Posted by giveawayboy on August 28, 2002 at 21:14:41:
In Reply to: Re: Kat and the Uncle Jack posted by Bob - the Alien on August 28, 2002 at 10:00:26:
: I really liked the CS Lewis trilogy when I was a kid. I think I outgrew it after college because I found it hard to read it for the story anymore. Its religious aspects kinda slapped me in the face to the point where I decided that if I wanted to read christian philosophy, I would just do so, and not have it layered into scifi/fantasy books. Which is also why I dont read the Narnia stories anymore...
: And I feel this way equally about any philsophy that overwhelms the story. Which is back to the problem with Heinlein. The fact that his philosophy is abhorrent to me just makes me avoid his work like the plague.
That's cool! I'm with you although I don't feel that his religious views were that overwhelming. I actually liked his writing since it wasn't allegorical like so many other writers that I read when I was young like Bunyan for instance. Hahahaha! Anyway, I respect your view which is very different from mine. As long as you know that I am the all powerful voice of truth in the cosmos everything is O.K.
: Ironically, I own many, many Heinlein books because the artist who did the covers for his pulp paperbacks from the sixties is a really cool artist. Alas, his work in nowhere to be found anymore because he stopped working actively about that same time, and never did much other than paperback and album covers.
I just like looking at the Heinlen covers at work.