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Why is 1776 a special number in this case? The yeah of declaration of independence?
by vvpan 8y ago
Why is 1776 a special number in this case? The yeah of declaration of independence?
- krustyburger 8y agoYeah!
- kop316 8y agoThat is correct, 1776 is the year the US signed the Declaration of Independence, and is considered the year the USA was created.
- throwanem 8y agoYes. It's an extremely Heinlein choice; he's regarded by the sympathetic as having been highly patriotic, by the unsympathetic as virulently nationalistic.
- natechols 8y agoI never thought of Heinlein as especially patriotic or nationalistic; he was, on the other hand, a big fan of revolutions against oppressive regimes.
- berbec 8y agoAnd he had some... interesting... ideas about who makes a good sexual partners. [1] 1; https://www.amazon.com/dp/0441748600 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0441748600
- sneak 8y agoSee also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westermarck_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westermarck_effect
- natechols 8y agoFull disclosure: I never bothered to read anything of his written after "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", since the universal consensus seems to be that his later books are very, very strange.
- learc83 8y agoHe had a blocked carotid artery for several years, and I some Heinlein fans blame his crazier stuff on that. I think his later books are just what happens to many successful creatives. They get so famous that no one else has any editorial control over what they produce, and the quality of their work decreases.
- dragonwriter 8y agoI think it's a mistake to view “explored in fiction” with “endorsed”.