Currently reading "Time for the Stars," and pleased at the focus on 
human relations and the journey the main character undertakes, rather 
than the story focusing on the "Ain't it cool" aspect of space travel.

I wish more sci fi books were like that... it's making me want to read 
more of his (the only other one I've read is "Stranger in a Strange 
Land," which I also loved).

...Chambers

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Chambers wrote:
> I wish more sci fi books were like that... it's making me want to read 
> more of his (the only other one I've read is "Stranger in a Strange 
> Land," which I also loved).

Read them all, both the adult stuff and the "kid" stuff. It's all good.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
   I get "focus follows gaze"?

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Darren New wrote:
> Chambers wrote:
>> I wish more sci fi books were like that... it's making me want to read 
>> more of his (the only other one I've read is "Stranger in a Strange 
>> Land," which I also loved).
> 
> Read them all, both the adult stuff and the "kid" stuff. It's all good.
> 

I bet myself $5 that you would be the first to respond, and I won :)

...Chambers

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Chambers wrote:
> Currently reading "Time for the Stars," and pleased at the focus on
> human relations and the journey the main character undertakes, rather
> than the story focusing on the "Ain't it cool" aspect of space travel.
> 
> I wish more sci fi books were like that... it's making me want to read
> more of his (the only other one I've read is "Stranger in a Strange
> Land," which I also loved).
> 
> ....Chambers

When you get to Time Enough for Love, let me know. I love hearing how
people react to that and Number of the Beast.

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Chambers wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Chambers wrote:
>>> I wish more sci fi books were like that... it's making me want to 
>>> read more of his (the only other one I've read is "Stranger in a 
>>> Strange Land," which I also loved).
>>
>> Read them all, both the adult stuff and the "kid" stuff. It's all good.
>>
> 
> I bet myself $5 that you would be the first to respond, and I won :)

Do I get half?

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
   I get "focus follows gaze"?

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Chambers <Ben### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> I bet myself $5 that you would be the first to respond, and I won :)

  How do you pay yourself 5 dollars?

  Could you bet more than you own? After all, you are not actually going to
lose any of it.

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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"Sabrina Kilian" <ski### [at] vtedu> wrote in message 
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>
> When you get to Time Enough for Love, let me know. I love hearing how
> people react to that and Number of the Beast.

But find Methusaleh's Children first. It's a short story, but it helps keep 
those novels straight. And after Number of the Beast, do The Cat Who Walks 
Through Walls then To Sail Beyond The Sunset.

I mean, read everything you can by Heinlein. Then, read 'em again. :-) I 
love his stuff. I have an amazing amount of respect for his ability to tell 
a story, and for his personal, Can-Do kind of attitude. I dearly wish he 
were still around to tell more stories.

--
Jack

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Warp wrote:
> Chambers <Ben### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> I bet myself $5 that you would be the first to respond, and I won :)
> 
>   How do you pay yourself 5 dollars?
> 
>   Could you bet more than you own? After all, you are not actually going
> to lose any of it.

If you lose, you burn the money you bet?

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Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> If you lose, you burn the money you bet?

  I think that in many countries that would be technically illegal.

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> If you lose, you burn the money you bet?

If I lose, I have to buy myself a drink.  If I win, I get a round 
courtesy of myself.  Seems perfectly obvious to me :)

...Chambers

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