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   From: mzenier@eskimo.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Bill Patterson   wrote:   
   >   
   >In very brief, the original poster represented himself as a neofan in   
   >the classic definition who had apparently never been exposed to the   
   >idea that Heinlein was a significant figure in the field, and he   
   >asked, paraphrasing "who is this Heinlein guy and why is he important   
   >enough that people are talking about him so much?"  Gene suggested   
   >steering away from a couple of controversial books; I countered saying   
   >one of them is especially significant for understanding Heinlein's   
   >cultural status when grouped in this other way.  The question of what   
   >would be fun to read, while naturally an interesting question, just   
   >wasn't part of this particular dialogue.At least, in my mind.  And at   
   >this point, I'm not so much disagreeing as explaining why I said what   
   >I did.   
      
   The original post was a Tim Bruening troll,   
   resurrected from "[Deity] knows where".   
      
   Mark Zenier  mzenier@eskimo.com   
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