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   From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   Deadly Ernest wrote:   
   > G'day All,   
   >   
   > One of the interesting things about this discussion is that RAH wrote   
   > so much good stuff that it's damn hard to pick a 'best' list that   
   > people all agree on. I think a large part of what people see as his   
   > best depends on a couple of personal aspects like:   
   >   
   > 1. How old were you when you first read a RAH story.?   
      
   	9, I think.   
      
   >   
   > 2. Which was the first of his stories you read?   
      
   	The Past Through Tomorrow, I believe. Hard to say, my dad had his   
   entire production up through the point I was reading, so it could have   
   been anything, but I THINK I was reading the anthologies first.   
      
   >   
   > 3. What era, society, and culture did you grow up in?   
   > I mention this as 1960s mid US is different to 1970s mid US and 1960s   
   > UK and 1960s Australia.   
      
   	I was born in 1962, USA. Lived there all my life (Nebraska, South   
   Dakota, Georgia, and New York)   
      
      
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