Anaximander
65% through the entire works of Robert Heinlein. "I will Fear no Evil" was such garbage that were I not a completist, I contemplated abandoning the journey of finishing his works. A billionaire boss having a brain transplant into the body of his deceased secretary, and then screwing everyone... so far female characterisation has not been one of his strong points. #scifi #books
Mar 20 at 10:16pmWeb
Show threadHobson LaneMar 20
@Anaximander
Same for "The Man Who Sold the Moon." But it was bearable because of its visceration of billionaire bro narcicism, arrogance and moral vacuousness.
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Show threadSusan CalvinMar 20
@Anaximander I remember reading Mike Moorcock's essay on Heinlein and immediately recycling all of them. The batshit anti feminist patriarchalism was only three of the reasons. Good luck with the rest of the read-through.
Show threadMidgePhotoMar 20

@Anaximander

It isn't great.

Show threadNoodlemazMar 20
@Anaximander quite well known for his misogyny.
Show threadGemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐Mar 20
@Anaximander I read Heinlein with much different eyes now than I possessed when I first read Heinlein. Some of his work is brilliant, a lot of it is downright cringe, much of it a product of its times (and not in a good way).
Show threadkauerMar 20

@Anaximander The guy was a total fascist misogynist arsehole. A good writer, with some good science-fiction ideas, ruined by his self-satisfied smug certitude. He thought he was Hemingway; he wasn't. His shorter stories, with less room for pontification, were his best work.

One idea of his that has stuck with me, though, is that your first duty as an explorer of dangerous places is to let the next person know what killed you :-)

Show threadVereeshMar 21
@Anaximander the works don't get better, because as Heinlein aged, he got more randy, and started having his characters screw everyone in sight. It was embarrassing. Plus the time his white, cranky, old Mary Sue character wanted to spank a young girl he just met, and she was aroused by the idea. 🤮😱