Nutty, I loved all of Heinlein when I was sixteen, so much so that I can't read him objectively now.
Consuela alluded to this too, and I think it's important. Upthread Nutty mentioned Ayn Rand. When I read her books at 14 I thought they were wonderful. Big bold ideas that were not corrupted by the tiresome world around me! By the time I got to college I could see the cruel naiveté of those ideas, but even now when I think of those books there is small residue of adolescent exuberance clinging to them. I might feel the same way about Moon if I had read it before I knew anything about people or their lives.
"When I read her books at 14 I thought they were wonderful. Big bold ideas"
this is so true iremember having the exact same thoughts at that age mostly hymn i loved it so much and now i can see how shovinist this book really is.
I tried Moon, but I just couldn't make myself finish. I kept being annoyed by it. So, I stopped. I feel confident in saying that I wouldn't have liked it.
Totally agree that some books read at 12/14 or so wouldn't hold up so well if read again now. But I love the ones that do (duh).
I didn't mean is, as in, like is, but rather -is-.
Bummer. I was really hoping for the puppets. Plus, nice crossover with Angel.
I perhaps mis-wrote. I should have referred to
Moon
disgust rather than Heinlein disgust. I remember really enjoying
Have Space Suit, Will Travel
when I was in sixth grade. I'm not sure if it would stand up now. Some of the issues might not have come into a book where the main characters are kids. But they might. It's been a while.
Hey! We should totally do this. At Tim's house, of course.
I think the theatre is scheduled for completion in January, 2028.
We could throw him a "welcome back to the rest of your house" party.
Will you make some of your "chocolate" cake?
I want to live in LA and visit Tim's house!
Ok. I don't really want to live in LA, just to visit Tim's house when I visit there. And this is not at all intended to actually make an attempt to invite myself, or to imply anything bad about anyone who knows Tim personally and can visit. That's great. After all, I know people that probably wouldn't invite you over because they don't know you, although they probably would if they knew you, because I'm sure you're all wonderful people. It's just every now and then I get the LA envy and the people who know people envy and....
Never mind.
