Oh, I agree that Heinlein plunged to depths often that JDM at his worst never approached. It was usually possible to skip past JDM's lectures and reconnect with the story. The worst Heinlein was bad from the git-go and stayed that way.
Richard Moore
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "foxbrick" <foxbrick@...> wrote:
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> --Except perhaps with CONDOMINIUM, which I haven't read yet but keep hearing bad things about, JDM never approached the masturbatory level of self-impressed lecturing that characterizes the frequent worst of Robert Heinlein's work...the asides did tend to get heavier and more galumphing in the McGees, but nothing as deadening as FARNHAM'S FREEHOLD or I WILL FEAR NO EVIL's nattering, which is at the Randian level.
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> Too close for good art at times, but not That close.
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> Todd Mason
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