Devon Eriksen (via Nicholas):
Heinlein was one of the 20th century’s greatest authors, if not THE greatest, and he was also the 20th century’s greatest philosopher and it’s not even close.
Is this defensible? I’ve read an immense amount of science fiction but little Heinlein1, and what Heinlein I have read didn’t particularly impress me. Are there depths to Starship Troopers and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress that are missing in what I have read?
Update from Robbo: “I’d have sent Evelyn Waugh, C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Charles Portis, and Plum Wodehouse into the lists, but I’m not sure what the rules of engagement are.”
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