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   From: throopw@sheol.org   
      
   : William Hyde    
   : You know, that aspect of it never occurred to me.  I meant lighter as   
   : in "mere entertainment".   
      
   Well, OK, but even there, you have the "better dead than red"   
   social commentary.  The preaching about humans and subjugation and   
   "we're not insects" and such.  I think some of the notable Heinlein   
   quotes on that general topic come from tPM, though I can't quote   
   chapter and verse just off the top of my head.  Hm.  Consider, perhaps,   
   the bits about an uncontrolled human as referee in the death matches,   
   or the bits about our Manifest Destiny to wipe the slugs from the   
   face of the universe, etc; these don't really seem markedly less   
   notable than the MD and/or "survival is its own justification" stuff   
   in ST.  At least IMO.  Less pervasive and showcased, maybe, but still.   
      
   And was SiaSL really "how the world should be run"?  I'm not sure.   
      
   On the other hand, I suppose tPM *is* probably a better intro than   
   either ST or SiaSL.  Just I wouldn't say because it's "lighter",   
   or "less preachy" on the whole, especially than SiaSL.   
      
   Maybe I'm misremembering.   
      
      
   Wayne Throop   throopw@sheol.org   http://sheol.org/throopw   
      
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