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   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
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   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.?   
      
   About ten (1950).   
   >   
   >2. Which was the first of his stories you read?   
      
   Either _Rocket Ship Galileo_ or some story published in   
   _Astounding_ around that time.   
   >   
   >3. What era, society, and culture did you grow up in?   
      
   1950s, California, parents college graduates.  (My mother read   
   science fiction too; that's how we came to have it in the house.)   
      
   Dorothy J. Heydt   
   Vallejo, California   
   djheydt@kithrup.com	   
      
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