Wait. Which one of us is dead to you?

'Cause, you know, if it's me, you're gonna start spending a lot of time out on those ledges.

you think "Moon" is better than "Stranger"?

You really should've done Have Spacesuit Will Travel.

I know those seem like fighting words, but I have my opinion, and I am often afraid to say it because saying "I don't think Heinlein's women are unbelievable" offends some. Unfortunately this leads to flaming swords of argument on the subject.

I feel the same way, Daniel. I do have issues with Heinlein, but they are actually my issues, not his issues.

sexual, assertive, kittenish, competent.

See, and this describes what I think is an admirable woman. But then, I'm probably overly fond of kittenish people. After all - they're kind of like kittens, aren't they? (Not really, I know.)

It's probably his best book, overall. I tend to think it is.

I like Stranger in a Strange Land better. Granted, I've only read the two.

I don't get at all how exploring the McCarthy thing is "trite." Or how my approach was trite.

As I said earlier - I took this out of context a bit, I don't remember the exact wording. But my response was that I thought the whole McCarthy bit was a vehicle, and not the episode. And I find it reassuring that Tim said something similar.

I want to kick kittenish women in the teeth. It's a thing.

Almost the most direct metaphor I ever did on the show.

The most direct being the demon tree with DSL.

Why is that?

I dunno. What do you think?

OOG didn't annoy you, right?

No. My favorite bit of teevee you ever did.

The CBS Radio Mystery Theater

I remember that! When I was a little girl (nine in 1980 to be precise) we lived overseas, in Sicily. We lived off-base for the first year and didn't have any English-language TV. We did get the base radio station though, and Mystery Theater ran every weeknight at 8. I remember sitting up with my mom listening to it. I loved it so much. I remember E.G. Marshall introducing each episode; later it was Tammy Grimes. It made me really appreciate good storytelling. I think it's the reason I became such a Twilight Zone fan once I started watching it.

I want to kick kittenish women in the teeth. It's a thing.

Betsy is my sister in teeth kicking.

Radio is better than TV.

The Next Big Thing does radio plays sometimes. In fact there's one this week by Donald Barthelme, and there's a picture of a beagle next to the link. And a Buffista (erinaceous) is a regular contributor to the show. This is clearly meant to be. You won't get tv money obviously, but if you'd really like to take a crack at radio do it anyway. You wouldn't have to quit your day job to produce a piece every once in a while.

DavidS, someone else is already doing it. But the whole way I came to this project was to have my agent look into who held the rights to "Stranger." They always seem to be tied up and in some form of turnaround. That led us to David Heyman who held the rights to "Moon," among others (including "Spacesuit...")