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Not a big fan, but enjoyed Red Planet and Starship Troopers.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Startship Troopers so much better than the film. 
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Oh yes....
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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You have seen my signature, yes?  Is that the Virginia Edition collection? It's really nicely bound, good leather, good paper, more than just the published novels. I got it when the Heinlein Society first published them (#18).
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors - and miss.
Lazarus Long, "Time Enough For Love" by Robert A. Heinlein
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Yes, it is! I heard about it years ago, but it was no longer for sale. I just received an offer for it today and had to jump on it.
Will Rogers never met me.
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You'll love it. It's got just about everything in it. All the published novels and shorts, a couple of volumes of correspondence (RAH was an avid letter-keeper and this has all of them, except the ones he ordered Ginny to burn upon his death (she did)), the political writings during his early years while married to Leslyn, the transcripts of convention addresses, the screenplay for Destination Moon, ... Each volume has an intro by RAH's official biographer.
I also have Patterson's 2-volume biography. My personal opinion: I don't agree with those who say Patterson completely white-washed him. Some yes, but not that much. RAH was an argumentative opinionated man and Patterson usually doesn't show much at all of the other side of the disagreements. Not surprising, since Patterson is a self-admitted fan and had unfettered access to RAH's personal writings and material to use as the basis of the biography.
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors - and miss.
Lazarus Long, "Time Enough For Love" by Robert A. Heinlein
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I was playing a bunch of Helldivers 2. The steam trailer is near straight up Starship Troopers clone.
I need to read some of his stuff. What I know of him I know from wiki articles and Cliff's notes sorts of things.
I'm really partial to the specialization being for insects and his idea of the renaissance man.
"Although the American science fiction writer, Robert Heinlein, is famous for the quote “specialization is for insects”, believing that humans should be skilled at MANY different pursuits (including butchering and programming a computer!), most economists disagree."
LOL ^^ from Google
If the economists disagree then I suppose it's deduced that the humanists might not go in for it quite so hard.
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Yes!
I have most of his books in paperback. I looked into getting the Virginia Edition of all his works, but could never justify that sort of expenditure to my wife (or to myself, for that matter).
If I could find a hardcover edition just of his science fiction (doesn't have to be leather-bound), I'd buy it immediately!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Yes. But after reading Daniel's comment I have searched for bibliography... 
I knew he was prolific, but I didn't knew he was THAT prolific.
The moon is a harsh misstress and Friday are two of my favourites.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Hah my monicker on BBO (Bridge site) is MycroftRAH. I just loved the computer in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress! I get a few comments about the brother of SH and take great pleasure in explaining the source of the monicker.
I think I have read most works published under his name but probably missed a few. I had to go ebook after Glory Road fell apart and my daughter pinched Friday.
I think it must have been the timing, I was young(ish) and impressionable, just getting into SF when I was exposed to RAH. Now I'm old and cynical so do not enjoy them quite as much.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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I grew up a rabid RAH fan and devoured everything I could get my hands on. I suspect that I have read all his works for Young Ados (Have Spacesuit..., Podkayne... etc. and Space Family Stone - don't forget, he invented the Tribble!) and probably all of his main work (and yes, Starship Troopers was one of my favourites) but my interest petered out towards the end as Lazarus Long started to become the hero of all of his tales and he seemed to be trying to include all his previous timelines.
Revisiting him some 30-40 years later much of his work has not fared well; Farnham's Freehold initially pleased me as a tale of dimension/universe hopping, now the second half just seems weird and racist. Some tales retain their magic, such as Glory Road and the eternally great By His Bootstraps; however I feel that many of his great "classics" were "of their time" and would be totally misunderstood by a new generation of readers (Stranger in a Strange Land for example).
I will however always have a place in my heart and mind for Time Enough For Love which has supplied me with so many great quotes over the years.
So old that I did my first coding in octal via switches on a DEC PDP 8
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Recommend an obscure book entitled "Sentenced to Prism" by Alan Dean Foster (1985).
Strange but intriguing story about survival on a very strange planet.
I like Alan's style and apparently many others do as well.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Not sure if this was posted already or not, if so oops, but for the US at least it's the last one until 2044 for us to be in the path totality... So, I'm risking a repost.
NASA's Eclipse Explorer for the Deets
Jeremy Falcon
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My local astronomy club is giving an event for the public in a national park near here.
We set up our telescopes and let the public look through them. We also try to educate them a little on what they are seeing.
A fun time will be had by all!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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That's totally cool. I'll be in my backyard talking to myself, but glad to know peeps are digging it.
Jeremy Falcon
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In Montréal,
At work, I'll have 30 seconds of darkness.
I might leave early and go to the old port to have a little bit more darkness.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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Noice. It's gonna be cool.
Jeremy Falcon
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Sadly I'm just that bit too far East to be able to see the remnants that will be visible in Western UK. Basically, Cornwall, Devon, Wales and the West coast up into Scotland will (possibly) see a partial just before sunset, everybody else, tough luck.
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We'll have 94% coverage where I am, round lunchtime for me, I'll take a look. Most of my friends have travelled.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Noice, I'm in the path of totality but looks like there will be cloud cover. Hope it's an awesome view for you.
Jeremy Falcon
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Thanks, we'll see! 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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It was excellent! Especially since I didn't have to travel to see it.
It's the third eclipse I've seen but the first totality. I just wish I had borrowed, bought or rented a better camera. My phone was able to record the event but the professional pictures are much better...except they do not have my family or my house in them.
I set up a video camera pointing at the sky through some trees, keeping the sun close but out of view. I thought I would capture the whole 2 hour process then play it back speeded up. Unfortunately, the camera shut itself off when the totality occurred. That corrupted the file so I wound up with nothing.
I'll be better equipped for the next one. Expect me in Calgary on August 22, 2044.
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Arthur Humphrey wrote: but the first totality.
Same here. The difference is night and day... har har har.
Jeremy Falcon
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