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Originally Posted by sperbonzo
Him and Robert A Heinlein were my two favorites growing up....
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Because I live about 10 miles from Waukegan, I probably shouldn't say this just now, but I think Heinlein is in a class that Ray Bradbury never quite reached. He was a wonderful and provocative author, but there's nothing like Time Enough for Love, To Sail Beyond the Sunset, or Stranger in a Strange Land, and the entire "alternative history" that Heinlein wove together as a unifying life's work. I didn't know that he was mainly self-educated in libraries, and that's a great tribute to what he accomplished. He'll live forever in our intellectual tradition and be most remembered for Fahrenheit 451.
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