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Being Compared To Heinlein
I'd love to be compared to Heinlein. Particularly since I don't (at least deliberately) write fiction. Or even attempt to.
[Update on Tuesday morning]
In comments, Paul Spudis links to this LA Times piece which was discussed over at Scalzi's place. Note in particular this comment. And the LA Times piece is what prompted all the discussion, including this post.
Posted by Rand Simberg at December 10, 2007 05:55 PM
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You don't write fiction? Where do all those Routers articles come from?
Posted by Ed Minchau at December 10, 2007 07:48 PM
You must be differentiating between fiction and satire because you've displayed quite a talen for the latter.
Posted by MarkD at December 10, 2007 08:19 PM
I was compared to Heinlein, as in "your style reminds me of Heinlein". But I think they meant a poor copy of the original.
Posted by Pete Zaitcev at December 10, 2007 10:29 PM
. . . . just ask all the Heinlein fans who still spit on the ground when the name Paul Verhoeven crops up.
It was nice to hear that Mr. Verhoeven's effort to smear Heinlein as a fascist backfired in terms of revitalizing his book sales. Still waiting for a definitive and true to the book Starship Troopers and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. With the present CGI technology they likely could be made more cheaply than Verhoeven's effort.
Posted by K at December 11, 2007 01:57 AM
Actually, K, CGI, at least the way it is done in films, remains fairly expensive. That is not to say that the books you mentioned would not make great movies.
Posted by Mark R. Whittington at December 11, 2007 04:26 AM
Interesting piece on Heinlein in today's LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-ca-heinlein9dec09,0,6886058.story?coll=la-books-headlines
A lot of "serious critics" don't like Heinlein's work because of his politics. C'est la change.....
Posted by Paul Spudis at December 11, 2007 05:41 AM
I don't know about the lit crit crowd, but that comparison just won the author a few more bucks from my wallet. Now I'm interested.
Posted by Aaron at December 11, 2007 06:18 AM
"Actually, K, CGI, at least the way it is done in films, remains fairly expensive. That is not to say that the books you mentioned would not make great movies."
Correct. However, anyone here who doesn't think computers will continue to get signifigantly better, faster, cheaper, raise your hands...
...I thought not.
I'll speculate and say that in 10 years, someone will do the equivalent of the recent 'Beowulf' on a desktop. (by which time, mainframes might allow perfectly photorealistic CGI humans)
Posted by Frank Glover at December 11, 2007 02:28 PM
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