Sam Hall

Robin Hamilton robin.hamilton2 at BTINTERNET.COM
Tue Nov 3 16:58:43 UTC 2009


From: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>

> Are some of us conflating the author with his narrator?

All too often, Heinlein's characters are pretty much transparent megaphones
for their creator.  Like Lazarus Long.  One of his major limitations as a
writer.  He's *preachy.

Robin Hamilton

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