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Robert Heinlein's form letter response to people who wrote to him (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

It's okay to think rapey stuff is bad.

I haven't read this story, and it is ironic that Heinlein's list makes a point about the characters viewpoint not being the author's.

~~I'm~~ In that same point he also goes on to say that fiction is entertainment. It's also okay to like rapey entertainment I guess is the argument your making. Maybe you'd like the sword of truth books. Or some stephen r donaldson.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

I haven’t read that book, so I can’t comment on it.

Starship troopers is all fascism but Heinlen wasn’t a fascist.

His books were to make you think or explore a topic.