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   From: mvp@web1.calweb.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Dan Drake  wrote:   
   >On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 18:03:21 UTC, "Gene Ward Smith"   
   > wrote:   
   >>   
   >> What are some of the sf books which came about as a reply to others?   
   >   
   >Heinlein is said to have described _Stranger in a Strange Land_ as his   
   >reponse to his own fascist utopia [his term, supposedly] in _Starship   
   >Soldier_ or Trooper or whatever it was.   
      
   Said by whom?   
      
   Heinlein, in "Expanded Universe", responds to the conception   
   that "Starship Troopers" was a fascist novel with withering   
   contempt.  He said, IIRC, that people who claim that "Starship   
   Troopers" is a fascist novel demonstrate that they are unable   
   to read clear, declarative English sentences.   
      
      
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