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   XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis   
   From: dd@dandrake.com   
      
   On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:09:39 UTC, mvp@web1.calweb.com (Mike Van Pelt)   
   wrote:   
      
   > 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?   
      
   By a usually reliable source, who would appear in this instance to have   
   been wrong. Or misunderstood, to be sure.   
      
   >   
   > 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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