From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 14:22:54 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James   
   Nicoll) wrote:   
      
   >The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein   
   >   
   >Can the world, and more importantly, AMERICA! (patriotic song    
   >here) fend off a subversive attack from space?    
   >   
   >https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/death-and-destruction   
      
   I saw the movie. You are correct: it was not good.   
      
   Interestingly, this joins /Farmham's Freehold/ on the list of "e-books   
   of Heinlein's works that came out after my great rereading some years   
   ago". So I will be reading it after /Farmham's Freehold/.   
      
   Which I am clearly reading again for the very first time. I had   
   completely forgotten the first part of the book, where they are in the   
   woods fending for themselves. I have no idea how long that lasts.   
      
   I also have no idea if the edition of /The Puppet Masters/ is the   
   original or the expanded version. If I remember your sample of the   
   difference, I should be able to tell. I did not recognize the plot at   
   all when I saw the /The Puppet Masters/ movie, so either the film is   
   worse than I thought or this may be a book I never read before. Only   
   time will tell.   
      
   As to related films, /Slither/ has something similar going on. This   
   film plays as if it were a standard B-movie of the past, yet it is   
   very well done.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)