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[den]

Nik and Bobb discuss the merits of Robert A Heinlein
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nk> >have you READ "the moon is a harsh mistress"? they've got lunar colonies and they still program their machines with PUNCHED TAPE.
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BB> Quite wise on account of radiaton doing bad things to the electronics and magnetism......

he didn't predict Nethack, did he?


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maybe I'm too easily amused.

Comments

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

If you read "Friday" you'll see a pretty damned good prediction for the Internet...

[level-head.livejournal.com]

Indeed. And genetic engineering plays a starring role.

But the mass drivers of The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress will be how we do it, even if a penal colony is not why we do it.

===|==============/ Level Head

[tygermoonfoxx.livejournal.com]

I don't suppose they took into account the fact that Heinlin wrote those books before most of that technology was readily available? Heinlin was ahead of his time on many ideas, which is often what gives his novels a contemporary yet retro feel and contributes to the timelessness of the storeis.