I have seen these claims for 10 years now. I will believe it when it goes to production. Honor Harrington is also supposedly going to production with David Weber working with a not well known company, Not sure if we will ever see it.

Sci Fi has lost the quality of a message in a story. I just finished listening to Crimson Worlds and the author basically lets the evil corrupt people destroy the world, maybe true with what we see, but depressing. Heinlein gave hope that we would mature someday.

Stranger is even more applicable today, in many ways Mike reminds me of some of our politicians, and the church he overthrows is particularly Republicrat like.

The audiobook of him is particularly well done, almost an audio movie quality.

He illustrated the value of having a unimpeachable method of resolving an issue, which I can never imagine surviving today.Jubal is also a favorite of mine.

Yep, Rogers Mother was the little redhead in the Revolution, and was one of the few books that carried through, even though they all tied to his future history arc.

Again, another good book. I always though of the contest when I was a kid, and hoped they would have one....never did...

I still like the Rolling Stones. The other 2 were ok, and they also fit in with Andre Nortons books.

I went through the entire Dune series, from Prequels through the end. A convoluted story line, but well worth it. Also the Commonwealth Universe series is great reading.

Oh, I was disgusted at the movie, it was so childish that I was sick. One reason I never wanted them to touch TMIAHM. ST could have been done in a really good deep way that could have carried a strong message, and been taken seriously, instead it was a joke pulled on us by Hollywood.

That was one thing that I really liked, was he did focus on a rational why, as well as appealing to a value proposition for citizenship, not so cheap as it is today.

Yes, that was a great story too. I believe it got wrapped up into the Future History publication.

Two things:

1. 'ware the Stobor

2. Do you keep a thrower or two on hand?

Ideal altruists because they are made that way. They would then be the ideal helpers/keepers for humans.

His human characters were not altruists, they were believable humans with plenty of flaws.

It is possible he made his robots that way as a method to address the "Frankenstein Phobia" that is still with us to some extent today. Back when they were written, technology was just beginning the great developments enabled by transistors and semiconductors.

That type of technology was new and scared a lot of people. Lets be honest, it still does for a surprising number even now. His robot works were a pretty subtle way to ease that fear.

Re - cyberpunk

That is always a danger when writing near future fiction. Reality can always overtake you sooner than you ever expected.

full disclosure - I have not seen Winter Soldier

That said...Mike, how much of your preference for the first one do you think was due to how closely it followed the original story arc in the comic / graphic novels?

I was very pleased they kept it in line with the original works.

LOL

I forgot about number of the beast. Could have been that one too. I think that story was one of the ones told by Lazarus looking back on his past. So it could be any of those 3 books.

With a section of the book explaining the meaning in detail. He put a lot of thought into the "system" in ST.

Protecting your assets beyond the property itself is the main reason for so many property owners to create trusts or LLCs. Around here income properties built as such are protected with LLCs, and converted homes tend to be a mix of trusts and LLCs.

Both give you a legal firebreak in case it is needed, with the LLC usually being a more comprehensive one. Again though, different rules in different jurisdictions.

I have pointed you back up from the inexplicable 0. Your thoughtful and courteous comment does not merit down-pointing.

I observe a wide assortment in my acquaintances: one of my sisters is a liberal; the other is a socialist. A young man who was a runner-up in the AS essay contest when he was in HS is now a flaming liberal. Overall, most of the incredibly intelligent (measured genius) and imaginative people who I consider friends are liberals.

I do not know why.

I have observed that the people who tend to most strongly label themselves as Objectivists seem to be protectively exclusive of true believer status. They would not want me in their Gulch. Most of the people here with whom I am on best terms seem to have 'something Objectivistly wrong'. (They are religious; they are 90%-ers.)

From what I observe of the world, most people are genuinely not Objectivists, and would not be even if our ideas got 'equal time' in media and education. I think that we will not succeed if we fail to take this into account.

Jan

I loved Stranger when it came out (I was in HS). I read it a dozen times. But then I was 'read out' on it...and I have not reread it since. I probably should get a copy and read it again now, just to see what I think of it.

Jan

Stop it, stop it stopit...(whimper)....

Jan, has enough hobbies for 2 people already

Yes, I know. With new populations bursting in Manchester and Birmingham, they had no representatives. That was the parliament of the kingdom. In my Imperial parliament, each commonwealth nation would elect their own representatives. Instead of meeting in London - where the English Parliament meets - we might choose someplace more central, like Capetown.

Thanks! Too bad I can't give myself a point for that. I read the book in 1972.