OT: hurRAH: The Grandmaster is 100

Sean Lackey · 09 Jul 2007, 05:02 · from 2007-July.txt.gz

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From: zeppelin at texas.net (Sean Lackey)
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 00:02:33 -0500
Subject: (urth) OT: hurRAH: The Grandmaster  is 100
Message-ID: <0DE00A48-3FF6-493F-BA4E-4FA75D639727 at texas.net>

I know some discussion of his work have come up here from time to  
time, so I thought it worth noting that, July 7th marks Robert A.  
Heinlein's 100th birthday.

My father gave me a copy of SPACE CADET to read when I was in the  
third grade.  Then he bought the rest of the juveniles, and I read  
most of them before I was a teen myself.  I wrote a book report on  
DOUBLE STAR in the sixth grade, and read most of RAH's major and  
minor works by the time I was 17.

When his final novel, TO SAIL BEYOND THE SUNSET came out in 1987,   
Dad (some know him as Roy) insisted on reading aloud every novel tied  
into it (and he did) before reading SUNSET.

It's been near 20 years since those readings, but the works of  
Heinlein left an indelible impression on me as a young man, and  
opened doors to many other authors, most in arms reach in dad's library.

Thanks RAH, but mostly, thank you Dad.

Sean

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