Post by Lynn McGuireIs there a list of Robert Heinlein SF writer fans anywhere ?
For instance, "The Tar-Ayim Krang" by Alan Dean Foster looks to be
inspired by "Citizen Of The Galaxy".
"Red Thunder" by John Varley looks to be inspired by "Time Enough For Love".
"Saturn's Children" by Charles Stross looks to be inspired by "Friday".
Stross told me that every SF writer has a Heinlein book and this one is his.
"Darkship Thieves" by Sarah Hoyt looks to be inspired by "The Moon Is A
Harsh Mistress".
"Footfall" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle looks to be inspired by
"Starship Troopers".
David Gerrold's "Trouble With Tribbles" Star Trek episode was definitely
inspired by "Red Planet".
Do you disagree with me ? Got any more ?
My followup commences with a biographical trigger for the sake of my
readers who are unfamiliar with author Hans G Schantz. Authors John C
Wright and Theodore Beale currently populate Schantz's literary circle.
Schantz wrote a Young Adult trilogy called THE HIDDEN TRUTH. Afterward
he discovered the hidden truth about publishing's paltry pay for the
preponderance of USAIDless penpushers - a literal lesson learned
by me personally decades ago. We're in good company as E A Poe also
lamented about this very topic.
For the time being, Schantz sacrifices his scribal soft spot to
financially provide for his young family. EMPIRE OF THE AIR by Tom
Lewis informs him. In my case it's THE BOY WHO INVENTED TELEVISION by
Paul Schatzkin.
We both seem to be on a coherent wavelength in regards to what we like
about Robert Heinlein:
Unfortunately, there's not much science fiction written
from the perspective of an entrepreneur or businessman.
Writing is a notoriously poorly paid line of work, and a
truly successful entrepreneur, inventor, or businessman is
unlikely to make as much from writing as from a successful
start-up. Further, the demands of entrepreneurship and
family responsibilities leave little time for writing.
Still, a few science fiction works I've come across do
touch on the inherent drama and excitement of business
and technical entrepreneurship.
Heinlein's Citizen of the Galaxy has its moments,
portraying the business dealings of interstellar Free
Traders and the inner machinations of a large corporation.
Heinlein reportedly intended the matriarchal Free Traders as an allegory
for Communism. Yet Free Trader culture is the most appealing part of the
story for me, and crony Capitalism the least.
Danke,
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