On 14-9-2015 9:45, Stephen wrote:
> On 9/14/2015 8:07 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> On 13-9-2015 12:31, Stephen wrote:
>>> On 9/13/2015 8:05 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>> A treasure trove!
>>>
>>> No a house of ill repute. Where those poor, sad people came to get their
>>> fix of trash. That's how SF was thought of, at the time.
>>
>> That is true. My father was a fan of detective and horror stories but
>> frowned upon SF while otoh he was genuinely interested in everything
>> concerning space ;-)
>>
>
> The covers did not help them to be taken seriously. Generally a busty
> blond woman in a see through spacesuit being attacked by a BEM.
>
>> It must be said that some of the vintage could be openly fascist
>> sometimes. The Lensman and Skylark books for example. I think that those
>> aspects contributed to my father's opinion.
>>
>
> True, very true. I have been trying to re-read some of my collection.
> Robert Heinlein is an author I cannot read any more. Sad. :-(

Yes indeed. He is a typical example. The man could write though. Ron 
Hubbard was one of those others, highly doubtful, authors although I 
don't think I ever read anything from him. He was already infamous 
enough for me to refuse to read him.

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>>>
>>> That is on the far edge of my memory. :-)
>>> The space race was exciting viewed from afar.
>>>
>>
>> We have a small age difference, young man ;-)
>>
>
> Yes but I was only seven then. It makes a bigger difference at that age.
>

That is true. I was almost eleven at the time.

-- 
Thomas

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