Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/heinleins-dystopian.html
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@Falcor, time leak to clean upon aisle 8…
Hey, which motherfucker is causing all this time travel anyway?
Boing Boing trying to go back to a better time in history?
You know, it’s so rarely that I get an opportunity to make a Lazarus Long joke, and now I see that it’s just as well…
Adding insult to injury the linked article appears to be gone. And here I was thinking about the first Heinlein I read, Red Planet, and wondering what it had to say about that.
Back when George W Bush was president. Those were the good old days! [cries in corner]
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Right there with you. Red Planet, Rocket Ship Galileo and Space Cadet were my first three. My dad dropped that stack on me and changed my life. (Now I have to google them to make sure I’m not misremembering.)
I envy you. I read Red Planet in spite of the copy we had at home being taken away from me repeatedly. And then when I checked it out from the school library I got in trouble for going to the library without permission.
Since it’s the story of a couple of school kids who help start a revolution against a stupid and greedy tyrant that seems fitting.
I assume 4Chan