HarryLime [any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agoCollege English majors can't readkittenbeloved.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down11
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minus-squareduderium [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoThis is why Heinlein was artistically correct to spend so much time in Starship Troopers ranting about how spanking kids is good, actually.
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoHe fell so far from his first novel, which is entirely about an egirl explaining how communism is based
minus-squarediegeticalt (any)@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·24 hours agoWhich book is that?
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·24 hours agoFor Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs
minus-squarediegeticalt (any)@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·24 hours agoOh neat, I’m not familiar with that one.
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·23 hours agoIt was written in 1938 but only published posthumously in 2003
This is why Heinlein was artistically correct to spend so much time in Starship Troopers ranting about how spanking kids is good, actually.
He fell so far from his first novel, which is entirely about an egirl explaining how communism is based
Which book is that?
For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs
Oh neat, I’m not familiar with that one.
It was written in 1938 but only published posthumously in 2003