Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Science Fiction@lemmy.world · 6 months agoRobert Heinlein's form letter response to people who wrote to himlemmy.worldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up13
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minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agobook vs person. Heinlen explored ideas. and no, I have no read that one.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoWhen the idea is “if you get gang raped, just lie back and enjoy it,” I think that says something about the person.
minus-squareblackbelt352@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThat idea is also a very common thing in Ayn Rand’s writing too, which he’s said he was quite influenced by her writing in an interview in the mid 70s.
book vs person. Heinlen explored ideas.
and no, I have no read that one.
When the idea is “if you get gang raped, just lie back and enjoy it,” I think that says something about the person.
That idea is also a very common thing in Ayn Rand’s writing too, which he’s said he was quite influenced by her writing in an interview in the mid 70s.