepage Journal

      I suspect I'd not get more than 10 pages into the book, if even that much - I'm way too visually stimulated, I want to be pamperred by the full experience created at the hands of professionals, I'm not prepared to invest the effort into creating my own sights and sounds; if I'm doing that, I may as well do the storyline too (and I am a lucid dreamer who can often control and direct my own dreams, so this is sometimes a reality).

      Different strokes for different folks. By all means, don't read the novel. More for me! :)

      Not personally appreciating a book doesn't mean that I don't respect Heinlein for his influence in the field,

      I never even considered that you were dissing Heinlein. But now that you bring it up, I considered it, and I see no reason to think you were disrespecting anyone about anything.

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      • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Saturday August 27 2016, @02:32PM

        by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Saturday August 27 2016, @02:32PM (#393930) Homepage
        Sure, I was merely clarifying for the skim-reading bystanders, and trying to get back more onto the topic of the story - this monument to honour him.
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